21 CFR § 862.3280 - Clinical toxicology control material.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s862.3280"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 862.3280 - Clinical toxicology control material."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "862.3280"
section_name: "Clinical toxicology control material."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "862"
part_name: "CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "862"
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# 862.3280 Clinical toxicology control material.
(a) *Identification.* A clinical toxicology control material is a device intended to provide an estimation of the precision of a device test system and to detect and monitor systematic deviations from accuracy resulting from reagent or instrument defects. This generic type of device includes various single, and multi-analyte control materials.
(b) *Classification.* Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 862.9.
[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2309, Jan. 14, 2000, 84 FR 71798, Dec. 30, 2019]