21 CFR § 866.2900 - Microbiological specimen collection and transport device.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s866.2900"
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title: "21 CFR § 866.2900 - Microbiological specimen collection and transport device."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "866.2900"
section_name: "Microbiological specimen collection and transport device."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "866"
part_name: "IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 50823, Nov. 9, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "866"
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# 866.2900 Microbiological specimen collection and transport device.

(a) *Identification.* A microbiological specimen collection and transport device is a specimen collecting chamber intended for medical purposes to preserve the viability or integrity of microorganisms in specimens during storage of specimens after their collection and during their transport from the collecting area to the laboratory. The device may be labeled or otherwise represented as sterile. The device aids in the diagnosis of disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms.

(b) *Classification.* Class I (general controls). The device, when solely intended for use in the collection of concentrated parasites from specimens and transport, is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 866.9.

[47 FR 50823, Nov. 9, 1982, as amended at 84 FR 71800, Dec. 30, 2019; 85 FR 18445, Apr. 2, 2020]