21 CFR § 872.4630 - Dental operating light.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s872.4630"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 872.4630 - Dental operating light."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "872.4630"
section_name: "Dental operating light."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "872"
part_name: "DENTAL 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 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "872"
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# 872.4630 Dental operating light.
(a) *Identification.* A dental operating light, including the surgical headlight, is an AC-powered device intended to illuminate oral structures and operating areas.
(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 § 872.9.
[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 61 FR 1121, Jan. 16, 1996; 66 FR 38799, July 25, 2001]