21 CFR § 874.5220 - Ear, nose, and throat drug administration device.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s874.5220"
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title: "21 CFR § 874.5220 - Ear, nose, and throat drug administration device."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "874.5220"
section_name: "Ear, nose, and throat drug administration device."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "874"
part_name: "EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT 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: "51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "874"
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# 874.5220 Ear, nose, and throat drug administration device.

(a) *Identification.* An ear, nose, and throat drug administration device is one of a group of ear, nose, and throat devices intended specifically to administer medicinal substances to treat ear, nose, and throat disorders. These instruments include the powder blower, dropper, ear wick, manual nebulizer pump, and nasal inhaler.

(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 § 874.9. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, it is exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under § 820.35 of this chapter.

[51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, as amended at 59 FR 63009, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38801, July 25, 2001;90 FR 55985, Dec. 4, 2025 ]