21 CFR § 874.5800 - External nasal splint.

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title: "21 CFR § 874.5800 - External nasal splint."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "874.5800"
section_name: "External nasal splint."
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"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
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# 874.5800 External nasal splint.

(a) *Identification.* An external nasal splint is a rigid or partially rigid device intended for use externally for immobilization of parts of the nose.

(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.

[51 FR 40389, Nov. 9, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 32111, Aug. 25, 1987; 59 FR 63009, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38801, July 25, 2001]