21 CFR § 878.5360 - Tweezer-type epilator.

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title: "21 CFR § 878.5360 - Tweezer-type epilator."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "878.5360"
section_name: "Tweezer-type epilator."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "878"
part_name: "GENERAL AND PLASTIC SURGERY DEVICES"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 878.5360 Tweezer-type epilator.

(a) *Identification.* The tweezer-type epilator is an electrical device intended to remove hair. The energy provided at the tip of the tweezer used to remove hair may be radio frequency, galvanic (direct current), or a combination of radio frequency and galvanic energy.

(b) *Classification.* Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 878.9.

[63 FR 57060, Oct. 26, 1998]