21 CFR § 880.5110 - Hydraulic adjustable hospital bed.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s880.5110"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 880.5110 - Hydraulic adjustable hospital bed."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "880.5110"
section_name: "Hydraulic adjustable hospital bed."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "880"
part_name: "GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PERSONAL USE 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: "45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "880"
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# 880.5110 Hydraulic adjustable hospital bed.

(a) *Identification.* A hydraulic adjustable hospital bed is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of a bed with a hydraulic mechanism operated by an attendant to adjust the height and surface contour of the bed. The device includes movable and latchable side rails.

(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 § 880.9.

[45 FR 69682, Oct. 21, 1980, as amended at 66 FR 38804, July 25, 2001]