21 CFR § 886.1790 - Nearpoint ruler.

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title: "21 CFR § 886.1790 - Nearpoint ruler."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "886.1790"
section_name: "Nearpoint ruler."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "886"
part_name: "OPHTHALMIC DEVICES"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 33355, Sept. 2, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 886.1790 Nearpoint ruler.

(a) *Identification.* A nearpoint ruler is a device calibrated in centimeters intended to measure the nearpoint of convergence (the point to which the visual lines are directed when convergence is at its maximum).

(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 § 886.9. The device is also 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.

[52 FR 33355, Sept. 2, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 35605, Sept. 14, 1988; 53 FR 40825, Oct. 18, 1988; 66 FR 38812, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55991, Dec. 4, 2025]