21 CFR § 886.5850 - Sunglasses (nonprescription).

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s886.5850"
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title: "21 CFR § 886.5850 - Sunglasses (nonprescription)."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "886.5850"
section_name: "Sunglasses (nonprescription)."
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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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: "52 FR 33355, Sept. 2, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
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# 886.5850 Sunglasses (nonprescription).

(a) *Identification.* Sunglasses (nonprescription) are devices that consist of spectacle frames or clips with absorbing, reflective, tinted, polarizing, or photosensitized lenses intended to be worn by a person to protect the eyes from bright sunlight but not to provide refractive corrections. This device is usually available over-the-counter.

(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 § 886.9.

[52 FR 33355, Sept. 2, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2321, 2000]