21 CFR § 890.3150 - Crutch.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s890.3150"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 890.3150 - Crutch."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "890.3150"
section_name: "Crutch."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "890"
part_name: "PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "890"
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# 890.3150 Crutch.

(a) *Identification.* A crutch is a device intended for medical purposes for use by disabled persons to provide minimal to moderate weight support while walking.

(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 § 890.9. 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.

[48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 38816, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55993, Dec. 4, 2025]