21 CFR § 892.1130 - Nuclear whole body counter.

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title: "21 CFR § 892.1130 - Nuclear whole body counter."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "892.1130"
section_name: "Nuclear whole body counter."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "892"
part_name: "RADIOLOGY DEVICES"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 1567, Jan. 20, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 892.1130 Nuclear whole body counter.

(a) *Identification.* A nuclear whole body counter is a device intended to measure the amount of radionuclides in the entire body. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, component parts, and accessories.

(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 § 892.9.

[53 FR 1567, Jan. 20, 1988, as amended at 59 FR 63015, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38818, July 25, 2001]

[55 FR 48444, Nov. 20, 1990]