21 CFR § 892.6500 - Personnel protective shield.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s892.6500"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 892.6500 - Personnel protective shield."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "892.6500"
section_name: "Personnel protective shield."
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"
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: "53 FR 1567, Jan. 20, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "892"
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# 892.6500 Personnel protective shield.
(a) *Identification.* A personnel protective shield is a device intended for medical purposes to protect the patient, the operator, or other persons from unnecessary exposure to radiation during radiologic procedures by providing an attenuating barrier to radiation. This generic type of device may include articles of clothing, furniture, and movable or stationary structures.
(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 § 892.9.
[53 FR 1567, Jan. 20, 1988, as amended at 61 FR 1125, Jan. 16, 1996; 65 FR 2323, Jan. 14, 2000]