21 C.F.R. § 890.3150 Crutch.
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
(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 regulations in part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of §820.180, regarding general requirements concerning records and §820.198, regarding complaint files. [48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 38816, July 25, 2001]
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 890—PHYSICAL MEDICINE DEVICES
Subpart D—Physical Medicine Prosthetic Devices
§ 890.3150 Crutch.