TITLE 21 - FOOD AND DRUGS

CHAPTER I - FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBCHAPTER H - MEDICAL DEVICES

PART 880 - GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PERSONAL USE DEVICES

subpart f - GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PERSONAL USE THERAPEUTIC DEVICES

880.5500 - AC - powered patient lift.

  (a) Identification. An AC-powered lift is an electrically powered device either fixed or mobile, used to lift and transport patients in the horizontal or other required position from one place to another, as from a bed to a bath. The device includes straps and slings to support the patient.

  (b) Classification. Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to 880.9.

[45 FR 6968269737, Oct. 21, l980, as amended at 63 FR 59229, Nov. 3, 1998]