---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 862.1200"
title: "21"
number: "862.1200"
heading: "Corticosterone test system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/862.1200"
---

# §862.1200. Corticosterone test system.

- (a) **Identification.** A corticosterone test system is a device intended to measure corticosterone (a steroid secreted by the adrenal gland) levels in plasma. Measurements of corticosterone are used in the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal disorders such as adrenal cortex disorders and blocks in cortisol synthesis.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in [subpart E of part 807](/cfr/21/part807-subpartE.md) of this chapter subject to [§ 862.9](/cfr/21/862.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2305, Jan. 14, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l, 371.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2305, Jan. 14, 2000]