---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 862.1435"
title: "21"
number: "862.1435"
heading: "Ketones (nonquantitative) test system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/862.1435"
---

# §862.1435. Ketones (nonquantitative) test system.

- (a) **Identification.** A ketones (nonquantitative) test system is a device intended to identify ketones in urine and other body fluids. Identification of ketones is used in the diagnosis and treatment of acidosis (a condition characterized by abnormally high acidity of body fluids) or ketosis (a condition characterized by increased production of ketone bodies such as acetone) and for monitoring patients on ketogenic diets and patients with diabetes.
- (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 2307, 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 2307, Jan. 14, 2000]