---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 872.6710"
title: "21"
number: "872.6710"
heading: "Boiling water sterilizer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/872.6710"
---

# §872.6710. Boiling water sterilizer.

- (a) **Identification.** A boiling water sterilizer is an AC-powered device that consists of a container for boiling water. The device is intended to sterilize dental and surgical instruments by submersion in the boiling water in the container.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I (general controls).

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 48439, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 46952, Sept. 10, 2001]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 48439, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 46952, Sept. 10, 2001]