---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 874.5800"
title: "21"
number: "874.5800"
heading: "External nasal splint."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/874.5800"
---

# §874.5800. External nasal splint.

- (a) **Identification.** An external nasal splint is a rigid or partially rigid device intended for use externally for immobilization of parts of the nose.
- (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 the limitations in [§ 874.9](/cfr/21/874.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 40389, Nov. 9, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 32111, Aug. 25, 1987; 59 FR 63009, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38801, July 25, 2001]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 51 FR 40389, Nov. 6, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 40389, Nov. 9, 1986, as amended at 52 FR 32111, Aug. 25, 1987; 59 FR 63009, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 FR 38801, July 25, 2001]