---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 878.4960"
title: "21"
number: "878.4960"
heading: "Operating tables and accessories and operating chairs and accessories."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/878.4960"
---

# §878.4960. Operating tables and accessories and operating chairs and accessories.

- (a) **Identification.** Operating tables and accessories and operating chairs and accessories are AC-powered or air-powered devices, usually with movable components, intended for use during diagnostic examinations or surgical procedures to support and position a patient.
- (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 [§ 878.9](/cfr/21/878.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 48440, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 65 FR 2318, Jan. 14, 2000]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 53 FR 23872, June 24, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 48440, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 65 FR 2318, Jan. 14, 2000]