---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 882.5235"
title: "21"
number: "882.5235"
heading: "Aversive conditioning device."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/882.5235"
---

# §882.5235. Aversive conditioning device.

- (a) **Identification.** An aversive conditioning device is an instrument used to administer an electrical shock or other noxious stimulus to a patient to modify undesirable behavioral characteristics.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (special controls), except for electrical stimulation devices for self-injurious or aggressive behavior. Electrical stimulation devices for self-injurious or aggressive behavior are banned. See [§ 895.105](/cfr/21/895.105.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, as amended at 85 FR 13354, Mar. 6, 2020]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, as amended at 85 FR 13354, Mar. 6, 2020]