---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 892.1330"
title: "21"
number: "892.1330"
heading: "Nuclear whole body scanner."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/892.1330"
---

# §892.1330. Nuclear whole body scanner.

- (a) **Identification.** A nuclear whole body scanner is a device intended to measure and image the distribution of radionuclides in the body by means of a wide-aperture detector whose position moves in one direction with respect to the patient. This generic type of device may include signal analysis and display equipment, patient and equipment supports, radionuclide anatomical markers, component parts, and accessories.
- (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 [§ 892.9](/cfr/21/892.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 48444, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 65 FR 2322, Jan. 14, 2000]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 53 FR 1567, Jan. 20, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 48444, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 65 FR 2322, Jan. 14, 2000]