---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 892.5710"
title: "21"
number: "892.5710"
heading: "Radiation therapy beam-shaping block."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/892.5710"
---

# §892.5710. Radiation therapy beam-shaping block.

- (a) **Identification.** A radiation therapy beam-shaping block is a device made of a highly attenuating material (such as lead) intended for medical purposes to modify the shape of a beam from a radiation therapy source.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II.

## Notes

### 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.