---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 862.1265"
title: "21"
number: "862.1265"
heading: "Estriol test system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/862.1265"
---

# §862.1265. Estriol test system.

- (a) **Identification.** An estriol test system is a device intended to measure estriol, an estrogenic steroid, in plasma, serum, and urine of pregnant females. Estriol measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of fetoplacental distress in certain cases of high-risk pregnancy.
- (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 [§ 862.9](/cfr/21/862.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2306, Jan. 14, 2000]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2306, Jan. 14, 2000]