---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 890.5740"
title: "21"
number: "890.5740"
heading: "Powered heating pad."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/890.5740"
---

# §890.5740. Powered heating pad.

- (a) **Identification.** A powered heating pad is an electrical device intended for medical purposes that provides dry heat therapy for body surfaces. It is capable of maintaining an elevated temperature during use.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in [subpart E](/cfr/21/subpartE.md) [part 807](/cfr/21/part807.md) of this chapter subject to [§ 890.9](/cfr/21/890.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 59231, Nov. 3, 1998]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 53047, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 63 FR 59231, Nov. 3, 1998]