Title 21

SECTION 862.1509

862.1509 Methylmalonic acid (nonquantitative) test system.

§ 862.1509 Methylmalonic acid (nonquantitative) test system.

(a) Identification. A methylmalonic acid (nonquantitative) test system is a device intended to identify methylmalonic acid in urine. The identification of methylmalonic acid in urine is used in the diagnosis and treatment of methylmalonic aciduria, a heritable metabolic disorder which, if untreated, may cause mental retardation.

(b) Classification. Class II (special controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 862.9.

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 84 FR 71796, Dec. 30, 2019]