Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 16, 2025

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Feb 03, 2025
§ 872.6710 - Boiling water sterilizer.

(a) Identification. A boiling water sterilizer is an AC-powered device that consists of a container for boiling water. The device is intended to sterilize dental and surgical instruments by submersion in the boiling water in the container.

(b) Classification. Class I (general controls).

[55 FR 48439, Nov. 20, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 46952, Sept. 10, 2001]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 351,360,360c,360e,360j,360
source: 52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 872.6710