(a) Identification.
         A lactic acid test system is a device intended to measure lactic acid in whole blood and plasma. Lactic acid measurements that evaluate the acid-base status are used in the diagnosis and treatment of lactic acidosis (abnormally high acidity of the blood).
     
    
        
        (b) Classification.
         Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in  subpart E of  part 807 of this chapter subject to  § 862.9.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2307, Jan. 14, 2000]