(a) Identification.
         A protective garment for incontinence is a device that consists of absorbent padding and a fluid barrier and that is intended to protect an incontinent patient's garment from the patient's excreta. This generic type of device does not include diapers for infants.
     
    
        
        (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 the limitations in  § 876.9. The device is also exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality system regulation in  part 820 of this chapter, with the exception of  § 820.180, regarding general  requirements concerning records, and  § 820.198, regarding complaint files.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [48 FR 53023, Nov. 23, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 25050, June 12, 1989; 66 FR 38802, July 25, 2001]