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2020 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 9 - Pharmacy
ARTICLE 2 - Definitions
Section 4023.
Universal Citation: CA Bus & Prof Code § 4023 (2020)
4023.
“Device” means any instrument, apparatus, machine, implant, in vitro reagent, or contrivance, including its components, parts, products, or the byproducts of a device, and accessories that are used or intended for either of the following:
(a) Use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in a human or any other animal.
(b) To affect the structure or any function of the body of a human or any other animal.
For purposes of this chapter, “device” does not include contact lenses, or any prosthetic or orthopedic device that does not require a prescription.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 549, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1998.)
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