Section 109975 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions And Definitions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1.
109975
. "New device" means any of the following:
(a) Any device the composition, construction, or properties of
which are such that the device is not generally recognized, among
experts qualified by scientific training and experience to evaluate
the safety and effectiveness of devices, as having been adequately
shown, through scientific investigations to be safe and effective for
use under the conditions prescribed, recommended, or suggested in
the labeling or advertising thereof.
(b) Any device the composition, construction, or properties of
which are such that the device, as a result of such investigation to
determine its safety and effectiveness for use under these
conditions, has become so recognized, but which has not, otherwise
than in the investigations, been used to a material extent or for a
material time under the conditions.