This guidance is intended for manufacturers of laser products and outlines the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s or the Agency’s) approach regarding the applicability of FDA’s performance standard regulations to surveying, leveling, and alignment (SLA) laser products. The topics that are addressed include: (1) The definition of an SLA laser product (2) Considerations for what is an SLA laser product (3) Examples of SLA and non-SLA laser products (4) SLA laser product class limits (5) Requesting a variance or exemption from SLA laser product class limits. In general, FDA guidance documents do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidances describe the Agency’s current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited. The use of the word should in Agency guidances means that something is suggested or recommended, but not required.
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