Business and Professions Code section 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.

Source: Section 4023, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=4023.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1998; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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