Section 4023.  


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  • "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.)