{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-152.500","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 152.500","heading":"Requirements for devices.","body":"(a) A device is defined as any instrument or contrivance (other than a firearm) intended for trapping, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest or any other form of plant or animal life (other than man and other than a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism on or in living man or living animals) but not including equipment used for the application of pesticides (such as tamper-resistant bait boxes for rodenticides) when sold separately therefrom.\n(b) A device is not required to be registered under FIFRA sec. 3. The Agency has issued a policy statement concerning its authority and activities with respect to devices, which was published in the Federal Register of November 19, 1976 (41 FR 51065). A device is subject to the requirements set forth in:\n(1) FIFRA sec. 2(q)(1) and part 156 of this chapter, with respect to labeling;\n(2) FIFRA sec. 7 and part 167 of this chapter, with respect to establishment registration and reporting;\n(3) FIFRA sec. 8 and part 169 of this chapter, with respect to books and records;\n(4) FIFRA sec. 9, with respect to inspection of establishments;\n(5) FIFRA sec. 12, 13, and 14, with respect to violations, enforcement activities, and penalties;\n(6) FIFRA sec. 17, with respect to import and export of devices;\n(7) FIFRA sec. 25(c)(3), with respect to child-resistant packaging; and\n(8) FIFRA sec. 25(c)(4), with respect to the Agency's authority to declare devices subject to certain provisions of the Act.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS","PART 152—PESTICIDE REGISTRATION AND CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURES","Subpart Z—Devices"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"6c2c99173fd63f7c9ebdec42169b2014a7bca476139ffb8191243ee189b65e79","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-152.414","next":"us/40-cfr-153.125"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}