Section 152.500 - Requirements for devices(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.(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:(1) FIFRA sec. 2(q)(1) and part 156 of this chapter, with respect to labeling;(2) FIFRA sec. 7 and part 167 of this chapter, with respect to establishment registration and reporting;(3) FIFRA sec. 8 and part 169 of this chapter, with respect to books and records;(4) FIFRA sec. 9, with respect to inspection of establishments;(5) FIFRA sec. 12, 13, and 14, with respect to violations, enforcement activities, and penalties;(6) FIFRA sec. 17, with respect to import and export of devices;(7) FIFRA sec. 25(c)(3), with respect to child-resistant packaging; and(8) FIFRA sec. 25(c)(4), with respect to the Agency's authority to declare devices subject to certain provisions of the Act.53 FR 15990, May 4, 1988. Redesignated at 60 FR 32096, June 19, 1995