These requirements cover hair clippers and shaving appliances to be employed in accordance with the National Electrical Code, NFPA 70.

These requirements cover appliances for household or commercial use on persons or animals, and appliances in which motion of an operating part is produced by electrical means.

An appliance that utilizes some other source of energy - such as gas or steam - in addition to electric energy is investigated under these requirements and under such additional requirements as are applicable to the appliance under consideration.