These requirements cover household electric products having personal hygienics or health care applications, such as hydromassage units, contact lens disinfectors and cleaners, and toothbrushes, rated at 250 V or less, for use on premises wiring systems in accordance with the National Electrical Code.

These requirements do not cover professional medical and dental equipment, electrically heated pads, facial units, sun and heat lamps, permanently-installed whirlpool baths, spas and hot tubs, shavers, hair dryers, steam and dry heat cabinets or other equipment or products that are covered by separate, individual requirements separate from this Standard.

The requirements of this Standard do not consider the complete spectrum of physiological or therapeutic effects, beneficial or otherwise, except where generally recognized limits for conditions where a potential risk of injury to persons are defined.

A product that contains features, characteristics, components, materials, or systems new or different from those covered by the requirements in this standard, and that involves a risk of fire or of electric shock or injury to persons shall be evaluated using appropriate additional component and end-product requirements to maintain the level of safety as originally anticipated by the intent of this standard. A product whose features, characteristics, components, materials, or systems conflict with specific requirements or provisions of this standard does not comply with this standard. Revision of requirements shall be proposed and adopted in conformance with the methods employed for development, revision, and implementation of this standard.