Executive Summary:
This notification announces the Medical Devices Amendment Rules, 2019, which amend the Medical Devices Rules, 2017. These amendments were drafted following consideration of public feedback and in consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board, as required by the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. The rules come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette, January 15, 2019. A key update involves including "electronic instructions for use" as an alternative to printed instructions for medical devices.
Key Points / Main Content:
Amendments to Medical Devices Rules, 2017:
* **Rule 3 Amendment:** Clause v is amended to include "electronic instructions for use" after "instructions for use."
* **Rule 59 Amendment:** Subrule 3, clause iii is amended to include "electronic instructions for use" after "instructions for use."
Fourth Schedule Amendments (Part II and Part III):
* **Part II, A:** Instructions for Use (IFU) in the document to be submitted with the application for grant of Import Licence or license to manufacture for sale or for distribution of a Class A medical device in paragraph a, in the Table, against serial number 4, for the letters IFU occurring in both columns 2 and 3, is substituted with "instructions for use or electronic instructions for use."
* **Part III, Appendix II:**
* Para 2.1, clause a: "instructions for use" is substituted with "instructions for use or electronic Instructions for use."
* Para 3.0, clause b: is substituted with "Instructions for use or electronic instructions for use Prescribers manual."
Fourth Schedule Amendments (Part IV):
* **Part IV:**
* Paragraph a serial number 8 substituted with "Proposed instructions for use or electronic instructions for use and labels."
* Paragraph b serial number 5 substituted with "Proposed instructions for use or electronic instructions for use and labels."
Seventh Schedule Amendments:
* **Paragraph 1:**
* Subparagraph 1, clause v, "Instructions for use" is substituted with "instructions for use or electronic instructions for use."
* Proviso: "Instructions for Use" is substituted with "instructions for use or electronic instructions for use."
* **Table 3:** Serial number 11 substituted with "Proposed instructions for use or electronic instructions for use and labels."
Impact Analysis:
Manufacturers of Medical Devices:
* Impact: Can now provide electronic instructions for use as an alternative to printed instructions.
* Action Required: Update documentation and processes to support electronic instructions for use, ensuring compliance with the amended rules.
Importers and Distributors of Class A Medical Devices:
* Impact: Need to ensure that applications for import licenses and manufacturing licenses include either printed or electronic instructions for use.
* Action Required: Update application documents and procedures to reflect the option of providing electronic instructions for use.
Regulatory Bodies (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Drugs Technical Advisory Board):
* Impact: Responsible for enforcing the amended rules and ensuring compliance.
* Action Required: Update guidelines and procedures to reflect the inclusion of electronic instructions for use, and monitor compliance by manufacturers, importers, and distributors.
Key Entities Referenced
Medical Devices Rules, 2017: A set of rules pertaining to medical devices, which is being amended by this notification.
Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940: Indian act that regulates the import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs and cosmetics.
Medical Devices Amendment Rules, 2019: The new rules amending the Medical Devices Rules, 2017.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The Indian government ministry responsible for health policy in India.
Department of Health and Family Welfare: A department within the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued, New Delhi, Delhi
Drugs Technical Advisory Board: An advisory board that the Central Government consults with regarding the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
Dr. Mandeep K. Bhandari: Joint Secretary who signed the notification.
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सा.का.िन. 729(अ), तारीख 1 अग+त, 2018 1ारा संशोिधत (cid:4)कए गए थ।े
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Department of Health and Family Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 15th January, 2019
G.S.R. 30(E).—Whereas a draft of certain rules further to amend the Medical Devices Rules, 2017, was
published as required by sub-section (1) of section 12 and sub-section (1) of section 33 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act,
1940 (23 of 1940) vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(Department of Health and Family Welfare) number G.S.R. 848 (E), dated the 7th September, 2018, in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), inviting objections and suggestions from persons likely to be
affected thereby, before the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which the copies of the Official Gazette
containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas copies of the Official Gazette were made available to the public on 14th September, 2018;
And whereas objections and suggestions received from the public on the said rules have been considered by the
Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 read with section 33 of the Drugs and
Cosmetics Act, 1940 (23 of 1940), the Central Government, after consultation with the Drugs Technical Advisory Board,
hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Medical Devices Rules, 2017, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Medical Devices (Amendment) Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Medical Devices Rules, 2017 (hereinafter to be referred as said rules), in rule 3, in clause (v), after the
words “instructions for use”, the words “or electronic instructions for use” shall be inserted.
3. In the said rules, in rule 59, in sub-rule (3), in clause (iii), after the words “instructions for use”, the words “or
electronic instructions for use” shall be inserted.
4. In the said rules, in Fourth Schedule,―
(A) in Part II, under the heading “Document to be submitted with the application for grant of Import
Licence or licence to manufacture for sale or for distribution of a Class A medical device” in paragraph (a), in the Table,
against serial number 4, for the letters “IFU” occurring in both columns (2) and (3), the words “instructions for use or
electronic instructions for use” shall be substituted;
(B) in Part III, in Appendix II,―
(i) in para 2.1, in clause (a) for the words “instructions for use”, the words “instructions for use or electronic
Instructions for use” shall be substituted;
(ii) in para 3.0, for clause (b) the following clause shall be substituted, namely:―
“(b) Instructions for use or electronic instructions for use (Prescriber’s manual);”;4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
(C) in Part IV,―
(i) in paragraph (a), for serial number 8 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries
shall be substituted, namely:―
“8. Proposed instructions for use or electronic instructions for use and labels.”;
(ii) in paragraph (b), for serial number 5 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries
shall be substituted, namely:―
“5. Proposed instructions for use or electronic instructions for use and labels.”.
5. In the Seventh Schedule,―
(a) in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (1), in clause (v),―
(i) for the words “Instructions for use”, the words “instructions for use or electronic instructions for use” shall be
shall be substituted;
(ii) in the proviso, for the words “Instructions for Use”, the words “instructions for use or electronic instructions for
use” shall be shall be substituted;
(b) in Table 3, for serial number 11 and the entries relating thereto,, the following serial number and entries shall be
substituted, namely:―
“11. Proposed instructions for use or electronic instructions for use and labels.”.
[F.No.X.11014/20/2018-DR]
Dr. MANDEEP K. BHANDARI, Jt. Secy.
Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide
notification number G.S.R. 78(E), dated the 31st January, 2017 and last amended vide notification number G.S.R.
729(E), dated the 1st August, 2018.
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