Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Regulations 2002

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Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

This item is authorised by the following title:

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

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F2020C00822 C45

25 August 2020 - 18 December 2020

This instrument was backcaptured in accordance with Section 36 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003

Table of contents

Part 1—Preliminary
- 1.1 Name of Regulations
- 1.3 Definitions—the dictionary etc
- 1.4 Medical devices with a measuring function
- 1.5 Refurbishment (Act s 3(1))
- 1.6 Kinds of medical devices—other common characteristics (Act s 41BE(1)(e))
- 1.7 Device nomenclature system codes (Act s 41BE(3))
Part 2—Essential principles
- 2.1 Essential principles (Act s 41CA)
Part 3—Conformity assessment procedures
- Division 3.1—Medical device classifications
- Division 3.2—Conformity assessment procedures
Part 4—Conformity assessment certificates
- Division 4.1—Issuing conformity assessment certificates
- Division 4.1A—Conformity assessment (priority applicant) determinations
- Division 4.1B—Content of conformity assessment certificates
  - 4.3F Content of conformity assessment certificates
- Division 4.1C—Conditions
  - 4.3G Conditions applying automatically—information about poisons
- Division 4.2—Suspension of conformity assessment certificates
  - 4.4 Period for revocation of suspension (Act s 41EP, s 63(2)(db))
- Division 4.3—Transfer of conformity assessment certificates
Part 4A—Australian conformity assessment bodies
- Division 4A.1—Preliminary
  - 4A.1 Purposes of this Part
- Division 4A.2—Making conformity assessment body determinations
- Division 4A.3—Conditions on conformity assessment body determinations
  - Subdivision A—Automatic conditions on determinations
  - Subdivision B—Conditions specified in conformity assessment body determinations
    - 4A.19 Conditions specified in determinations
- Division 4A.4—Suspension of conformity assessment body determinations
- Division 4A.5—Revocation of conformity assessment body determinations
- Division 4A.6—Variation of conformity assessment body determinations
- Division 4A.7—Australian conformity assessment body certificates
  - 4A.31 Content of Australian conformity assessment body certificates
Part 5—Including medical devices in the Register
- Division 5.1—Including medical devices in the Register
- Division 5.2—Conditions
Part 6—Suspension and cancellation from the Register
- 6.1 Period for revocation of suspension (Act s 41GD, s 63(2)(dd))
Part 6A—Disposal of unused emergency medical devices
- 6A.1 Disposal of unused emergency medical devices
Part 7—Exempting medical devices from inclusion in the Register
- Division 7.1—Exempt devices
  - 7.1 Exempt devices—general (Act s 41HA)
  - 7.2 Exempt devices—use in life-threatening cases (Act s 41HA)
- Division 7.2—Exemptions for experimental uses
- Division 7.3—Exemptions for medical practitioners
Part 8—Obtaining information
- 8.1A Matters for which information and documents can be requested
- 8.1 Notice period (Act s 41JA)
Part 9—Fees
- Division 9.1—Fees
  - 9.1 Fees
- Division 9.2—Conformity assessment body determination assessment fees
- Division 9.3—Assessment fees
Part 10—Miscellaneous
- 10.1 Authorised persons
- 10.2 Information about sponsor
- 10.3 Custom-made medical devices—information about manufacturer
- 10.4 Offences—period for notifying adverse events (Act s 41MP)
- 10.4AA Civil penalty—period for notifying adverse events
- 10.4A Secretary may maintain a system to enhance safe and effective use of particular medical devices
- 10.5 Delegation—powers and functions under these Regulations
- 10.6 Delegation—powers under paragraph 41HB(1)(d) of the Act
- 10.6A Delegation of Secretary’s powers under section 41HD of the Act
- 10.6B Forms or manners—software requirements
- 10.7 Review of decisions
Part 11—Transitional provisions
- Division 11.1—Transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1)
- Division 11.2—Transitional provisions relating to joint replacements
- Division 11.3—Transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Amendment (In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices) Regulation 2015
- Division 11.4—Transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Charges Exemptions and Other Measures) Regulation 2016
  - 11.27 Application
- Division 11.5—Transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Amendment (Implantable Medical Devices) Regulations 2017
- Division 11.6—Transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 2) Regulations 2017
  - 11.32 Definitions
  - 11.33 Application—statements in relation to exempt devices
- Division 11.7—Transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Exempt Devices and Goods) Regulations 2018
  - 11.34 Application of amendments
- Division 11.8—Transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (2018 Measures No. 2) Regulations 2018
  - 11.35 Application—regulation 4.3G (conditions applying automatically to conformity assessment certificates)
  - 11.36 Application—regulation 5.13 (conditions applying automatically to medical devices included in the Register)
- Division 11.9—Transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (2018 Measures No. 3) Regulations 2018
  - 11.37 Application of table item 1.5 in Part 1 of Schedule 5
- Division 11.10—Application and transitional provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2019
- Division 11.11—Application provisions relating to the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020
Schedule 1—Essential principles
- Part 1—General principles
- Part 2—Principles about design and construction
Schedule 2—Classification rules for medical devices other than IVD medical devices
- Part 1—Interpretation
  - 1.1 Transient, short-term and long-term use
- Part 2—Rules for non-invasive medical devices
- Part 3—Rules for invasive medical devices and implantable medical devices
- Part 4—Special rules for active medical devices
- Part 5—Special rules for particular kinds of medical devices
Schedule 2A—Classification rules for IVD medical devices
- 1.1 Detection of transmissible agents posing high public health risk
- 1.2 Detection of red blood cell antigens and antibodies and non-red cell typing
- 1.3 Detection of transmissible agents or biological characteristics posing moderate public health risk or high personal risk
- 1.4 IVD medical devices for self-testing
- 1.5 Non assay-specific quality control material
- 1.6 Reagents, instruments etc
- 1.7 Other IVD medical devices are Class 2 IVD medical devices
- 1.8 IVD medical devices intended for export only
Schedule 3—Conformity assessment procedures
- Part 1—Full quality assurance procedures
- Part 2—Type examination procedures
- Part 3—Verification procedures
- Part 4—Production quality assurance procedures
- Part 5—Product quality assurance procedures
- Part 6—Declaration of conformity (not requiring assessment by Secretary) procedures
- Part 6A—Procedures applying to Class 1, 2 and 3 in-house IVD medical devices
- Part 6B—Procedures applying to Class 4 in-house IVD medical devices
- Part 7—Procedures for medical devices used for a special purpose
- Part 8—Clinical evaluation procedures
Schedule 3AA—Requirements for Australian conformity assessment bodies
- 1 Purpose of this Schedule
- 2 EU Regulations
- 3 Modifications of EU Regulations—general
- 4 Additional requirements
- 5 Additional modifications of EU medical devices regulations
- 6 Modifications of EU IVD regulations
- 7 Expressions used in modifications
Schedule 3A—Disposal of unused emergency medical devices
- 1 Early end of exemption—notice of medical devices held
- 2 End of exemption period—notice of medical devices held
- 3 Storage and disposal of unused emergency medical devices
- 4 Direction for disposal of unused emergency medical devices
- 5 Relocation of unused emergency medical devices
- 6 Disposal of unused emergency medical devices—destruction
- 7 Disposal of unused emergency medical devices—export
- 8 Disposal of unused emergency medical devices—supply
- 9 Owner to be paid for medical devices supplied
- 10 Records about unused emergency medical devices
- 11 Failure to comply with this Schedule
Schedule 4—Exempt devices
- Part 1—Exempt devices—general
- Part 2—Exempt devices—exemption subject to conditions
Schedule 5—Fees
- Part 1—General
- Part 2—Additional fees
  - 2.1 Supplementary assessment
  - 2.2 Costs of testing
Dictionary
- Endnotes

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