Agency
The Ministry of Health (MOH) - Sultanate Oman, the Directorate General of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Drugs Control Medical Device Control Department (DGPA &DC) regulates medical devices in Oman.
Medical Device Definition
Medical device means any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material, or another similar or related article, intended by the manufacturer to be used, alone or in combination, for human beings, for one or more of the specific medical purpose(s) of:
- Diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, or alleviation of disease.
- Diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of, or compensation for an injury.
- Investigation, replacement, modification, or support of the anatomy or a physiological process.
- Supporting or sustaining life.
- Controlling of conception.
- Disinfecting medical devices.
- Providing information by means of in vitro examination of specimens derived from the human body; and does not achieve its primary intended action by pharmacological, immunological, or metabolic means, in or on the human body, but which may be assisted in its intended function by such means.
Medical Device Classification System
- It should be according to the Country of origin Jurisdiction and it may be subject to reclassification at a later stage.
- In Oman, they Classify the product in regards to their severity in general to Low Risk, Medium-High Risk, and High Risk, and they will accept the classification as per the following table:
Severity |
Class |
Risk Level |
Low |
Class A |
Class I |
Low-Moderate |
Class B |
Class II/Class IIa |
Moderate-High |
Class C |
Class IIb/Class III |
High |
Class D |
All other Class III/Class IV/AIMD |