醫療器材回收處理辦法

These Regulations are established in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 58 of the Medical Devices Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

1Medical devices subject to recall, as set forth in each subparagraph under Paragraph 1 of Article 58 of the Act, shall be divided into the following three classes:

21 Class I:

31) Medical devices of Subparagraph 1, defective medical devices of Subparagraph 2, and medical devices of Subparagraph 3: those that have been determined by the central competent authority to pose a significant hazard to the health of users or to potentially pose a significant hazard.

42) Subparagraph 2: those that have not obtained license or listing.

52 Class II:

61) Medical devices of Subparagraph 1 and defective medical devices of Subparagraph 2: those that have been determined by the central competent authority to pose no or non-significant hazard to the health of users or to pose no potential hazard.

72) Medical devices of Subparagraph 3: those that have been determined by the central competent authority to pose no potential for significant hazard to the health of users.

83 Class III: medical devices of Subparagraphs 4 and 5.

1Medical device license holders or firms that have completed the listing set forth in Article 25 of the Act shall conduct a recall to completion in accordance with the time limits listed below:

21 Class I: within one month from the day following the announcement date or from the day that recall has been deemed necessary in accordance with the law.

32 Class II: within two months from the day following the announcement date or from the day that recall has been deemed necessary in accordance with the law.

43 Class III: within six months from the day following the date that manufacturing license set forth in Paragraph 2 of Article 22 of the Act has been cancelled or from the day that recall has been deemed necessary in accordance with the law.

1Medical institutions and medical device firms shall cease to import, manufacture, wholesale, retail, and display with the intent to sell medical devices from the date of announcement, of determination in accordance with the law, or of cancellation of manufacturing license by the central competent authority.

2Medical device marketed products and stocked products that are recalled under these Regulations shall be handled as follows:

31 Manufactured domestically: For those that are inspected or tested and considered to be still usable through modification, the municipal or county (city) competent authority shall dispatch personnel to supervise the original manufacturer to perform modification within a time limit. Those that cannot be modified or have not been modified after expiry of the time limit shall be confiscated and destroyed.

42 Imported overseas: They shall be immediately placed in confinement, and the municipal or county (city) competent authority shall order the original importer to return and export them within a time limit. Those that have not been returned after expiry of the time limit shall be confiscated and destroyed.

Whenever the municipal or county (city) competent authority notifies a medical device firm to initiate a recall operation of medical devices, it shall inform central and other municipal or county (city) competent authorities.

1Competent authorities at any level may announce the following information on agency website or through public media regarding the medical devices that shall be recalled:

21 Product name, license or listing number.

32 Information of specifications, batch number, or serial number for identification.

43 Name and address of medical device license holder or firm that has completed the listing.

54 Reason for recall.

1Medical device license holders or firms that have completed the listing shall establish requirements for the recall operation of medical devices and execute them accordingly. Their required contents are as follows:

21 Organization of recall operation.

32 Personnel and tasks in recall.

43 Plan for recall operation.

54 Notification methods of recall.

65 Recall and handling methods.

76 Outcome report on recall.

1Recipients of the notification stated in Subparagraph 4 of the preceding article shall refer to direct consignees or purchasers to which the medical devices have been distributed or sold by a license holder or firm that has completed the listing.

2Contents of the notification set forth in the preceding paragraph shall include the following particulars:

31 Name, address, and phone number of medical device license holder or firm that has completed the listing.

42 Name and address of medical device manufacturer.

53 Medical device product name, specifications, and license or listing number.

64 Information of medical device batch number or serial number for identification and code number.

75 Reason of recall and the hazard it may cause.

86 Recall methods, time and location of recall delivery.

97 Matters to be complied with by direct consignees and purchasers.

1Prior to conducting the recall operation of medical devices, license holders or firms that have completed the listing shall draft a plan as referred to in Subparagraph 3 of Article 7, submit it to the municipal or county (city) competent authority, and notify with a copy to the central competent authority. If revision is deemed necessary, the competent authority may request the plan be revised.

2The plan set forth in the preceding paragraph shall include the following particulars:

31 Name, address, and phone number of medical device license holder or firm that has completed the listing.

42 Name and address of medical device manufacturer.

53 Medical device product name, specifications, and license or listing number.

64 Information of medical device batch number or serial number for identification and code number.

75 Total quantity, distribution and sales quantities, and inventory quantity of medical devices that are manufactured domestically or imported.

86 Name and address of domestic medical institutions and medical device firms to which medical devices have been distributed and sold as well as their distribution and sales quantities respectively.

1Municipal and county (city) competent authorities shall supervise medical institutions and medical device firms within their jurisdictions to conduct matters of medical device recall in accordance with Article 58 of the Act.

2Within 10 days from the date of a Class I recall operation that is self-initiated or is prompted and informed by other competent authority, municipal and county (city) competent authorities shall conduct random inspections at medical institutions and medical device firms within their jurisdictions to ensure medical devices are removed from site and other recall operation procedures are duly performed.

Medical device license holders or firms that have completed the listing shall identify and label both the recalled medical devices and their stocked products and shall store them separately.

1Medical device license holders or firms that have completed the listing shall prepare an outcome report as referred to in Subparagraph 6 of Article 7 once the recall operation is conducted to completion, submit it to the municipal or county (city) competent authority, and notify with a copy to the central competent authority. If revision is deemed necessary, the competent authority may request the report be revised.

2The outcome report on recall set forth in the preceding paragraph shall include the following particulars:

31 Name, address, and phone number of medical device license holder or firm that has completed the listing.

42 Name and address of medical device manufacturer.

53 Medical device product name, specifications, and license or listing number.

64 Information of medical device batch number or serial number for identification and code number.

75 Total quantity, distribution and sales quantities, and inventory quantity of recalled medical devices that are manufactured domestically or imported, and product items and quantities for those that have or have not been recalled.

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The municipal or county (city) competent authority shall inspect at its discretion the follow-up handling methods and dates in the recall operation of medical devices by the license holders or firms that have completed the listing, and shall submit inspection results to the central competent authority for recordation.

These Regulations shall be implemented on May 1, 2021.