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Guidance on AI/ML-Enabled Medical Devices (MDS-G010)

SFDA guidance for AI and machine learning medical devices

Type	Guideline
Code	MDS-G010
Issuing authority	Ministry of Health (MOH)
Framework	Health data
Tier	Guidelines & circulars
Legal status	In force
Instrument number	MDS-G010 · Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)
Issued	2023-01-03
Dates	SFDA, 3 January 2023; guidance
Last verified	2026-10-20

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) guidance MDS-G010 covers medical devices that use artificial intelligence or machine learning.

• Issued 3 January 2023; guidance.
• Read with SFDA's medical device cybersecurity guidance (MDS-G38) and, for personal data, the PDPL.

Documents

• Official source (www.sfda.gov.sa)

In this framework

• Law of Ethics of Research on Living Creatures and its Implementing Regulations
• Regulations and Requirements for Conducting Clinical Trials on Drugs (v4.0)
• Saudi Health Information Exchange Policies (IS0303 v1.0)
• MoH internal Data Governance Policy (v0.1)
• Saudi eHealth Security and Privacy Interoperability Specification (IS0101)
• Telehealth Application Guidelines
• Guidance on Pre-Market Cybersecurity of Medical Devices (MDS-G38)

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