Singapore legislation
Regulation 39A
Regulation 39A
Duty to maintain records of receipt and supply in relation to medical devices for clinical research
Subregulation 1
Every person who supplies any medical device whose planned use is for a clinical purpose in any clinical research (including a person who manufactures or imports the medical device, and supplies the medical device) must —
maintain a record relating to every receipt (where applicable) and every supply by the person of the medical device; and
produce such record for inspection by the Authority or an enforcement officer as and when required by the Authority or enforcement officer.
Subregulation 2
A person referred to in paragraph (1) must ensure that every record referred to in that paragraph —
contains, in relation to (where applicable) each receipt, and each supply, by the person of the medical device, all of the following information:
the proprietary name or description of the medical device;
the date on which the medical device was received and supplied;
the name and address of the person from whom and to whom the medical device was received and supplied;
the quantity of the medical device received and supplied; and
the identification number or mark (including the control number, lot number, batch number or serial number) of the medical device received and supplied; and
is retained for the following periods:
for any registered medical device used in a regulated clinical trial or any medical device used in any clinical research that is not a regulated clinical trial, the longer of the following periods:
the projected useful life of the medical device;
2 years after the date on which the medical device is supplied;
for any unregistered medical device used in a regulated clinical trial, the period for which records must be kept under regulation 23(2)(c) of the Health Products (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 331/2016) or regulation 23(2)(c) of the Medicines (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2016 (G.N. No. S 335/2016), as the case may be.
Subregulation 3
Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
Subregulation 4
Any person who, in compliance or purported compliance with paragraph (1), furnishes the Authority or an enforcement officer with any record which the person knows is false or misleading shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.