Georgia medical device regulations
Official sources linkedRegulation Agency for Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities (RAMA) rules and guidance for medical device market access, registration, and lifecycle compliance. Each code opens a metadata page with the official source and readable HTML when available.
| Code | Regulation | Category | Effective | Provenance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government Decree No. 334 of 7 October 2024 | Amendment to Decree No. 386 — Clinical Investigation of Registered-Device Analogues საქართველოს მთავრობის 2024 წლის 7 ოქტომბრის №334 დადგენილება, in force on publication. Adds paragraphs 3–5 to Art. 7 of the Technical Regulation approved by Decree No. 386 (Annex No. 1): the requirement of para. 2 does not apply to a clinical investigation carried out in a country recognised by Government Decree No. 188 of 22 October 2009 where the device is an analogue/substitute of the same manufacturer's already registered device with improved technical characteristics, the previous generation is on the market of a recognised country, and the country of manufacture is on that same list. Para. 4 adds the documents the applicant must file (opinion of an authoritative professional association, recommendation of the Georgian National Bioethics Council, informed-consent form) and para. 5 assigns the decision to the Minister or a specialist group. Two articles only. | Clinical Trials | 8 October 2024 | Official |
| Government Decree No. 386 of 3 October 2023 | Technical Regulation on Clinical Investigation of Medical Devices საქართველოს მთავრობის 2023 წლის 3 ოქტომბრის №386 დადგენილება. Approves the Technical Regulation on the clinical investigation of medical devices (Annex No. 1) and, as Annex No. 1.1, the rules for classifying medical devices, including the definitions of transient, short-term and long-term use. Art. 2 defines the Ministry and the Agency, the latter as the public-law legal entity under the Ministry's state control — სამედიცინო და ფარმაცევტული საქმიანობის რეგულირების სააგენტო. Ingested in Georgian from matsne.gov.ge document 5934377, the version published 04/10/2023; the amended consolidated view is behind matsne's paid consolidated-version service, so the 2024 amendment is carried as its own expression. | Clinical Trials | 4 October 2023 | Official |
| Order No. 01-34/ნ of 12 June 2012 | Repeal of Certain Normative Acts of the Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs საქართველოს შრომის, ჯანმრთელობისა და სოციალური დაცვის მინისტრის 2012 წლის 12 ივნისის №01-34/ნ ბრძანება. Art. 1 lists, item by item, the ministerial acts declared no longer in force; item შ) is the 10 December 2003 Order No. 318/ნ on the state registration of medical technical devices. Ingested because it is the instrument that ends the market's earlier device-registration rule, and its own list is the evidence for that repeal. | General | 13 June 2012 | Official |
| Document No. 659, 17/04/1997 | Law of Georgia on Medicines and Pharmaceutical Activities Consolidated English text, current to 30/11/2023 (the most recent consolidated publication the matsne page lists), of the Law of Georgia on Medicines and Pharmaceutical Activities, Chapters I–XIII (several chapters, e.g. VII, IX, XI and XII, are marked "(Deleted)") and Arts. 1–38. Read against the Georgian view of the same document, this instrument is a medicines and pharmaceutical-activity law: its chapters cover pharmaceutical products, manufacturing, sale, substances under special control and side-effect monitoring. It is not a general device law, but it does reach three device-type categories: Art. 1^1(12) defines medical goods, Art. 1(4) exempts non-invasive contraceptive mechanical devices, Art. 11^11(19)(d) names dental material, invasive contraceptive mechanical devices and diagnostic products as products registered within the pharmaceutical regimes, and Art. 11^11(20)(i)-(k) sets their dossiers; the registration clocks (Art. 11^11(9)), validity and variation rules of those regimes therefore apply to them, while instruments and devices as such stay outside the Law. | General | — | Official |
| Order No. 318/ნ of 10 December 2003 | Rules for State Registration of Medical Technical Devices (repealed) საქართველოს შრომის, ჯანმრთელობისა და სოციალური დაცვის მინისტრის 2003 წლის 10 დეკემბრის №318/ნ ბრძანება. Approved the rules for the state registration of medical technical devices (Annex No. 1, Arts. 1–8): general provisions, terms and definitions, the registration fee, the registration sequence, the sequence for re-registration and modernised models, notification of changes to the documentation of registered devices, and cancellation of registration. The order was to enter into force on the 90th day after publication. Repealed with effect from 13/06/2012 by Order No. 01-34/ნ; the instrument is ingested because it is the market's earlier registration rule and the repeal instrument names it verbatim. | Registration | — | Official |
| Document No. 6157-Iს, 08/05/2012 | Law of Georgia — Product Safety and Free Movement Code Consolidated English text, current to 01/04/2026, of the Product Safety and Free Movement Code, Chapters I–X and Arts. 1–104. It is the general product-safety framework: responsibility for placing defective products on the market, general product-safety requirements, technical-threat control, technical regulations (Arts. 56–58 provide for their approval and for market surveillance), standardisation, traceability of measurements, conformity assessment, accreditation, and transitional and final provisions. The text names no medical device; it is the enabling framework under which the device technical regulations are approved, not a device-naming instrument. | General | — | Official |
Changes after registration in Georgia
Source-linked rules for common changes to a registered medical device. Read the scope and conditions with each rule; unverified details are listed separately.
Does changing a device brand name or logo require an update?
A change to the registered brand name and a change to logo artwork can follow different rules. The legal manufacturer, device design and intended purpose remain the same.
A source-verified answer for this specific scenario is not yet published.
How do I update a manufacturer's name without changing the legal entity?
The same legal manufacturer changes its name, potentially alongside the device brand. A transfer to another legal entity is a separate question; permission to combine filings needs its own evidence.
A source-verified answer for this specific scenario is not yet published.
What changes when the manufacturer's office address changes?
An office address change for the same legal entity, potentially alongside name and brand changes. This does not cover moving a factory or manufacturing site, and a combined filing cannot be assumed.
A source-verified answer for this specific scenario is not yet published.
Does a catalogue or reference code change affect registration or UDI?
Check which identifier actually changes. A commercial catalogue, REF or order code is not automatically a device model, registered identifier, GTIN or UDI-DI. Rules for one identifier do not establish the route for another.
A source-verified answer for this specific scenario is not yet published.
Can a registration transfer to a different legal entity?
A real change of legal manufacturer, registration holder or owner. This differs from renaming the same entity; a change of local representative or importer alone does not establish a registration transfer route. Where other changes occur with the transfer, the exact combination and sequence need separate evidence.
A source-verified answer for this specific scenario is not yet published.
Can several changes be filed together?
Changes to brand, manufacturer name, office address and reference codes may occur together, including with a real transfer to another legal manufacturer, registration holder or owner. Assess transfer with each single change, and transfer with brand plus reference, manufacturer name plus reference, or office address plus reference changes: seven transfer combinations in total. Evidence must establish the exact combination and the order of filings and approvals. These combinations and their sequence are not all verified by the rules below; a rule for one change does not prove that a single application, fee or review period covers the combination.
A source-verified answer for this specific scenario is not yet published.
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