Ministry of Health market accessResearch Ministry of Health registration records, classification, regulations, timelines, fees, and market updates — the stable entrance to every Kuwait medical device resource.
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Browse Kuwait's official medical-device instruments — the Gulf Health Council's central registration regulation and the technical-file requirements — with citeable English passages.
Common questions about changing a registered medical device in Kuwait. Each question separates published rules from details still awaiting verification.
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Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health) review clocks and planning ranges · 4-class device and IVD axis (A, B, C, D) — Ministerial Decree No. (387) of 2025, section 8 classification
| Class / pathway | Review clock | Planning total | Provenance |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITRA new type approval — radiocommunications equipment(Application to CITRA with an official letter requesting type approval, the device's technical specifications, a manufacturer's authorization letter, a Declaration of Conformity for region 1 and a lab report from an approved laboratory; review and approval, fee payment, then issue and delivery of the type approval certificate) The CITRA service page publishes the duration in the words '20 Business days'. The dataset records it as working days, which is the same published clock on the reading that a business day is a working day; the published wording is quoted here so the mapping is visible rather than silent. This is a CITRA equipment-type-approval clock and is NOT a Ministry of Health device-registration clock. Kuwait's Ministry of Health publishes no device-registration decision clock at all: the annex to Decree No. (387) of 2025 says only that the Standard Review Pathway 'shall undergo a full regulatory assessment in accordance with the applicable requirements, timelines, and procedures defined by' the Administration, and gives no number, and the Fast-Track and Abridged pathway sections give none either. The absence of a Ministry of Health clock is recorded in unresolved.reviewClocks. The clock applies to equipment with a radio interface or connected to the public network, so it reaches only the radio-bearing subset of medical devices and runs alongside, not instead of, device registration. | 20 working days | 1-2 months | Verified |
| CITRA type approval renewal(Application to CITRA to renew the type approval, with an official letter to renew and a manufacturer's authorization letter; review and approval, fee payment, then issue and delivery) The CITRA service page publishes the duration as '5 Business days', recorded here as working days. The renewal fee turns on the transmitter power rather than on the device's risk class: KD 30 for each device with 10 mW output power or less and KD 50 for each device with more power. This is a CITRA clock and not a Ministry of Health device-registration renewal clock; the Ministry publishes none, as recorded in unresolved.reviewClocks. | 5 working days | 1-4 weeks | Verified |
| CITRA permit to import communications equipment(Application to CITRA with the completed services application form, the device's technical specifications and, where applicable, an authorization letter to CITRA for import of telecom devices naming the importing company; review and approval, then delivery of the authorization) The CITRA service page publishes the duration as '3 Business days', recorded here as working days, and the service fee as 'Not applicable' — the permit itself carries no charge. The permit authorizes importation in accordance with CITRA's technical rules; it is separate from the Ministry of Health customs-release approval, which the Drug and Food Control Administration describes as its own responsibility for any medical preparation arriving in Kuwait from abroad. This is a CITRA clock and not a Ministry of Health device-registration clock. | 3 working days | 1-2 weeks | Verified |
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