Sierra Leone medical device regulations
Official sources linkedPBSL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBSL/GL/002, Version 03, Revision 02 | Guidelines for Application and Authorisation of Clinical Trials of Medicines, Vaccines, Medical Devices and Food Supplements in Sierra Leone Complete 120-page PBSL clinical-trial guideline, including its application requirements, oversight provisions and annexes. Its scope expressly includes medical devices alongside medicines, vaccines and food supplements. The authority lists the file in its 2025 collection; the document itself states the 2024 issue and effective dates. | Clinical Trials | 17 May 2024 | Official |
| PBSL/GL/027, Version 03, Revision 02 | Guidelines for Registration of Medical Device Complete seventy-page PBSL guideline covering medical-device registration, manufacturers, applications, classification, labelling and annexed technical requirements. The authority lists this file under its 2025 guidelines collection, while the document-control block identifies issue on 15 May 2024 and effect on 17 May 2024. The internal dates are preserved. | Registration | 17 May 2024 | Official |
| PBSL/GL/012 — Version 03, Rev 02 | Guidelines for the Importation and Clearance of Pharmaceutical Products at the Official Port of Entry Complete authority import and clearance guideline, cover version 03/revision 02, issued 15 May 2024 and effective 17 May 2024. Expressly includes medical devices and IVDs, special importation of unregistered products, personal use and investigational devices. Retrieved from the live PBSL guideline index, which labels the upload 2025; document dates are taken from its printed cover. | Registration | 2024-05-17 | Official |
| PBSL/GL/043 — Version 01, Rev 00 | Guidelines for Licensing of Import, Wholesale and Retail Pharmaceutical Outlets Complete licensing guideline, version 01, expressly covering medical-device shops as well as other regulated outlets. The document cover identifies PBSL/GL/043, despite the website index labelling this download PBSL-GL-013. Includes establishment approvals, application requirements, renewals and responsibilities. | Registration | 2024-05-17 | Official |
| PBSL/GL/028 — Version 03, Rev 02 | Guidelines for the Listing of Specialised or Orphan Products for Importation in Sierra Leone Complete version 03 guideline for listing specialised or orphan products. Its definitions expressly include medical devices, diagnostic reagents and test kits for rare conditions, with administrative, renewal and technical requirements and application material. Preserves the source's printed May 2024 dates separately from the index's 2025 label. | Registration | 2024-05-17 | Official |
| PBSL-F-78/02 | PBSL CLINICAL TRIAL APPLICATION CHECKLIST Official PBSL clinical-trial submission checklist, retained as a supporting template under PBSL/GL/002 version03 whose title expressly includes medical devices. Preserves blank applicant/PBSL check columns, dossier/declaration/insurance/ethics items and the conditional footnotes, including the printed incomplete final Annex reference. The body contains medicine-oriented IMP/GMP/analysis fields: their device-specific applicability and adaptation remain unresolved and must not be promoted as new universal MD/IVD obligations. Complete three-page source and derived rendering read; form date/currentness not established. | Clinical Trials | — | Official |
| PBSL-F-73/02 | APPLICATION FORM FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE Official ten-page medical-device registration application form with a seven-item checklist, applicant, manufacturer and local-agent details, certification, and three appendices covering manufacturing controls, administrative status and attached materials. The printed form retains generic-name, dosage-unit and formulation fields; their device-specific application is not resolved here. No issue date, fee amount or processing deadline is printed, and later versions and current applicability remain unverified. | Registration | — | Official |
| PBSL-F-75/22 | APPLICATION FORM FOR LICENSING OF PREMISES Official premises-licensing application form with selectable business activities and categories that expressly include medical devices, business and proprietor details, proposed opening hours, responsible-pharmacist or pharmacy-technician details, and declarations. The complete two-page expression is retained; a three-page expression has the same operative wording and an additional header-and-footer-only page. This is a premises form, with no proven publication date, fee amount, processing deadline or version succession; current applicability remains unverified. | Registration | — | Official |
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