Article 44 of the Saudi Medical Devices Law

This article governs the route of objection to the Authority's penalties, and has three paragraphs:

1. The grievance committee:

• One or more committees are formed by decision of the Board.
• The number of members is not fewer than 3.
• At least one of them is a legal adviser.
• It hears grievances submitted to the Authority against decisions imposing penalties issued under paragraph 1 of Article 42, which are a fine of no more than SAR 5 million, temporary closure, suspension or cancellation of the marketing authorization, barring from the activity, and cancellation of the license.

2. The committee's working rules: its working rules and procedures and its members' remuneration are set by decision of the Board. The deadlines for a grievance and how it is submitted are therefore learned from that decision, not from the Law.

3. Judicial objection: the committee's decisions may be challenged before the Administrative Court.

The path is therefore: a penalty decision from the Authority, then a grievance to the committee, then an objection before the Administrative Court against the committee's decision.

Note that the committee is competent only for paragraph 1 penalties. Paragraph 2 violations, such as adulteration, are referred to the Public Prosecution and the competent court under Article 45. Because grievance deadlines are set by the committee's working rules, a person against whom a decision has been issued is advised to act quickly and consult a lawyer who specializes in administrative cases.