RIGHT TO REPAIR
“Right to Repair” policies affecting
medical devices, would create new
and unnecessary risks to patients,
operators, and hospitals by allowing
any unregulated third-party business
to service and access proprietary
information about medical imaging
devices. Moreover, right to repair
demands go well beyond what would
be necessary to perform routine work
on a medical device, including OEM
trade secrets, patent, copyright, and
other proprietary information.
These policies have been proposed at
multiple levels of government, including
in State and Federal legislation, but
have consistently been rejected for
medical devices.
To enhance patient safety and
cybersecurity, policymakers should
continue to support exempting
medical devices from any “right to repair” legislation and hold all
entities engaged in servicing medical
devices to the same minimum
quality, safety, and regulatory
requirements. To ensure safe servicing
and enhance patient safety, legislators
should oppose right to repair legislation
that applies to medical devices.