Guideline 1.4.1 - Safety - Physical Harm

Hello

Our app has been rejected from the app store because of 1.4 Physical Harm https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#safety

This app is used by the users from Kenya (Only registered users). Users can log their health based self-assessment data like blood pressure, glucose level, temperature, body weight, BMI with medical hardware devices and that will be shared with specialist (Physician or Clinical) to do the diagnosis and advice subscription accordingly.

Problem: We have the above features from earlier versions but with the new version update  our app got rejected from app store stated that we have violated the app stores' guidelines (1.4.1 Physical Harm - Safety)

Your app connects to external medical hardware to provide medical services. However, to be compliant with App Store Review Guideline 1.4.1, you must:

  • Provide documentation from the appropriate regulatory organization demonstrating regulatory clearance for the medical hardware used by your app

  • Provide documentation of a report or peer-reviewed study that demonstrates your app’s use of medical hardware works as described

Our app's features: AccuCheck-Instant Glucometer: CE0088 This product fulfils the requirements of the European Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

b) FORA-DigitalThermometer-IR21b: CE Mark for compliance with European Directive integration over Bluetooth

c) FORA-OximeterPO200: CE0123 and IEC 61000-4-3 Compliant integration over Bluetooth

d) FORA-Weighing Machine-W310b: IEC/EN 61010-1, IEC/EN 61326, EN 301 489-17, EN 300 328 Compliant integration over Bluetooth

e) OmronBPMachine-HEM -9210T: EC & EN Compliance integration over Bluetooth

Please anyone help us to resolve this issue.

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Guideline 1.4.1 - Safety - Physical Harm

Your app connects to external medical hardware to provide medical services. However, to be compliant with App Store Review Guideline 1.4.1, you must:

  • Provide documentation from the appropriate regulatory organization demonstrating regulatory clearance for the medical hardware used by your app

  • Provide documentation of a report or peer-reviewed study that demonstrates your app’s use of medical hardware works as described

  • Restrict the salable storefronts you select in App Store Connect to the regions where you have obtained regulatory clearance for the medical hardware used by your app. Otherwise, you must provide a jurisdiction statement in your app description declaring where the medical hardware has regulatory clearance to be used.

I have faced same issue. your app is approved by app store team?

We're having the same issue. But no possibility to offer a peer reviewed study...

老哥,你好! 想问一下,后面你的app审核通过了吗?他主要是需要什么文件,看你CE等证书都有了(我这边还在申请CE)还被拒。

Hello, we are experiencing the same issue with our mobile app. Could you please let me know if you have already resolved this issue and, if so, how? Thank you.