Buy Medical Equipment in Israel

A register built on CE and FDA approvals

Medical devices are listed on the Medical Equipment Register, which AMAR, the medical device division of the Ministry of Health, maintains. A device gets on the register through approvals it already has from recognised countries, such as the FDA and CE. The Israeli registration holder then takes responsibility for quality, the supply chain, and the import itself. CT and MRI in Israel add one more step, since the hospital needs a licence from the Director General before it acquires one.

We're MediGear. As a medical equipment distributor with our company registered in England and Wales, we work for healthcare buyers in more than 80 countries on quotes, documents, and freight. Please tell us the model you have in mind, or the clinical need, whether it is for imaging and advanced diagnostics in Israel or for ward monitors, and we then look for verified manufacturers whose models already hold approvals that Israel accepts. Your engineers and buying staff get a quote that covers the points below. Send requests through our buyers page, and there's no account to set up.

Health funds, government hospitals and private groups

Healthcare in Israel rests on universal insurance: every resident is insured under the State Health Insurance Law and signs up with a health fund. Our quotes go to providers of health care in Tel Aviv, Haifa and the south, and to those who supply them:

• Government hospitals such as Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre (Ichilov) and Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa
• Sheba Medical Centre at Tel HaShomer, with almost 2,000 beds
• Soroka Medical Centre, which says it is the only centre in southern Israel providing care to more than one million people
• Private hospitals in Israel such as Assuta, part of the Maccabi group, and imaging institutes
• The four health funds: Clalit, Maccabi, Meuhedet and Leumit
• Dental clinics with their own X-ray equipment
• Israeli registration holders and distributors

Government tenders, central tenders and exemption notices are posted on the Government Procurement Administration's website. A dental clinic that needs one new panoramic unit needs a clear quote and a registration holder for the model.

AMAR, the holder and the approvals it relies on

AMAR runs the register under the Medical Equipment Law of 2012 and rules made in 2013. Applications are submitted electronically, through its vault system. Since 1 January 2025, the registration procedure lists the required documents, and the device's full name must be provided in Hebrew and English. Class I devices from recognised countries can use a quick declaration route, renewed each year, and Class II, IIa and IIb devices have a fast track. Translated documents need a translator's verification.

A registration lasts as long as the foreign certificates behind it. The Ministry accepts old EU certificates that EU rules have extended, up to 31 December 2027 or 2028 by class. Under its 2023 reform plan, AMAR approval also serves as import approval. The holder carries quality, the supply chain and the import, a role we cannot take, and this page is not regulatory advice.

Israel diagnostic imaging: licences, plans, inspection

Holding a medical radiation device requires a Ministry of Health licence, issued by its radiation devices licensing unit and automatically renewed each January. The device must be AMAR-approved. No unit may go in before the licensing unit approves the room plans, and rooms are designed so that yearly doses stay under 2 mSv for staff and 0.3 mSv for the public. Computed tomography, MRI, PET, cath-lab and angio systems also need the Director General's written licence before they are acquired.

Once a unit is in, Ministry inspectors test radiation safety and image quality on diagnostic units, and then the licence takes effect. Later checks come as often as the unit's director decides. Users follow the maker's quality control routine, and sites running mammography equipment test with an ACR phantom every week. A certified radiographer runs the equipment, except for some dental imaging and bone density scans, and medical imaging institutes are advised to involve a medical physicist, including for acceptance tests. Changes must be reported within 15 days, and replacing equipment in an existing room counts as a new installation.

Type H sockets and the maker's QC routine

Our questions for the manufacturer before the order:

• Plug type H. Israel uses type C, H, and M plugs on 230 V and 50 Hz, and type H, with its flat pins in a V, is found only in Israel.
• QC routine. Users must follow the maker's quality control routine, so ask for it in writing with the service manual.
• Wear parts. Probes, filters and paper wear out, and spare parts and consumables can travel with the unit.
• Expiry dates. A registration lasts only while its FDA or CE certificates are valid, so check when they expire.

Open points go to the maker in writing before we quote. The Ministry's post-installation check looks at both safety and image quality, so the papers need to be right.

Shaar Olami, Maslul and the crates

Israeli customs needs the details of foreign suppliers listed in its Shaar Olami system before importers can file their declarations. The AMAR approval is checked at import through the Maslul system. Every order goes out with these papers:

• The invoice and a packing list
• Origin papers
• The HS code for each item
• FDA or CE certificates and the declaration of conformity
• The build date of any used CR or DR unit

Israel's plant health body is PPIS, the Plant Protection and Inspection Services of the Ministry of Agriculture. We found no Israeli guidance on wood packing, so we ask makers for crates marked to ISPM 15.

Mediterranean ports and Ben Gurion Airport

1. Tell us about the site. Send the model, quantity and hospital by RFQ form or email, naming the registration holder if you have one.
2. Read the papers. Most catalogue quotes come back within 48 hours, listing the approvals the model holds, the lead time and the port.
3. Confirm. Your written yes, by email or letter, lets the order go to the maker.
4. Port or airport. Sea freight into a Mediterranean port you nominate, such as Haifa, once we confirm the route, or air freight into Ben Gurion Airport for smaller items.

At the port or airport, your customs agent clears the goods with Israeli customs, and the last leg to the hospital is yours. Shipping conditions can change at short notice, so we confirm the route when you order.

Single units, special devices and used X-ray

A single monitor for a clinic in Haifa is quoted the same way as a full ward, on most catalogue lines. Larger projects can follow the private tender route, and ward teams can browse Hospital Furniture and Fixtures. Teams weighing several imaging systems can list each model in one request. Pre-owned units are part of our refurbished range. For X-ray machines in Israel, the Ministry's rules accept used units within age limits: up to 8 years for a CR unit and 12 for a DR unit, with exceptions on request. A used CT or MRI system still needs the Director General's licence, since the rule covers any transfer. Every unit must also be AMAR-approved.

Disclaimer

This is general information for Israeli hospitals and clinics. It makes no offer of supply, and legal, regulatory or customs questions require independent advice. What we quote depends on the maker's supply, and only a written agreement from both sides makes an order. Devices need AMAR approval, and radiation devices need a Ministry of Health licence before use. Clearance and the regulatory side sit with the registration holder and your importer, as we are neither.