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107 controls from 10 published frameworks. Each checklist item cites the controls below. Requirements are short paraphrases; always check the source document.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0
National Institute of Standards and Technology. Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0). NIST AI 100-1. 2023. https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.AI.100-1 Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N01 | GOVERN 1.5 | Plan ongoing monitoring and periodic review of the risk process, define roles, and set the review frequency. | O01, C05 | draft |
| N02 | GOVERN 1.7 | Have processes for decommissioning and phasing out AI systems safely, without raising risk. | C04 | draft |
| N03 | GOVERN 2.1 and 2.3 | Document roles, responsibilities and lines of communication. Executive leadership owns decisions on AI risk. | G01, G02 | draft |
| N04 | GOVERN 3.2 | Define and differentiate roles for human and AI configurations and for oversight of AI systems. | G01, P10 | draft |
| N05 | GOVERN 4.3 | Enable AI testing, incident identification and information sharing. | O06 | draft |
| N06 | GOVERN 6.1 and 6.2 | Address third party AI risks by policy. Have contingency processes for failures or incidents in high risk third party data or AI. | P07 | draft |
| N07 | MEASURE 2.4 | Monitor the functionality and behavior of the AI system and its components in production. | O01 | draft |
| N08 | MEASURE 2.6 | Evaluate safety regularly. Safety metrics reflect reliability, robustness, real time monitoring and response times for AI system failures. | O01 | draft |
| N09 | MEASURE 2.11 | Evaluate and document fairness and bias. | P05, O04 | draft |
| N10 | MEASURE 3.1 and 3.3 | Track known and emergent risks regularly using intended versus actual performance in deployed contexts. Give end users and affected communities channels to report problems and appeal outcomes. | P01, P02, O03, O05 | draft |
| N11 | MEASURE 4.2 and 4.3 | Validate performance in the deployment context with domain experts. Identify and document measurable performance improvements or declines. | P01, P04, O03 | draft |
| N12 | MANAGE 2.3 | Follow procedures to respond to and recover from a previously unknown risk. | O08 | draft |
| N13 | MANAGE 2.4 | Have mechanisms, with assigned and understood responsibilities, to supersede, disengage or deactivate systems whose performance or outcomes depart from intended use. | C03 | draft |
| N14 | MANAGE 3.1 and 3.2 | Monitor third party resources and pre trained models regularly. Apply and document risk controls. | P07, C01, C02 | draft |
| N15 | MANAGE 4.1 | Implement post deployment monitoring plans. They cover user input capture, appeal and override, decommissioning, incident response, recovery and change management. | P10, O01, O05, O08, C02, C03, C04 | draft |
| N16 | MANAGE 4.3 | Communicate incidents and errors to relevant AI actors, including affected communities. Track, respond to and recover from incidents, and document this. | O06, O08 | draft |
Joint Commission and CHAI Guidance on the Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare
The Joint Commission and Coalition for Health AI. Guidance on the Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare (RUAIH). 17 September 2025. https://digitalassets.jointcommission.org/api/public/content/dcfcf4f1a0cc45cdb526b3cb034c68c2 Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J01 | Element 1, leadership | Appoint individuals with technology expertise to lead AI use. Include a multidisciplinary team spanning executive, compliance, IT, safety, clinical, cybersecurity, privacy and stakeholder roles. | G01, G02 | draft |
| J02 | Element 1, policy and board | Policies cover selection through lifecycle management and equitable use. The governing board receives regular updates on use, outcomes and adverse events. | G02, G03 | draft |
| J03 | Element 3, data use agreements | Vendor data agreements define permitted uses, prohibit re identification, require security compliance and reserve audit rights with penalties. | P06 | draft |
| J04 | Element 4, pre deployment requests | Ask vendors how the tool was validated and tested, whether they will tune or validate on a deployment representative sample, and how bias was evaluated. | P03 | draft |
| J05 | Element 4, monitoring policy | Write policies naming responsible parties for regular validation, comparison of outputs to known parameters, checks of use case outcomes and confidence, confirmation of data currency, and an AI dashboard. | O01, O03 | draft |
| J06 | Element 4, risk based frequency | Monitor more often for tools close to clinical decisions. Administrative tools can be checked periodically. | O02 | draft |
| J07 | Element 4, vendor feedback | Establish channels with vendors. Vendors notify the health system of model changes or updates that may need an unplanned performance check. Locally found issues go to vendors. | C01 | draft |
| J08 | Element 4, adverse event reporting | Create a process to report adverse events or ongoing errors to leadership and vendors. | O06 | draft |
| J09 | Element 5, voluntary blinded reporting | Have a process for confidential, blinded reporting of AI safety events to an independent organization. Record events in internal incident systems. Designated individuals own AI quality and safety. | G01, O07 | draft |
| J10 | Element 6, risk and bias process | Identify, categorize and document prospective and observed risks and biases, especially safety and access risks. Use model cards. | P01, P02 | draft |
| J11 | Element 6, local validation and ongoing bias checks | Check that tool testing covers the populations served. Tune or test on local data. Monitor and audit for bias before deployment and during use. | P04, P05, O04 | draft |
| J12 | Element 7, education and training | Provide role specific training and documentation. Define who may use each tool. Decide when training is needed before rollout and whether it must recur. | P09 | draft |
| J13 | Element 2, patient privacy and transparency | Protect patient data from unauthorized use or release. Disclose and educate patients and families on AI use. Notify patients when AI directly affects their care and how their data are used. Obtain consent where and when relevant. Policies address transparency for staff and patients. | P08 | draft |
EU Artificial Intelligence Act, high risk system requirements
European Parliament and Council of the European Union. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act). Official Journal of the European Union, 12 July 2024. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E01 | Article 9, risk management system | Run a continuous risk management process across the lifecycle. Identify known and foreseeable risks, estimate them, adopt mitigation and test. | P02, O01 | draft |
| E02 | Article 10, data and data governance | Govern training, validation and test data. Examine data for bias and gaps relevant to the intended population. | P05, P06 | draft |
| E03 | Article 12, record keeping | Log events automatically over the system lifetime so operation can be traced and monitored. | O01, O03 | draft |
| E04 | Article 13, transparency and information to deployers | Supply instructions that state intended purpose, accuracy, known limits and oversight measures. | P01, P03 | draft |
| E05 | Article 14, human oversight | Design for effective oversight by people who can understand outputs, override them and stop the system. | P10 | draft |
| E06 | Article 15, accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity | Declare accuracy levels. Keep performance robust and resilient to errors, faults and attacks. | P04, C02 | draft |
| E07 | Article 17, quality management system | Keep documented procedures for compliance, change management, testing, monitoring and accountability. | G01, C05 | draft |
| E08 | Article 26, obligations of deployers | Use the system per instructions, assign oversight to competent staff, monitor operation, keep logs and report problems. | P09, O01, O06 | draft |
| E09 | Articles 72 and 73, post market monitoring and serious incident reporting | Collect and analyze performance data after release. Report serious incidents to the authority without delay. | O06, O08 | draft |
ONC HTI-1 decision support intervention criterion
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) Final Rule. 89 Fed. Reg. 1192 (4 January 2024). 45 CFR 170.315(b)(11). Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H01 | 170.315(b)(11), source attributes | Make intervention source attributes available to users: origin, funding, release dates, inputs used and how it was validated. | P01, P03 | draft |
| H02 | 170.315(b)(11), risk analysis | Analyze risks to validity, reliability, robustness, fairness, intelligibility, safety, security and privacy for predictive tools. | P02 | draft |
| H03 | 170.315(b)(11), risk mitigation | Put documented practices in place to mitigate the risks found in the analysis. | O01, C03 | draft |
| H04 | 170.315(b)(11), governance | Set policies and controls for how data are acquired, managed and used by the tool. | P06, P08 | draft |
| H05 | 170.315(b)(11), feedback and export | Let users give feedback on outputs and export it in computable form with the action taken. | O03, O05 | draft |
WHO Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health
World Health Organization. Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health: WHO guidance. Geneva: WHO; 2021. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/341996 Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W01 | Principle 1, protect human autonomy | Keep humans in control of health decisions. Protect privacy and obtain valid consent. | P08, P10 | draft |
| W02 | Principle 2, promote well being, safety and the public interest | Meet regulatory requirements for safety, accuracy and efficacy. Apply quality control in practice. | P04, O03 | draft |
| W03 | Principle 3, transparency, explainability and intelligibility | Publish enough information before deployment so the tool can be understood, debated and challenged. | P01, P08 | draft |
| W04 | Principle 4, responsibility and accountability | Name who is responsible. Provide appropriate mechanisms for questioning and redress. | G01, O06 | draft |
| W05 | Principle 5, inclusiveness and equity | Design and use for the widest appropriate access. Monitor for bias and unequal performance. | P05, O04 | draft |
| W06 | Principle 6, responsive and sustainable | Assess responsiveness during real use. Plan for sustainability and for retirement of tools that no longer perform. | O03, C04 | draft |
ISO/IEC 42001 Artificial intelligence management system
International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission. ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Information technology, Artificial intelligence, Management system. 2023. https://www.iso.org/standard/81230.html Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I01 | Clause 5, leadership and AI policy | Top management sets an AI policy, assigns roles and commits resources. | G01, G02 | draft |
| I02 | Annex A.3, internal organization | Define roles and responsibilities. Provide a process to report concerns. | G01, O07 | draft |
| I03 | Annex A.5, assessing impacts of AI systems | Assess impacts on individuals and groups, document results and keep them current. | P02, P05 | draft |
| I04 | Annex A.6, AI system life cycle | Set objectives, verification and validation criteria, deployment and operation controls, monitoring and change handling. | P04, O01, C02 | draft |
| I05 | Annex A.7, data for AI systems | Document data acquisition, quality, provenance and preparation. | P06 | draft |
| I06 | Annex A.8, information for interested parties | Provide user documentation, incident communication and reporting channels. | P08, P09 | draft |
| I07 | Annex A.9, use of AI systems | Define responsible use processes, objectives and intended use. | P09, P10 | draft |
| I08 | Annex A.10, third party and customer relationships | Allocate responsibilities with suppliers and customers. Assess supplier risk. | P07, C01 | draft |
| I09 | Clauses 9 and 10, performance evaluation and improvement | Monitor, audit and review the management system. Correct nonconformity and improve. | O03, C05 | draft |
FDA Predetermined Change Control Plan guidance for AI enabled device software
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Marketing Submission Recommendations for a Predetermined Change Control Plan for Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Device Software Functions. Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff. 2024. https://www.fda.gov/media/166704/download Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F01 | Description of modifications | State the planned changes to the AI function that will be made after release. | C01, C02 | draft |
| F02 | Modification protocol | Define data handling, retraining, performance evaluation and update procedures for each planned change. | C02 | draft |
| F03 | Impact assessment | Assess benefits and risks of each modification and how risks are mitigated. | C01, C02 | draft |
CHAI Responsible AI Guide
Coalition for Health AI. Responsible AI Guide. https://assets.ctfassets.net/7s4afyr9pmov/6e7PrdrsNTQ5FjZ4uyRjTW/c4070131c523d4e1db26105aa51f087d/CHAI_Responsible-AI-Guide.pdf Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R01 | Stage 1, usefulness | Justify why AI addresses the problem and why it beats non AI alternatives. Complete a risk benefit and cost benefit analysis. | P01, P12 | draft |
| R02 | Stage 1, usefulness | Assess workflow integration, including the effect on patient clinician interaction. | P09, P12 | draft |
| R03 | Stage 1, fairness | Define fairness for the use case. Identify subgroups at risk. Set a bias monitoring and mitigation strategy. | P02, P13 | draft |
| R04 | Stage 1, fairness and security | For acquired tools, ask the vendor for subgroup performance and parity data. Review third party security practices. | P03, P07 | draft |
| R05 | Stage 1, transparency | Document intended use, users and target population with inclusion and exclusion criteria. Choose a documentation format such as a model card. | P01, P11 | draft |
| R06 | Stage 1, security and privacy | Keep an AI systems inventory with data processing maps. Run an initial privacy and security risk assessment. | P07, P08 | draft |
| R07 | Stage 1, safety | Confirm regulatory and ethical requirements: FDA software criteria, IRB need, consent and adverse event disclosure. | G02, P02 | draft |
| R08 | Stage 2, usefulness | Assess usability with human factors methods. Document robustness testing. | P04, P12 | draft |
| R09 | Stage 2, safety | Let end users control, direct and override recommendations. Record each override. | P10, O10 | draft |
| R10 | Stage 2, safety | Write a risk management plan with adverse events, causes and corrective actions. Define adverse and serious adverse events. | P02, O06, O08 | draft |
| R11 | Stage 2, safety | Set reporting and recall procedures and a threshold for reporting potential patient harm. Share concerns with the developer and regulators. | O06, O07 | draft |
| R12 | Stage 2, transparency | Label the model in plain language: development, purpose, limits, error rates and underrepresented subpopulations. Update the label when new limits appear. | P01, P11 | draft |
| R13 | Stage 2, fairness | Provide simple channels for end user feedback on bias. Review feedback in time to stop escalation. | O04, O05 | draft |
| R14 | Stage 2, accountability | Set a governance structure and a change management plan that split developer and implementer duties. Define how the teams communicate. | G02, C02 | draft |
| R15 | Stage 2, security and privacy | Set data governance: access controls, secure transfer, encryption, audit trails, retention, third party sharing terms and incident response. | P06, P08, O11 | draft |
| R16 | Stage 3, engineering | Follow a data management plan. Use quality assured data with documented lineage that represents the target population. Test robustness across populations. | P04, P05 | draft |
| R17 | Stage 4, assess | Run installation qualification and local validation. Run a prospective silent evaluation. | P04, P14 | draft |
| R18 | Stage 4, assess | Train end users. Name the business owner accountable for testing. Approve implementation, measurement and mitigation plans before the pilot. | G01, P09 | draft |
| R19 | Stage 5, pilot | Pilot first. Assess real world impact, workflow fit, acceptance and downstream effects. Update the risk plan. Decide on scale up from set success criteria. | P15 | draft |
| R20 | Stage 6, deploy and monitor | Monitor continuously. Audit regularly. Watch for drift. Set retraining procedures. Document all changes and share findings. | O01, O03, O12 | draft |
| R21 | Governance foundation | Assign roles by SOP. Place oversight high enough to decide on resources, incidents and rollback. Provide independent review and train staff. | G01, G02, P09, O14 | draft |
| R22 | Stakeholder roles | Name a business owner, a technology owner and an executive sponsor. Give end users a route to report risks. | G01 | draft |
| R23 | Independent review | Arrange independent review for objectivity. Share results to build trust. | O14 | draft |
CHAI Assurance Standards Guide
Coalition for Health AI. Assurance Standards Guide (draft for public comment, June 2024). https://www.chai.org/blog/chai-releases-draft-responsible-health-ai-framework-for-public-comment Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A01 | Stage 3, usefulness | Check that training data match the deployment setting and that local data represent the population. Monitor data quality and drift. | P04, O12 | draft |
| A02 | Stage 3, fairness | Justify any use of protected attributes. Check proxies and composite scores for hidden bias. | P05, P13 | draft |
| A03 | Stage 3, transparency | Document data provenance, lineage and limits. Version control the datasets. | P06, P11 | draft |
| A04 | Stage 4, fairness | Keep training and test data independent. Assess performance and parity across subgroups. | P05, P14 | draft |
| A05 | Stage 4, security | Assess third party providers. Keep audit records and system documentation. Set up vulnerability reporting. | P03, P07 | draft |
| A06 | Stage 5, transparency | Reduce automation bias. Manage clinician disagreement with outputs. Assess what users do after an AI interaction. | P10, O10 | draft |
| A07 | Stage 5, security | Run configuration change control. Review audit logs. Keep an incident response plan. Set resilience needs for critical AI services. | O08, O11, C02 | draft |
| A08 | Stage 5 and 6, safety | Review regularly whether the system is still relevant or obsolete. | C04, C05 | draft |
| A09 | Stage 6, fairness | Monitor drift effects on bias. Name who monitors bias. Assess drift risk between pilot and full deployment. | O04, O12 | draft |
| A10 | Stage 6, transparency | Tell patients and affected groups about the AI role. Make end of life processes clear. | P08, C04 | draft |
| A11 | Stage 6, security | Notify stakeholders of cybersecurity and privacy incidents. Report unintended uses. Assure the supply chain. | O06, O08 | draft |
| A12 | Stage 6, safety | Confirm updates keep the system safe and effective. Analyze impact on safety and benefit. | C01, C02 | draft |
| A13 | Governance principle | Provide high level oversight, a bias management structure with clear roles, and mandatory training on ethics, quality, intended use and risks. | G02, P09 | draft |
| A14 | Stage 2, fairness and transparency | Define clear decision thresholds. Provide explainability measures for subgroup assessment. | P10, P11 | draft |
CHAI Applied Model Card
Coalition for Health AI. Applied Model Card, documentation v0.1. https://mc.chai.org/v0.1/documentation.pdf ; template and schema at https://github.com/coalition-for-health-ai/mc-schema Source document
| Control | Clause | Requirement (paraphrase) | Plan items | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M01 | Header | Record name, developer, contact for issues, release stage, release date, version, global availability and regulatory approval. | P11 | draft |
| M02 | Uses and directions | State intended use and workflow, primary users, how to use, target population and cautioned out of scope settings. | P01, P11 | draft |
| M03 | Warnings | State known risks and limitations, known biases and ethical considerations, and the clinical risk level. | P02, P11 | draft |
| M04 | Trust ingredients, AI system facts | State outputs, model type, foundation models, input data, development data, bias mitigation, maintenance, security practices and transparency mechanisms. | P11, P13 | draft |
| M05 | Transparency information | State the funding source, third party information and stakeholders consulted. | P03, P11 | draft |
| M06 | Key metrics, usefulness, usability and efficacy | Report goal, result, interpretation, test type, test data and validation process. | P04, P11 | draft |
| M07 | Key metrics, fairness and equity | Report the same six metric fields for fairness and equity. | P05, P11 | draft |
| M08 | Key metrics, safety and reliability | Report the same six metric fields for safety and reliability. | P04, P11 | draft |
| M09 | Resources | List evaluation references, clinical trials, publications, reimbursement status and patient consent or disclosure. | P08, P11 | draft |
Planned: NIST AI 600-1 generative AI profile, CHAI Assurance Reporting Checklists, FDA clinical decision support guidance, HIPAA security rule and state AI laws. Add a framework.