Does Law for the Promotion of Artificial Intelligence and Technologies require Risk Assessment?

El Salvador • enforcing

Yes — 1 provision

Requirements at a glance

This regulation imposes 4 specific requirements for Risk Assessment across 1 provision:

High-Risk AI Impact Assessment #

Obligation:
Risk Assessment
enforcing
Effective:
Sep 2, 2025
Risk tier:
high
Scope:
developers, deployers
high-impact
Mandatory impact assessments apply to AI systems handling confidential, personal, or restricted data, or deployed in critical sectors (healthcare, finance, public administration). ANIA establishes the risk-assessment framework. This is a risk-based approach analogous to the EU AI Act but with a pro-innovation tilt: lighter obligations for lower-risk systems.

Requirements

RequirementDetails
Impact assessmentMandatory impact assessments for high-risk AI systems before deployment
High-risk definitionSystems handling sensitive/personal/restricted data or operating in critical sectors (healthcare, finance, public administration)
Risk frameworkANIA establishes and maintains the risk-assessment framework balancing innovation and safety
Sandbox testingControlled testing environments (regulatory sandboxes) available for experimental AI activities
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