To an extent, but only if the software meets the criteria for being legally classified as a "medical device". And at the lower classification levels the regulations are very light. You don't necessarily have to prove any level of reliability or usability.

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/classify-your-medical-de...

But thats part of the problem, as well as part of the solution. The FDA regulations say the software must do this and must do that, and you end up with thousands of pop up alerts. I think the regulations are well meaning but they way they translate into software is not realistic. In the article an FDA-regulated pop-up is part of the story.