Regulations of Guangdong Province on the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Article 1 In order to inherit and carry forward Chinese medicine, promote the development of Chinese medicine, and meet the needs of people's medical care, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the medical treatment, prevention, health care, education and scientific research of traditional Chinese medicine (including integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine and ethnic medicine) within the administrative area of this province. Article 3 People's governments at all levels must implement the principle of paying equal attention to both Chinese and Western medicine, incorporate the development of Chinese medicine into the national economic and social development plan and the regional health plan, and incorporate the funds for the development of Chinese medicine into the fiscal budget, and gradually increase investment to ensure the development of Chinese medicine. Fourth, actively use overseas funds and donations to develop Chinese medicine.

Encourage enterprises, institutions, social organizations and individuals to support the development of Chinese medicine in various forms. Fifth provincial health (Chinese medicine) administrative department in charge of the province's Chinese medicine work.

City and county (District) health administrative departments shall be equipped with full-time Chinese medicine management personnel.

Development planning, finance, personnel, science and technology, education, drug supervision and other administrative departments at all levels shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, support the development of Chinese medicine. Article 6 The establishment of medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine must go through the application and examination and approval procedures in accordance with the provisions of the state and the province on the management of medical institutions.

The revocation, merger or change of the medical nature of traditional Chinese medicine by medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine at or above the county level shall be subject to the consent of the original approved health administrative department and reported to the provincial health (traditional Chinese medicine) administrative department for the record. Article 7 The establishment of Chinese-foreign cooperative medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine shall be examined and approved by the provincial administrative department of health (traditional Chinese medicine), and the application and examination and approval procedures shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state. Eighth provinces, cities and counties should set up hospitals of traditional Chinese medicine. The business premises, medical equipment and professional and technical personnel of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals shall meet the standards set by the state and the province. Article 9 A general hospital at or above the county level shall set up a department of traditional Chinese medicine or integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, and set up beds in accordance with the prescribed proportion.

Township hospitals should set up Chinese medicine clinics, equipped with Chinese medicine technicians, and carry out Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment activities.

Doctors in village health stations (rooms) should master the technology of treating common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases with traditional Chinese medicine, and use traditional Chinese medicine to prevent and treat diseases. Tenth medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine should participate in community medical care, prevention and health care services. Eleventh provinces, cities and counties (districts) Chinese medicine institutions should guide and help rural Chinese medicine work, and promote simple and effective new technologies and treatments of Chinese medicine in rural areas. Twelfth TCM technicians should give full play to the characteristics and advantages of TCM in diagnosis and treatment, and learn and apply modern medical technology.

Encourage western medicine and related disciplines to study, research and apply Chinese medicine theory and technology, and promote the development of Chinese medicine. Thirteenth colleges and universities of traditional Chinese medicine should strengthen the basic theory education of traditional Chinese medicine and attach importance to clinical and modern Chinese medicine teaching; Other medical colleges should offer courses on basic theories and skills of traditional Chinese medicine.

Medical colleges and universities should train graduate students of Chinese medicine and integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in a planned way. Fourteenth people's governments at all levels should attach importance to the development of adult higher education in traditional Chinese medicine, and improve the academic qualifications and academic level of existing technicians in traditional Chinese medicine. Fifteenth to establish and improve the continuing education system for Chinese medicine technicians. Medical institutions and educational and scientific research institutions must ensure that Chinese medicine technicians participate in various forms of continuing education and study, and the annual study time is not less than fifteen days. During the study period, the wages and benefits enjoy the same treatment on the job. Continuing education funds shall be settled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state and the province.

Every 3 years, arrange business training for township TCM technicians for not less than 20 days. Sixteenth health administrative departments of the people's governments at all levels and Chinese medicine institutions should strengthen the training of Chinese medicine discipline leaders, young and middle-aged technical backbones and professionals of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Article 17 The whole society should respect Chinese medicine experts. Support senior Chinese medicine technicians with high academic level and rich clinical experience to teach with apprentices. Measures for the administration of apprentices shall be formulated by the provincial people's government. Eighteenth scientific research of traditional Chinese medicine should pay attention to basic theoretical research, pay attention to applied research, and improve the academic level and clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine.

Using modern science and technology to accelerate the research and reform of traditional Chinese medicine dosage forms. Nineteenth people's governments at or above the county level shall take measures to develop high-tech industries of traditional Chinese medicine, develop, popularize and apply the technical achievements of traditional Chinese medicine, and cultivate the technical market of traditional Chinese medicine. Twentieth to strengthen the collection, collation, research and development and utilization of traditional Chinese medicine literature, secret recipes, prescriptions and special technologies.

Protect intellectual property rights of traditional Chinese medicine according to law. Twenty-first to encourage international or regional Chinese medicine academic exchanges, technical cooperation, transfer of scientific and technological achievements, cooperative research and other activities. Twenty-second the following evaluation and appraisal work, by the Chinese medicine professional and technical evaluation and appraisal committee is responsible for:

(a) the professional and technical qualifications of professional and technical personnel of traditional Chinese medicine;

(2) Identification of scientific research projects and achievements of traditional Chinese medicine;

(3) Evaluation of TCM medical institutions;

(4) Technical appraisal of medical malpractice in traditional Chinese medicine.

The evaluation of teaching and scientific research units shall be carried out by the professional and technical evaluation and appraisal Committee of traditional Chinese medicine in conjunction with relevant departments.