What formalities do I need to go through to open an outpatient clinic?

The Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions have clear provisions on this: Article 9 units or individuals to set up medical institutions, must be examined and approved by the health administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level and obtain approval for the setting up of a medical institution before other procedures can be carried out with the relevant departments. Article 10 application for the establishment of medical institutions, shall submit the following documents;?

(1) application for setting up

(2) feasibility study report on setting up;?

(iii) site selection report and architectural design plan.

Article 11 units or individuals to set up medical institutions, shall be set up in accordance with the following provisions of the application:?

(a) no beds or beds less than 100 medical institutions, to the local county-level people's government health administrative department to apply.?

(2) beds in more than 100 medical institutions and specialized hospitals in accordance with the provisions of the provincial people's government health administrative department to apply. Article XII of the local people's government at or above the county level administrative department of health shall, within 30 days from the date of acceptance of the application for setting up, make a written reply of approval or disapproval; approval of the setting up, issued to set up a medical institution approval letter.?

Article XIII of the national unified planning of medical institutions set up by the State Council administrative department of health. Article XIV of the organs, enterprises and institutions in accordance with the basic standards of the national medical institutions set up for internal staff services clinics, clinics, health clinics (rooms), the county people's government of the location of the health administrative department for the record. Chapter III registration Article XV of the medical institutions to practice, must be registered to receive the "license to practice medical institutions."?

Article 16 to apply for registration of medical institutions practice, shall have the following conditions:?

(1) an approval letter for setting up a medical institution;?

(2) meet the basic standards for medical institutions;?

(iii) have a suitable name, organization and premises;?

(iv) have funds, facilities, equipment and professional health technicians appropriate to the business they carry out;?

(v) have appropriate rules and regulations;?

(F) can independently assume civil liability. Article XVII of the practice of medical institutions registered by the people's government of the people's health administrative department for the approval of its establishment. In accordance with the provisions of article 13 of these regulations set up medical institutions practice registration, by the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central People's Government health administrative department.

Expanded Information

Categorization of Outpatient Clinics

By the condition of the outpatient, the urgency of the need to deal with, and the state of health,

Can be divided into three kinds of general outpatient clinics, health care clinics, and emergency outpatient clinics.

General Outpatient Clinic

People who come to the clinic with physical or mental abnormalities, either consciously or otherwise, and whose medical conditions can be examined and handled according to the doctor's schedule during the clinic hours.

Healthcare Clinic

The clinic provides preventive checkups, health counseling, disease screening, pre-marital checkups, vaccinations, perinatal care, cancer screening, and infant and child healthcare clinics.

Emergency clinic

Emergency clinic patients, are in urgent condition, crisis, the need for timely diagnosis and treatment or rapid resuscitation of patients, must fight every second. The emergency room should be open 24 hours a day and night.

Reference:Baidu Encyclopedia - Medical Institutions Regulations