"Chinese People's **** and the State Law on Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases"
Article 21
Medical institutions must strictly implement the management system and operational norms stipulated by the State Council's administrative department of health, to prevent infectious diseases from medical infections and hospital-acquired infections.
Medical institutions shall determine a special department or personnel, to assume the infectious disease outbreak report, the unit's infectious disease prevention, control, and prevention of infectious diseases in the area of responsibility; to assume the monitoring of risk factors related to hospital-acquired infections in health care activities, safety and protection, disinfection, isolation, and disposal of medical waste.
Disease prevention and control agencies should designate specialized personnel responsible for the prevention of infectious diseases within the medical institutions to guide, assess, and carry out epidemiological investigations.