2, did not set up a pathology department of the hospital, its pathology diagnostic tasks should be coordinated by the local health administrative department, and sent to the qualified pathology department to undertake; or according to the geographical conditions and other practical conditions, the use of neighboring hospitals *** with the formation of pathological diagnostic center to solve the problem, the specific should be coordinated by the provincial quality control center of the pathology and the local health administrative department *** with the coordination.
3, medical institutions, if the new pathology department, should be the provincial pathology quality control center according to the local level of pathology and the development of the need to apply for hospitals to assess the conditions of the pathology department personnel, equipment, and will be assessed back to the local health administrative departments, as a basis for decision-making.
4, in principle, the routine histologic diagnosis of pathology should be ≥ 8,000 cases (times)/year for Level 3A general hospitals, ≥ 4,000 cases (times)/year for Level 3B general hospitals, and ≥ 2,000 cases (times)/year for Level 2 hospitals.
5, the opening of the Department of Pathology of the medical institutions, medical institutions must have a license to practice "pathology" registration.
6, hospital pathology should be established independently, a medical institution is allowed to set up only one pathology department. In order to adapt to the development of clinical disciplines and needs of the hospital, advocate the development of sub-specialty pathology, including cytopathology, gastroenterology, renal pathology, hematopathology, neurology, gynecological pathology, ophthalmic pathology, dermatopathology, etc.. Departments other than the Department of Pathology and its subordinate laboratories are not allowed to engage in pathological examinations and diagnostic work.