Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Village Clinics (for Trial Implementation)
Article 4 Village clinics are an important part of the rural public service system and the foundation of the rural medical and health service system. All localities should support the construction of village clinics, equipment purchase and normal operation by means of public construction and private operation and government subsidies.
Article 5 The National Health and Family Planning Commission, together with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance, shall guide all localities to formulate plans for setting up village clinics and be responsible for the supervision and management of village clinics throughout the country. Provincial and municipal health and family planning administrative departments shall, jointly with the development and reform, finance and other departments at the same level, formulate the planning for the establishment of village clinics within their respective administrative areas, and be responsible for the supervision and management of village clinics within their respective administrative areas. County-level health and family planning administrative departments shall reasonably plan the setting of village clinics, and be responsible for the examination and approval, practice registration, supervision and management of the setting of village clinics within their respective administrative areas.