Can a Chinese medicine practitioner who obtained a certificate of expertise before July 1, 2017 open a clinic to practice medicine?
According to the Measures for the Registration and Assessment of the Qualification Examination and Registration of Physicians Who Have Expertise in Traditional Chinese Medicine The first call for comments is sufficient, but the second call for comments is not allowed, so the final result is not yet known.
2. I obtained the Chinese Medicine Physician Qualification Certificate in 2017 and registered in February 2018. Is it possible to open a traditional Chinese medicine clinic?
A purely traditional Chinese medicine registration-based clinic does not require approval, only registration is required. You can apply for a practicing certificate after having been registered for 3 years.
Ordinary comprehensive traditional Chinese medicine clinics require approval, and you can apply for a practicing certificate after having been registered for 5 years.
What are the requirements for opening TCM clinics in Order No. 14 passed by the Sanitation and Health Commission in 2017?
After passing the TCM specialty physician qualification examination, you can open a registered pure TCM clinic, but the scope of diagnosis and treatment It is limited to the diseases and treatments that have been tested, and can treat up to 5 diseases. Generally, in order to easily pass, one or two diseases are applied for, so in the end, the clinic can only treat one or two diseases.
IV Regarding the opening of traditional Chinese medicine clinics in 2017, are there any requirements on the distance between clinics?
There is no requirement, and it does not matter if 100 clinics are opened within 100 meters.
Whether you can open outpatient clinics in 2017 after you have just obtained the qualification to practice traditional Chinese medicine
You can open outpatient clinics after obtaining the qualification to practice traditional Chinese medicine, but it also depends on local policies and regulations, as well as academic qualifications.