How to penalize hospitals for using expired drugs

The sale of expired medicines by a medical institution will result in the confiscation of all income earned from the sale of expired medicines and the imposition of a fine, the size of which will depend on the seriousness of the case, and if the sale constitutes a crime, the person will be held criminally liable.

According to Article 74 and Article 75 of the Drug Administration Law, the production and sale of counterfeit drugs shall be confiscated, and the illegal production and sale of drugs and illegal income shall be confiscated, and the illegal production and sale of drugs shall be subject to a fine of more than two times the value of the amount of more than five times the amount of the fine; the approval of the documents of the drug shall be revoked, and ordered to stop production, suspend business rectification; if the circumstances are serious, the revocation of the "Drug Manufacturing License", "Drug Operation License" or "Medical Institutions License" shall be suspended. Drug License" or "medical institutions preparation license"; constitutes a crime, be held criminally responsible.

Production and sale of substandard drugs, confiscate the illegal production and sale of drugs and illegal income, and impose illegal production and sale of drugs more than double the value of the amount of more than three times the fine; the circumstances are serious, ordered to stop production, shut down and rectification, or revocation of the approval of the drug certification documents, revocation of the "Drug Manufacturing License", "Drug Business License" or "Medical Institutions Preparations License"; constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility. Criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Legal basis

"Chinese People's **** and State Drug Administration Law" sixty-eight The drug supervision and management department shall, in accordance with the provisions of the "Drug Manufacturing Quality Management Standard", "Drug Business Quality Management Standard", the drug manufacturers and drug business enterprises that have passed its certification, the post-certification tracking inspection.

"Chinese People's **** and the State Drug Administration Law" seventy-four production and sale of counterfeit drugs, confiscate the illegal production and sale of drugs and illegal income, and impose illegal production and sale of drugs more than two times the value of the amount of five times the following fine; with drug approval documents shall be revoked, and ordered to stop production, suspension and reorganization; the circumstances are serious, the revocation of the "Drug Manufacturing License," "Drug Operation License" or "medical institutions preparation license"; constitutes a crime, be held criminally responsible.

"Chinese People's *** and State Drug Administration Law" seventy-five production and sale of substandard drugs, confiscate the illegal production and sale of drugs and illegal income, and impose illegal production and sale of drugs more than double the value of the amount of more than three times the fine; the circumstances are serious, ordered to stop production, suspension and rectification, or revocation of the approval of documents of drug approval, revocation of the "Drug Manufacturing License," "Drug License" or "Medical Institutions Preparation License or "medical institutions preparation license"; constitutes a crime, be held criminally responsible.

The Chinese People's **** and the State Drug Administration Law "seventy-six Engaged in the production and sale of counterfeit medicines and the production and sale of substandard medicines in serious cases of enterprises or other units, its directly responsible for the competent personnel and other directly responsible personnel shall not be engaged in the production of medicines within ten years, business activities.

The raw and auxiliary materials, packaging materials, and production equipment used exclusively for the production of counterfeit or substandard drugs by the producers shall be confiscated.

The People's Republic of China **** and the State Drug Administration Law "seventy-seven know or should have known that belongs to the fake and shoddy drugs and provide them with transportation, storage, warehousing and other facilities, confiscate all the transportation, storage and warehousing income, and impose a fine of more than 50% of the illegal income of more than triple the amount of the fine; constitutes a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility.