Measures for the Administration of Medical Institutions in Heilongjiang Province (Revised in 2009)

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen the management of medical institutions, and promote the development of medical and health care undertakings, according to the State Council "Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") and other relevant laws, rules and regulations, combined with the actual situation in this province, the formulation of these measures. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to hospitals, nursing homes, sanatoriums, health centers, outpatient clinics, clinics, health stations, village health centers (rooms), nursing homes (stations), rehabilitation centers, first aid centers (stations), clinical testing centers, specialized disease prevention and treatment, maternal and child health care institutions, and other diagnostic and therapeutic institutions engaged in disease diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and other activities within the administrative area of the province. Article 3 Health epidemic prevention, border health quarantine, medical research and teaching, medicine, family planning and other institutions to carry out diagnostic and therapeutic activities outside the scope of their own business, as well as cosmetic service organizations to carry out medical cosmetic services, should be in accordance with these Measures, to apply for the establishment of the corresponding category of medical institutions. Article 4 The People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police of China in Heilongjiang Province troops outside the establishment of medical institutions, by the municipal (local) health administrative departments in accordance with the "Regulations" and these Measures.

The competent agencies of the agricultural reclamation and forest industry are responsible for the supervision and management of the medical institutions in the reclamation and forest industry areas, and operationally accept the supervision and guidance of the provincial health administrative departments. Article 5 The health administrative departments above the county level for the competent authorities of medical institutions, is responsible for the supervision and management of medical institutions in the administrative region.

Public security, price, industry and commerce departments should be in their respective areas of competence, with the health administrative department to do a good job in the supervision and management of medical institutions. Chapter II set up approval of Article 6 of the health administrative departments above the county level, should be based on the national "medical institutions set up planning guidelines" to develop the administrative region "medical institutions set up planning", by the higher level of the health administrative department after examination and approval, reported to the people's government at the same level for approval, and into the local government's overall plan for socio-economic development.

The province's unified planning and setting up of medical institutions, the provincial health administrative departments to decide. Article VII set up medical institutions, shall be submitted for approval in accordance with the following review authority:

(a) medical institutions without beds and first-class medical institutions by the county (district) health administrative department for review and approval of the municipal (district) health administrative department; county (district) health administrative department according to the municipal (district) health administrative department of the approval of the applicant to make a decision on whether or not to issue the "set up a medical institution approval letter".

(2) the second level of medical institutions and local, municipal and county-level specialized prevention and treatment hospitals (institutes, stations), ninety-nine beds or less rehabilitation hospitals, two hundred and ninety-nine beds or less sanatoriums, as well as the county first aid station and other health care institutions by the municipal (local) health administrative department for approval, issued the "approval for the setting up of health care institutions," and then reported to the provincial health administrative department for the record.

(C) three medical institutions and provincial-level specialized prevention and treatment hospitals (institutes, stations), more than one hundred beds of rehabilitation hospitals, more than three hundred beds of sanatoriums, municipal first aid centers, clinical testing centers and provincial health administrative departments directly under the medical institutions by the provincial health administrative departments for approval, issued by the "approval of the establishment of medical institutions". Article VIII of the following circumstances, shall not apply for the establishment of medical institutions:

(A) the state shall not set up medical institutions in the circumstances;

(B) individuals in rural townships (towns), villages to set up medical institutions;

(C) the city (including counties) to set up the number of nonpublic health care institutions has exceeded the ratio of set up a health care institution for every 10,000 people;

(4) the proposed non-public medical institution is less than one kilometer away from a public medical institution, and the proposed diagnostic and therapeutic subjects are duplicated with the diagnostic and therapeutic subjects of the public medical institution;

(5) the name of the medical institution does not conform to the regulations. Article 9 Individuals applying to set up a clinic in a city shall also have the following conditions:

(1) having obtained the Physician's Practice Certificate or having obtained the title of Physician, have been engaged in clinical work in the same specialty for more than five years;

(2) having a local permanent residence.

Individuals applying to set up clinics in provincial municipalities shall, in addition to the above conditions, have the title of attending physician or above and have been engaged in clinical work of the same specialty for more than five years in a medical institution of the second level or above. Article 10 Individuals applying to set up nursing stations must obtain the "Chinese People's **** and State Nurse Practice Certificate" and be registered. Among them, the nurse should have been engaged in clinical nursing work for more than five years; the nurse should have been engaged in clinical nursing work for more than ten years. Article 11 The validity period of the Approval Letter for Setting Up Medical Institutions shall be three years for third-level medical institutions; two years for second-level medical institutions; and one year for medical institutions without beds and first-level medical institutions. Failure to declare practice registration in accordance with the prescribed time limit beyond the validity period, the "approval for the establishment of medical institutions" from the date of expiration of the validity of its own expiration date. Chapter III Practice Registration Article 12 After completing the matters approved in the "Approval for Setting Up Medical Institutions", the medical institution shall apply for registration with the health administrative department at or above the county (district) level and receive the "license for practice of medical institutions". Article 13 The application for registration of practice of medical institutions shall fill in the "Application for Registration of Practice of Medical Institutions" and submit relevant materials to the registration authority. Article 14 After accepting the application for registration of practice of medical institutions, the registration authority shall, within forty-five days, carry out examination and on-site inspection and verification, and carry out on-site sampling and assessment of basic knowledge and skills of disinfection, isolation and aseptic operation on the relevant practitioners. If the review is qualified, issued a "license to practice in medical institutions"; review failed, the results of the review and the reasons for not approving the applicant in writing.