Decree No.23 of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China "Administrative Measures for Occupational Health Surveillance":
Article 8 The employing unit shall organize workers exposed to occupational hazards to have regular occupational health examinations.
Workers who find occupational taboos or have occupational-related health damage should be transferred from their original posts in time and properly placed.
For workers who need reexamination and medical observation, reexamination and medical observation shall be arranged according to the time required by the medical examination institution.
Article 12 The expenses for occupational health examination and medical observation of laborers shall be borne by the employing unit.
According to the Regulations on Industrial Injury Insurance:
Article 19 After accepting the application for ascertainment of work-related injuries, the social insurance administrative department may investigate and verify the accident injuries according to the needs of examination, and the employing units, employees, trade unions, medical institutions and relevant departments shall provide assistance. The diagnosis of occupational diseases and the identification of diagnostic disputes shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases. The social insurance administrative department will no longer investigate and verify the personnel who have obtained the occupational disease diagnosis certificate or occupational disease diagnosis and appraisal certificate according to law.
If the employee or his close relatives think it is a work-related injury and the employer does not think it is a work-related injury, the employer shall bear the burden of proof.
According to Order No.24 of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, Management Measures for Diagnosis and Identification of Occupational Diseases:
Article 19 If a party has any objection to the diagnosis of occupational diseases, he may, within 30 days from the date of receiving the certificate of occupational disease diagnosis, apply to the municipal health administrative department where the medical and health institution making the diagnosis is located for appraisal.
The occupational disease diagnosis appraisal committee is organized by the municipal health administrative department with districts, and is responsible for the first appraisal of occupational disease diagnosis disputes.
If a party refuses to accept the appraisal conclusion of the municipal occupational disease diagnosis appraisal committee with districts, it may apply to the provincial health administrative department where the original appraisal institution is located for re-appraisal within 15 days from the date of receiving the occupational disease diagnosis appraisal.
The appraisal by the Provincial Occupational Disease Diagnosis and Appraisal Committee is final.