National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China Order
No. 13
" Physician Practice Registration Management Measures " was discussed and approved by the Director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission on February 3, 2017 and is now announced and will come into effect on April 1, 2017.
Main
Article 2: Physicians should obtain the " Physician Practice Certificate " after registration.
Those who have obtained the "Doctor Practice Certificate" without registration shall not engage in medical, preventive, or health care activities.
Article 3 National Health and Family Planning Commission is responsible for the supervision and management of medical practitioners’ practice registration nationwide.
Local health and family planning administrative departments at or above the county level are the competent departments for the registration of doctors, and are responsible for the supervision and management of doctors’ registration within their administrative regions.
Article 4 The state establishes a physician management information system and implements electronic registration management for physicians.
Chapter 2 Registration conditions and content
Article 5 Anyone who obtains medical qualifications can apply for medical practice registration.
Article 6: Registration is not allowed if any of the following circumstances occurs:
(I) Do not have full civil capacity for ;
(II) Due to criminal punishment, less than 2 years from the date of execution of the sentence to the date of application for registration;
(III) Being subject to administrative penalty for revoking the "Doctor's Practice Certificate" and less than 2 years from the date of the penalty decision to apply for registration;
(IV) Infectious diseases in Class A and Class B, and mental illnesses occur. If the health conditions such as illness and physical disability are not suitable or are unable to be competent for medical, prevention and health care;
(V) Re-apply for registration and fails the assessment;
(V) Participate in organized cheating in physician qualification examination ;
(V) It is found that it has used forged physician qualifications or used other medical qualifications to register in the name of others;
(V) Other situations in which the National Health and Family Planning Commission stipulates that it is not suitable to engage in medical, prevention and health care business.
Article 7 The registration content of physician practice includes: Practice location , Practice category , Practice scope .
Practice location refers to the provincial administrative divisions where the medical, prevention and health care institutions are located and the county-level administrative divisions where the medical, prevention and health care institutions are located.
Practice category refers to clinical , traditional Chinese medicine (including traditional Chinese medicine, ethnic medicine and combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine) , oral , public health .
Practice scope refers to the professional that is compatible with its professional ability that doctors engage in in medical, prevention and health care activities.
Article 8 After obtaining the "Doctor Practice Certificate", doctors shall engage in corresponding medical, preventive and health care activities in accordance with the registered place of practice, category of practice, and scope of practice.
Chapter 3 Registration Procedure
Article 9 Personnel who intends to practice in medical and health care institutions shall apply for registration from the health and family planning administrative department that approves the practice of the institution; persons who intends to practice in the prevention institution shall apply for registration from the health and family planning administrative department at the same level of the institution.
Article 10: Doctors who practice in the same place of practice shall determine an institution as its main practice institution and apply for registration from the health and family planning administrative department that approves the practice of the institution; for other institutions that intend to practice, they shall apply for filing from the health and family planning administrative department that approves the practice of the institution, and indicate the name of the practicing institution.
If a doctor has only one practice institution, he is considered to be his main practice institution.
Article 11 The main practice institution of a doctor and the health and family planning administrative department that approves the practice of the institution shall promptly update the doctors' regular assessment of results in the physician management information system.
Article 12: Applying for medical practitioner registration, the following materials shall be submitted:
(I) Application for Physician Practice Registration Review Form;
(II) Front half-body photo of 2 inches white background without crown in the past 6 months;
(III) Employment certificate of medical, prevention and health care institutions;
(IV) Other materials stipulated by the health and family planning administrative departments at or above the provincial level.
When a doctor who has not registered within 2 years after obtaining the qualification of a doctor, who has suspended his or her practice for more than 2 years, or who has disappeared without registration as stipulated in Article 6 of these Measures, he or she shall also submit a certificate of training in an institution designated by the health and family planning administrative department at or above the provincial level for more than 6 consecutive months and pass the assessment.
Article 13 The registration competent department shall review the application materials submitted by the applicant within 20 working days from the date of receipt of the registration application. If the review is passed, the "Doctor Practice Certificate" will be registered and issued.
Article 14 If registration does not meet the registration conditions, the registration competent department shall notify the employing unit and applicant in writing within 20 working days from the date of receipt of the registration application and explain the reasons. If the applicant has any objection, he or she may apply for administrative reconsideration in accordance with the law or file an administrative lawsuit with the people's court.
Article 15 If a practicing assistant physician continues to practice in medical, prevention and health care institutions after obtaining the qualification of a practicing physician, he or she shall apply for practicing physician registration in accordance with the provisions of these Measures.
Article 16 The "Doctor Practice Certificate" shall be kept properly by myself and shall not be loaned, rented, mortgaged, transferred, altered or damaged. If damage or loss occurs, the parties shall promptly apply to the original issuing department for reissue.
Article 17: If a physician increases a practicing institution across practice locations, he or she shall apply to the health and family planning administrative department that approves the practice of the institution to increase registration.
Practical assistant physicians can only register for one place of practice.
Chapter 4 Registration Change
Article 18 If a doctor has any of the following circumstances after registration, the doctor or his medical, prevention and health care institution shall report to the registration competent department within 30 days from the date of knowing or should know and apply for cancellation of registration:
(I) Death or being declared missing;
(II) Criminal punishment;
(III) Administrative punishment for revoking the "Doctor's Practice Certificate";
(IV) Doctors fail the regular assessment and still fail the assessment after training;
(V) Those who have not participated in regular doctor assessments for two consecutive assessment cycles;
(VI) Those who have suspended their practice activities for 2 years;
(VIII) Those who are not suitable for continuing their practice in their physical health;
(VIII) Those who lend, rent, mortgage, transfer, or alter the "Doctor Practice Certificate";
(9) Those who participate in organized cheating in the physician qualification examination;
(10) Those who apply voluntarily;
(11) Other situations in which the National Health and Family Planning Commission stipulates that it is not suitable to engage in medical, prevention, and health care business.
Article 19 If a doctor has any of the following circumstances after registering, the medical, prevention and health care institution where he is located shall submit it to the registration competent department within 30 days from the date of completing the relevant procedures to handle the registration:
(I) Transfer, retire, or resign;
(II) Dismissed or expelled;
(I) Other circumstances stipulated by the health and family planning administrative department at or above the provincial level.
The above-mentioned registration has been filed for 2 years and has not continued to practice will be cancelled.
Article 20 If a physician changes the registration matters such as practice location, practice category, scope of practice, etc., he/she shall submit the application for the physician’s practice registration and other materials stipulated by the health and family planning administrative department at or above the provincial level through the National Medical Doctor Management Information System.
If a doctor needs to register or change the registration due to participating in training, he/she shall go through the relevant procedures in accordance with the provisions of these Measures.
If a doctor changes his main practice institution, he shall re-register in accordance with Article 12 of these Measures.
Doctors undertake health support, consultation, further study, academic exchange, government-assigned tasks approved by major practicing institutions, and participate in free medical consultations approved by the health and family planning administrative department, as well as practicing in medical institutions signed assistance or custody agreements, and do not need to go through changes in practice locations and registration procedures for practicing institutions.
Article 21 The registration competent department shall go through the change registration procedures within 20 working days from the date of receipt of the change registration application. If the registration conditions for the change are not changed due to the failure to meet the change, the applicant shall be notified in writing within 20 working days from the date of receipt of the change registration application and the reasons shall be explained.
Article 22 The state implements a system for disclosure of medical registration content and a system for inquiry.
Local health and family planning administrative departments at all levels shall provide physician registration information inquiry services in accordance with regulations and announce the list of persons who have been cancelled.
Article 23 If medical, prevention and health care institutions fail to perform their reporting duties in accordance with Article 18 of these Measures and cause serious consequences, the health and family planning administrative departments at or above the county level shall handle it in accordance with Article 41 of the " Practical Physician Law ".
If medical, prevention and health care institutions fail to perform their reporting duties in accordance with Article 19 of these Measures and cause serious consequences, the local health and family planning administrative department at or above the county level shall warn the institution and impose sanctions on its main person in charge and the relevant person in charge shall be punished in accordance with the law.
Chapter 5 Appendix
Article 24 The registration and management of doctors' practice of traditional Chinese medicine (including traditional Chinese medicine, ethnic medicine, and integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine) is the responsibility of the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine (pharmaceutical).
Article 25: If Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan personnel apply to register and practice in the Mainland (Mainland), they shall be handled in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Foreign personnel who apply to register and practice in China shall handle the matter in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Article 26 This Measures shall come into effect on April 1, 2017. The "Interim Measures for the Registration of Practice of Physicians" announced by the former Ministry of Health on July 16, 1999 was also abolished.
