Measures on the Examination and Approval of Medical Appliance Advertisements -1995

Measures on the Examination and Approval of Medical Appliance Advertisements -1995

Order of State Administration Of Industry And Commerce ,State Pharmaceutical Administration [1995] No.24

March 8, 1995
　
Article 1 The present measures are formulated in accordance with the Advertisement Law of the People's Republic of China.
　
Article 2 The measures apply to the examination and approval of any advertisements, including product introduction and samples, of instruments, facilities, appliances, equipment, implant, and other materials used for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention of human diseases and adjustment of human body's physical function, or for the transplant of body organs.
　
Article 3 The examination and approval of medical appliance advertisements are based on the following laws and regulations:
1. The Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China.
2. The State's relevant regulations governing medical appliances.
3. The State's relevant regulations governing advertising administration and standards stipulated by the advertising supervision departments.
　
Article 4 The State Pharmaceutical Administration and medical administrations at the provincial, (autonomous) regional, and municipal levels or medical appliance supervision departments at the same levels (hereinafter referred to as provincial-level medical appliance supervision departments) should examine and approve medical appliance advertisements under the guidance of advertisement supervision departments at the same level.
　
Article 5 Advertisements of overseas-produced medical appliances and advertisements to be published by such key mass media (as shown in separate list) can only be released after having been examined and approved by the State Medical Administration and reported to and registered with the provincial-level medical appliance supervision department located at the place where such advertisement is to be published.
Other medical appliance advertisements should be examined and approved by the provincial-level medical appliance supervision department at the place of production and reported to and registered with the said department at the place where such advertisement is to be published.
　
Article 6 The application of medical appliance shall be made in the following order:
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