Administrative Measures for Occupational Health Examination (Revised in 2019)
Administrative Measures for Occupational Health Examination (Revised in 2019)
Administrative Measures for Occupational Health Examination (Revised in 2019)
Order of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China No.2
February 28, 2019
(Issued as Order of the former National Health and Family Planning Commission No.5 on March 26, 2015 and revised for the first time according to the Decision of the National Health Commission on Revising Four Departmental Regulations and Rules Including the Administrative Measures for Occupational Health Examination on February 28, 2019)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 In accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases (hereinafter referred to as the "Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law"), these Measures are formulated with a view to strengthening the work of occupational health examination, regulating the management of occupational health examination institutions and protecting the health rights and interests of workers.
Article 2 "Occupational Health Examination" as used in these Measures refers to the health examinations carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state by medical and health institutions on workers who are engaged in operations exposed to occupational hazards before taking up their posts and during and after leaving their posts.
Article 3 The National Health Commission shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of occupational health examination work throughout the country.
Local health authorities at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of occupational health examination work in their respective jurisdictions; fully leverage existing resources and make unified planning and rational layout in light of the actual needs of occupational disease prevention and control work; and strengthen the capacity-building of occupational health examination institutions and provide necessary safeguards.
Chapter II Occupational Health Examination Institutions
Article 4 Medical and health institutions undertaking occupational health examinations shall, within 15 working days from the date of their undertaking of such examinations, file with provincial health authorities for the record. Specific measures for the record-filing shall be formulated by provincial health authorities in accordance with these Measures and be released to the public.
Provincial health authorities shall promptly release to the public the lists, addresses, examination categories, items and other information of the medical and health institutions which have been filed with them for the record, and inform the health authorities which verify and issue Medical Institution Practicing Licenses to these institutions. The health authorities which verify and issue Medical Institution Practicing Licenses to medical and health institutions shall indicate the categories and items of examination and other information in the Notes column of the duplicate copies of the Medical Institution Practice Licenses of the medical and health institutions.
Article 5 Medical and health institutions which undertake occupational health examinations (hereinafter referred to as "occupational health examination institutions") shall meet the following requirements:
1. holding a Medical Institution Practicing License, as well as a Radiological Diagnosis and Treatment License if radiological examination items are involved;
2. having corresponding occupational health examination venues, wait-for-examination venues and examination rooms, with a total floorspace of not less than 400 square meters, and each independent examination room should have a use floorspace of not less than 6 square meters;
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Order of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China No.2
February 28, 2019
(Issued as Order of the former National Health and Family Planning Commission No.5 on March 26, 2015 and revised for the first time according to the Decision of the National Health Commission on Revising Four Departmental Regulations and Rules Including the Administrative Measures for Occupational Health Examination on February 28, 2019)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 In accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases (hereinafter referred to as the "Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Law"), these Measures are formulated with a view to strengthening the work of occupational health examination, regulating the management of occupational health examination institutions and protecting the health rights and interests of workers.
Article 2 "Occupational Health Examination" as used in these Measures refers to the health examinations carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state by medical and health institutions on workers who are engaged in operations exposed to occupational hazards before taking up their posts and during and after leaving their posts.
Article 3 The National Health Commission shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of occupational health examination work throughout the country.
Local health authorities at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of occupational health examination work in their respective jurisdictions; fully leverage existing resources and make unified planning and rational layout in light of the actual needs of occupational disease prevention and control work; and strengthen the capacity-building of occupational health examination institutions and provide necessary safeguards.
Chapter II Occupational Health Examination Institutions
Article 4 Medical and health institutions undertaking occupational health examinations shall, within 15 working days from the date of their undertaking of such examinations, file with provincial health authorities for the record. Specific measures for the record-filing shall be formulated by provincial health authorities in accordance with these Measures and be released to the public.
Provincial health authorities shall promptly release to the public the lists, addresses, examination categories, items and other information of the medical and health institutions which have been filed with them for the record, and inform the health authorities which verify and issue Medical Institution Practicing Licenses to these institutions. The health authorities which verify and issue Medical Institution Practicing Licenses to medical and health institutions shall indicate the categories and items of examination and other information in the Notes column of the duplicate copies of the Medical Institution Practice Licenses of the medical and health institutions.
Article 5 Medical and health institutions which undertake occupational health examinations (hereinafter referred to as "occupational health examination institutions") shall meet the following requirements:
1. holding a Medical Institution Practicing License, as well as a Radiological Diagnosis and Treatment License if radiological examination items are involved;
2. having corresponding occupational health examination venues, wait-for-examination venues and examination rooms, with a total floorspace of not less than 400 square meters, and each independent examination room should have a use floorspace of not less than 6 square meters;
3.
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