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Administrative Measures On Internet Health Information Services

Original Language Title: 互联网医疗保健信息服务管理办法

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Administrative measures on Internet health information services

    (May 1, 2009 the Ministry of Health announced 66th come into force on July 1, 2009) Chapter I General provisions

    First to standardize the Internet healthcare information services activities to ensure scientific and accurate healthcare information on the Internet, promote the healthy and orderly development of healthcare information on the Internet services, in accordance with the measures for the administration of Internet information services, these measures are formulated.

    Article People's Republic of China territory of Internet health information service activities, these measures shall apply.

    Internet in these measures refers to medical and health information services through medical and health Web sites, preventive health care knowledge website or set up prevention in comprehensive Web site's health channel provides health-care information services activities to the Internet users.

    Telemedical consulting, video, Internet information services, medical education, according to the Ministry of health-related provisions.

    Article Internet health information service is divided into operating and non-operating categories.

    For-profit health-care information services, refer to Internet users paid to provide services such as medical and health information activities.

    Non-commercial Internet health-care information services, are links to Internet users free open and share healthcare information services activities.

    Article fourth Internet health information service, apply for business licenses or to the communications management to perform before the filing formalities, shall be subject to the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and health Chinese medicine departments of administration, agreed.

    Chapter II establishment

    Section fifth for providing medical and health information on the Internet service, subject to the following conditions:

    (A) the organizer for a lawfully established health bodies, enterprises, institutions and other social organizations engaged in prevention and health care services;

    (B) with Internet health-care information and services adapted to the activity professionals, facilities and related systems;

    (C) the Web site or channel 2 or more familiar with medical and health management laws, regulations and expertise of medical technicians providing awareness should have 1 Ridge above physician health professional and technical qualifications of the position.

    Sixth Internet healthcare information services section contains sexual psychology, sexual ethics, medicine, therapy and other science content, except as provided in section fifth conditions, should also meet the following conditions:

    (A) the sponsor must be a medical and health institutions;

    (B) have only to engage in relevant clinical and research professionals working with open related technical measures.

    Article seventh applications provide Internet healthcare information services shall be in accordance with the principle of territorial management, to the central units of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities apply to the administrative departments of public health, the Chinese medicine sector, and submit the following materials: (A) the application and an application form.

    Application form includes: Web site categories and the nature of services (operating or non-operating), content category (General, sexual knowledge, scientific research), website hosting services, scheduled start date, organizer name, institution, head of mailing address, postal code, and its ID number, contact person, contact phone, etc;

    (B) the Organizer basic information, including the corporate certificate or business license;

    (C) medical and health professional education and qualifications, a copy of the certificate of practice, site owner identity cards and resumes;

    (D) the Web site related to domain name registration certificate documents;

    (E) the description columns of this website;

    (Vi) site history information for backup and check out the related management system and implementation notes;

    (G) the Chinese Medicine Department of health administration, online on the website all the columns, content, methods and instructions;

    (VIII) measures to improve network and information security, including security measures for information security, information security management system, user management system;

    (I) the guaranteed source of healthcare information science, accurate management measures, explanations and references.

    Article eighth Internet health information services Chinese name for the site, in addition to same as the host name, not to "China" or "Chinese", "national" title. Nineth Governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Administrative Department of public health, the Chinese medicine sector with effect from the date of acceptance in the 20th, the application provides materials for review of Internet health care information services, and to agree or not to agree to review comments.

    Support, review consent issued by the medical and health information on the Internet service, announcements, and to the Ministry of health, the State administration of traditional Chinese medicine for the record; does not agree, it shall notify the applicant in writing and state the reasons.

    Book of the Internet health information service approved formats developed centrally by the Ministry of health.

    Tenth Internet healthcare information services provider change one of the following shall be made to the original Licensing Office to apply the change, fill in the online medical and health information services of the project change request form, provides relevant documents:

    (A) the medical and health information on the Internet in the service book of the examination and approval of examination and approval of projects;

    (B) basic healthcare information services sponsors the Internet projects;

    (C) to provide basic healthcare information services on the Internet. 11th book of the Internet healthcare information service approval is valid for 2 years. Need to continue to provide medical and health information on the Internet service shall, within 2 months before the expiry, the original approval authority to apply for a review.

    Through the review, issued by the healthcare information services review of consent on the Internet.

    Chapter III health care information services

    12th healthcare information services on the Internet must be scientific, accurate and must comply with the relevant national laws, regulations and provisions related to medical and health information management.

    Provide Internet Healthcare Information Services Web site should be all the information including the link to the publication information bear full responsibility.

    May not post messages that contain the feudal superstition, obscenity; shall not publish false information shall not be released without the approval of medical advertising; diagnosis and treatment may not engage in online activities.

    Non-medical institution shall not on the Internet, storage and handling of electronic medical records and health information. 13th publishing medical advertisements must comply with the relevant provisions of the measures for the management of medical advertisements.

    Medical advertising review certificate number to be indicated, and approved in accordance with the finished advertisement-like pieces of content posted.

    Shall not be exaggerated publicity, publishing illegal ads is strictly prohibited. Article 14th knowledge promotion, you must provide a source of information, and visibly marked.

    Information content by medical health professionals auditing checks to ensure their scientific and accurate.

    Contents shall not be reproduced excerpts of illegal publications and not to promote sex knowledge to render psychological, sexual ethics, sex medicine, sex therapy, science content spreading pornographic content is strictly prohibited.

    15th scientific research in medical health Web sites, only open to professionals of relevant clinical and research work. To carry out scientific research in the name of spreading obscene content is strictly prohibited.

    Comprehensive website content of preventive health channel may not carry out scientific research services.

    16th provides health-care information service website for news and information, should be consistent with the relevant provisions of the measures for the administration of Internet news information services; drug information should be published in accordance with the relevant provisions of the measures for the administration of drug information service.

    17th provide Internet healthcare information services, should be prominently marked on the bottom of the home page on its Web site the health Administrative Department, the Chinese medicine sector in the medical and health information on the Internet service review consent or the Internet healthcare information services review of agreed numbers.

    Supervision and administration of the fourth chapter

    18th Ministry of health, the State administration of traditional Chinese medicine in the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and health administrative departments, the Chinese medicine sector audit guidance and regular supervision and management.

    Governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Administrative Department of public health, Chinese medicine departments shall be responsible for the administrative healthcare information services provided by the Organizer in the audit work, the administrative supervision and management of healthcare information services activities to the Internet.

    19th levels of Administrative Department of public health, the Chinese medicine sector to day-to-day supervision of the following:

    (A) to set up websites of medical institutions, their authenticity and legality of medical institutions;

    (B) provide information on sexual health and general medical care, services, access to healthcare information services for the Internet, beyond providing services;

    (C) provision of scientific information services, whether its organizers have corresponding qualifications, is it against the opening to non-professionals;

    (D) whether sexual awareness and scientific research, on behalf of the dissemination of obscene material, carried unlawful advertisements and ban contained in advertisements.

    20th the health Administrative Department, the Chinese medicine sector set up complaint calls and e-mails received complaints from Internet users of Internet health information services reported.

    Article 21st health administrative departments, the Chinese medicine sector to Internet users complain and problems found in the daily supervision and management, healthcare information to inform the Internet service provider to correct; beyond providing medical and health information on the Internet service, should be ordered to stop providing.

    22nd Internet health-care information services audit and supervision shall be announced to the public.

    The fifth chapter legal liability
Article 23rd without Administrative Department of public health, Chinese medicine departments agree to engage in Internet health care information services, by the people's Governments above provincial level health administrative departments, the Chinese medicine sector communications Communications Management Department at the same level, be investigated and prosecuted by law in serious cases, penalties in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations.

    24th article has through health administrative sector, and TCM management sector audit or review agreed engaged in Internet medical health information service of, violation this approach, has following case one of of, by province, and autonomous regions, and municipalities Government health administrative sector, and TCM management sector give warning, ordered its deadline corrected; plot serious of, on non-business sex Internet medical health information service provides who sentenced 3000 Yuan above 10,000 yuan following fine,

    For-profit healthcare information services provider fined 10,000 yuan and 30,000 yuan fines; it refuses, supervisory comments, and according to the transfer of communication management constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility handed over to judicial departments:

    (A) provide Internet healthcare information services beyond the scope of examination and approval;

    (B) beyond the validity of the use of the Internet to health care information services of examination and approval;

    (C) no position is stated in the Web site home page indicating the health administration departments, the Chinese medicine sector audit or review consent numbers;

    (D) provide scientific and accurate health care information services, and have a negative social impact;

    (E) take sexual awareness and scientific research carried out in the name of spreading obscene content.

    25th people's Governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the health administration departments, the Chinese medicine sector violations of Internet health information services to apply for review of an opinion of, of the original approval authorities shall withdraw approval of the book of Internet health information services approval; for supervisors and other personnel directly responsible, disciplined by their superior organs according to law.

    The sixth chapter supplementary articles 26th article of the rules take effect on July 1, 2009. January 3, 2001 issued by the Ministry of health of the Ministry of health on issuing notice to Internet health information services (David ban FA [2001]3) repealed simultaneously.