People’s Republic of China (PRC) Traditional Chinese Medicine Law

Catalogue

????Chapter I General Principles

????Chapter II Traditional Chinese Medicine Services

????Chapter III Protection and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine

????Chapter IV Training of Traditional Chinese Medicine Talents

????Chapter V Scientific Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine

????Chapter VI Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance and Cultural Communication

????Chapter VII Safeguard Measures

????Chapter VIII Legal Liability

????Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Principles

????the first?This law is formulated in order to inherit and carry forward Chinese medicine, guarantee and promote the development of Chinese medicine and protect people’s health.

????the second?The term "traditional Chinese medicine" as mentioned in this Law refers to the medicines of all ethnic groups in China, including medicines of Han nationality and minority nationalities. It is a medical and pharmaceutical system that reflects the Chinese people’s understanding of life, health and diseases, and has a long history and tradition and unique theories and technical methods.

????Article Traditional Chinese medicine is an important part of China’s medical and health undertakings. The state vigorously develops the cause of Chinese medicine, implements the principle of paying equal attention to both Chinese and western medicine, establishes a management system that conforms to the characteristics of Chinese medicine, and gives full play to the role of Chinese medicine in China’s medical and health undertakings.

????The development of Chinese medicine should follow the development law of Chinese medicine, adhere to the combination of inheritance and innovation, maintain and give play to the characteristics and advantages of Chinese medicine, and use modern science and technology to promote the development of Chinese medicine theory and practice.

????The state encourages Chinese medicine and western medicine to learn from each other, complement each other, develop in a coordinated way, give play to their respective advantages, and promote the integration of Chinese and western medicine.

????Article 4 The people’s governments at or above the county level shall incorporate the cause of Chinese medicine into the national economic and social development plan, establish and improve the management system of Chinese medicine, and promote the development of Chinese medicine as a whole.

????Article 5 The competent department of traditional Chinese medicine in the State Council is responsible for the management of traditional Chinese medicine throughout the country. Other relevant departments in the State Council are responsible for the work related to the management of traditional Chinese medicine within their respective responsibilities.

????The competent departments of traditional Chinese medicine of local people’s governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the administration of traditional Chinese medicine in their respective administrative areas. Other relevant departments of the local people’s governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the work related to the administration of traditional Chinese medicine within their respective functions and duties.

????Article 6 The state strengthens the construction of Chinese medicine service system, rationally plans and allocates Chinese medicine service resources, and provides protection for citizens to obtain Chinese medicine services.

????The state supports social forces to invest in Chinese medicine, and supports organizations and individuals to donate and fund Chinese medicine.

????Article 7 The state develops Chinese medicine education, establishes a Chinese medicine education system with appropriate scale, reasonable structure and various forms to meet the needs of the development of Chinese medicine, and trains Chinese medicine talents.

????Article 8 The state supports scientific research and technological development of traditional Chinese medicine, encourages scientific and technological innovation of traditional Chinese medicine, promotes the application of scientific and technological achievements of traditional Chinese medicine, protects intellectual property rights of traditional Chinese medicine and improves the scientific and technological level of traditional Chinese medicine.

????Article 9 The state supports the foreign exchange and cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine and promotes the international spread and application of traditional Chinese medicine.

????Article 10 Organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of Chinese medicine shall be commended and rewarded in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.

Chapter II Traditional Chinese Medicine Services

????Article 11 The people’s governments at or above the county level shall incorporate the construction of medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine into the planning for the establishment of medical institutions, hold medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine with appropriate scale, and support the development of medical institutions with characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine.

????The opinions of the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine of the people’s government at the next higher level shall be sought for the merger, revocation or change of the nature of traditional Chinese medicine medical institutions organized by the government.

????Article 12 General hospitals, maternal and child health care institutions and qualified specialized hospitals, community health service centers and township hospitals organized by the government shall set up departments of traditional Chinese medicine.

????The people’s governments at or above the county level shall take measures to enhance the ability of community health service stations and village clinics to provide Chinese medicine services.

????Article 13 The state supports social forces to set up medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine.

????Chinese medical institutions run by social forces enjoy the same rights as Chinese medical institutions run by the government in terms of access, practice, basic medical insurance, scientific research and teaching, and professional title evaluation of medical personnel.

????Article 14 The establishment of medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine shall go through the examination and approval procedures in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state on the management of medical institutions, and abide by the relevant provisions on the management of medical institutions.

????If a Chinese medicine clinic is held, the name, address, scope of diagnosis and treatment and staffing of the clinic shall be reported to the competent department of Chinese medicine of the local people’s government at the county level for the record before practicing activities can be carried out. Chinese medicine clinics shall publicize the scope of diagnosis and treatment, the names of Chinese medicine practitioners and their scope of practice in the clinic, and shall not carry out medical activities beyond the scope of filing. The specific measures shall be formulated by the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine in the State Council, and submitted to the health administrative department of the State Council for examination and release.

????Article 15 Personnel engaged in medical activities of traditional Chinese medicine shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Medical Practitioners, obtain the qualification of traditional Chinese medicine doctors through the qualification examination of traditional Chinese medicine doctors and register for practice. The content of the qualification examination for TCM doctors should reflect the characteristics of TCM.

????People who study Chinese medicine by way of apprenticeship or who have acquired expertise in medical skills after years of practice are recommended by at least two Chinese medicine doctors and qualified by the competent departments of Chinese medicine of the people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government to organize practical skills and effects assessment, and then they can obtain the qualification of Chinese medicine doctors; After practicing registration according to the assessment content, you can engage in medical activities of traditional Chinese medicine in the form of personal practice or in medical institutions within the registered scope of practice. The competent department of traditional Chinese medicine in the State Council shall, according to the safety risks of the technical methods of traditional Chinese medicine, formulate the classification assessment methods for the personnel specified in this paragraph, and report them to the health administrative department of the State Council for examination and release.

????Article 16 Medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine should be equipped with medical personnel, mainly Chinese medicine professional and technical personnel, mainly providing Chinese medicine services; Traditional Chinese medicine doctors who have obtained the qualification of doctors through examination may adopt modern scientific and technological methods related to their majors in their practice activities after passing the training and examination in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state. The use of modern scientific and technological methods in medical activities should be conducive to maintaining and giving play to the characteristics and advantages of traditional Chinese medicine.

????Community health service centers, township hospitals, community health service stations and conditional village clinics should be reasonably equipped with professional and technical personnel of traditional Chinese medicine, and apply and popularize appropriate technical methods of traditional Chinese medicine.

????Article 17 To carry out Chinese medicine service, we should take the theory of Chinese medicine as the guide, use Chinese medicine technology and methods, and meet the basic requirements of Chinese medicine service formulated by the competent department of Chinese medicine in the State Council.

????Article 18 The people’s governments at or above the county level shall develop Chinese medicine prevention and health care services, and incorporate them into the basic public health service projects in accordance with relevant state regulations.

????The people’s governments at or above the county level shall play the role of traditional Chinese medicine in the emergency work of public health emergencies, and strengthen the reserve of emergency materials, equipment, facilities, technology and human resources of traditional Chinese medicine.

????Medical and health institutions should actively use the theory and technical methods of traditional Chinese medicine in disease prevention and control.

????Article 19 The publication of medical advertisements of traditional Chinese medicine by medical institutions shall be examined and approved by the competent departments of traditional Chinese medicine of the local people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; Without examination and approval, it shall not be published. The contents of TCM medical advertisements published shall be consistent with the contents examined and approved, and comply with the relevant provisions of the Advertising Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC).

????Article 20 The competent department of traditional Chinese medicine of the people’s government at or above the county level shall strengthen the supervision and inspection of traditional Chinese medicine services, and take the following matters as the focus of supervision and inspection:

????(a) whether the medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine and doctors of traditional Chinese medicine carry out medical activities beyond the prescribed scope;

????(two) whether the development of traditional Chinese medicine services meets the basic requirements of traditional Chinese medicine services formulated by the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine in the State Council;

????(3) Whether the publishing of medical advertisements of traditional Chinese medicine conforms to the provisions of this Law.

????The competent department of traditional Chinese medicine shall carry out supervision and inspection according to law, and the relevant units and individuals shall cooperate with it and shall not refuse or obstruct it.

Chapter III Protection and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine

????Article 21 The state formulates technical specifications and standards for the cultivation, breeding, collection, storage and primary processing of Chinese herbal medicines, strengthens the quality supervision and management of the whole process of production and circulation of Chinese herbal medicines, and ensures the quality and safety of Chinese herbal medicines.

????Article 22 The state encourages the development of standardized cultivation and breeding of Chinese herbal medicines, strictly controls the use of agricultural inputs such as pesticides and fertilizers, prohibits the use of highly toxic and toxic pesticides in the process of planting Chinese herbal medicines, supports the breeding of fine varieties of Chinese herbal medicines, and improves the quality of Chinese herbal medicines.

????Article 23 The state establishes an evaluation system for authentic Chinese herbal medicines, supports the breeding of authentic Chinese herbal medicines, supports the construction of authentic Chinese herbal medicine production bases, strengthens the ecological environment protection of authentic Chinese herbal medicine production bases, and encourages the protection of geographical indications and other measures to protect authentic Chinese herbal medicines.

????Chinese herbal medicines mentioned in the preceding paragraph refer to Chinese herbal medicines that have been selected through long-term clinical application of Chinese medicine, produced in a specific region, and have better quality and curative effect, stable quality and high popularity compared with the same Chinese herbal medicines produced in other regions.

????Article 24 The drug supervision and administration department of the State Council shall organize and strengthen the monitoring of the quality of Chinese herbal medicines, and regularly publish the monitoring results to the public. The relevant departments of the State Council shall assist in the quality monitoring of Chinese herbal medicines.

????The collection, storage and preliminary processing of Chinese herbal medicines shall conform to the relevant technical specifications, standards and management regulations of the state.

????The state encourages the development of modern circulation system of Chinese herbal medicines, improves the technical level of packaging and storage of Chinese herbal medicines, and establishes a traceability system for the circulation of Chinese herbal medicines. Pharmaceutical production enterprises shall establish a system of inspection and record for purchasing Chinese herbal medicines. Operators of Chinese herbal medicines shall establish a system of purchasing inspection and purchase and sale records, and indicate the origin of Chinese herbal medicines.

????Article 25 The state protects medicinal wild animal and plant resources, implements dynamic monitoring and regular survey of medicinal wild animal and plant resources, establishes a germplasm gene bank of medicinal wild animal and plant resources, encourages the development of artificial planting and breeding, and supports the protection, breeding and related research of precious and endangered medicinal wild animals and plants according to law.

????Article 26 Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners practicing in village medical institutions and rural doctors with knowledge and recognition ability of Chinese herbal medicines may, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, grow and collect Chinese herbal medicines from their own land and use them in their practice activities.

????Article 27 The state protects the traditional processing technology and technology of Chinese herbal pieces, supports the application of traditional processing technology to Chinese herbal pieces, and encourages the use of modern science and technology to carry out research on processing technology of Chinese herbal pieces.

????Article 28 For Chinese herbal pieces that are not available in the market, medical institutions can process and use them in their own medical institutions according to the needs of doctors’ prescriptions. Medical institutions shall abide by the relevant provisions on the processing of Chinese herbal pieces, be responsible for the quality of Chinese herbal pieces processed by them, and ensure the safety of drugs. Medical institutions processing Chinese herbal pieces shall file with the pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative department of the municipal people’s government where the district is located.

????According to the needs of clinical medication, medical institutions can reprocess Chinese herbal pieces according to the prescriptions of their doctors.

????Article 29 The state encourages and supports the research and production of new Chinese medicine.

????The state protects the processing technology and technology of traditional Chinese medicine, supports the production of traditional Chinese patent medicines, and encourages the use of modern science and technology to research and develop traditional Chinese patent medicines.

????Article 30 When applying for the drug approval number, only non-clinical safety research data can be provided for the production of traditional Chinese medicine compound preparations that meet the requirements stipulated by the state and come from ancient classic prescriptions. The specific management measures shall be formulated by the drug supervision and administration department of the State Council in conjunction with the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine.

????The ancient classic prescriptions mentioned in the preceding paragraph refer to prescriptions recorded in ancient Chinese medical books and records that are still widely used, with definite curative effect and obvious characteristics and advantages. The specific catalogue shall be formulated by the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine of the State Council in conjunction with the drug supervision and administration department.

????Article 31 The state encourages medical institutions to prepare and use traditional Chinese medicine preparations according to their clinical medication needs, supports the preparation of traditional Chinese medicine preparations by traditional techniques, and supports the development of new Chinese medicine based on traditional Chinese medicine preparations.

????Medical institutions preparing traditional Chinese medicine preparations shall obtain preparation licenses for medical institutions in accordance with the provisions of the Drug Administration Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), or entrust pharmaceutical production enterprises that have obtained drug production licenses or other medical institutions that have obtained preparation licenses for medical institutions to prepare traditional Chinese medicine preparations. Entrusted preparation of traditional Chinese medicine preparations shall be filed with the pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative department of the people’s government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the entrusting party is located.

????Medical institutions are responsible for the quality of Chinese medicine preparations prepared by them; Where the traditional Chinese medicine preparation is entrusted, the entrusting party and the entrusted party shall bear corresponding responsibilities for the quality of the prepared traditional Chinese medicine preparation.

????Article 32 The varieties of traditional Chinese medicine preparations prepared by medical institutions shall obtain the preparation approval number according to law. However, only the varieties of traditional Chinese medicine preparations prepared by traditional techniques can be prepared after filing with the pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative department of the people’s government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the medical institution is located, and there is no need to obtain the preparation approval number.

????Medical institutions should strengthen the monitoring of adverse reactions of the varieties of traditional Chinese medicine preparations for the record, and report them in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state. The pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative department shall strengthen the supervision and inspection of the preparation and use of the varieties of traditional Chinese medicine preparations for the record.

Chapter IV Training of Traditional Chinese Medicine Talents

????Article 33 Chinese medicine education should follow the growth law of Chinese medicine talents, give priority to the content of Chinese medicine, reflect the cultural characteristics of Chinese medicine, and pay attention to the combination of classical theory of Chinese medicine and clinical practice of Chinese medicine, modern education methods and traditional education methods.

????Article 34 The state improves the educational system of Chinese medicine schools and supports the development of institutions of higher learning, secondary vocational schools and other educational institutions specializing in Chinese medicine education.

????The training objectives, years of schooling, teaching forms, teaching contents, teaching evaluation and academic level evaluation standards of Chinese medicine school education should reflect the characteristics of Chinese medicine and conform to the law of the development of Chinese medicine.

????Article 35 The state develops the apprenticeship education of Chinese medicine, supports Chinese medicine doctors and Chinese medicine professionals with rich clinical experience and technical expertise to teach students in their practice and business activities, teaches Chinese medicine theories and technical methods, and trains Chinese medicine professionals and technicians.

????Article 36 The state strengthens the cultivation and training of Chinese medicine doctors and professional and technical personnel of Chinese medicine at the grassroots level in urban and rural areas.

????The state develops the education of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine and trains high-level talents of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine.

????Article 37 The competent department of traditional Chinese medicine of the local people’s government at or above the county level shall organize the continuing education of traditional Chinese medicine and strengthen the training of basic knowledge and skills of traditional Chinese medicine for medical personnel, especially urban and rural grassroots medical personnel.

????Professional and technical personnel of traditional Chinese medicine should participate in continuing education in accordance with the regulations, and their institutions should create conditions for them to receive continuing education.

Chapter V Scientific Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine

????Article 38 The state encourages scientific research institutions, institutions of higher learning, medical institutions and pharmaceutical production enterprises to apply modern science and technology and traditional Chinese medicine research methods to carry out scientific research on Chinese medicine, strengthen the research on the integration of Chinese and Western medicine, and promote the inheritance and innovation of Chinese medicine theory and technical methods.

????Article 39 The state takes measures to support the collation, research and utilization of ancient Chinese medicine documents, academic ideas and diagnosis and treatment experience of famous Chinese medicine experts and folk Chinese medicine techniques and methods.

????The state encourages organizations and individuals to donate Chinese medicine literature, secret recipes, prescriptions, diagnosis and treatment methods and technologies with scientific research and clinical application value.

????Article 40 The state establishes and improves the scientific and technological innovation system, evaluation system and management system that conform to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, and promotes the scientific and technological progress and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine.

????Article 41 The state takes measures to strengthen scientific research on the basic theories and methods of syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, the prevention and treatment of common diseases, frequently-occurring diseases, chronic diseases, major difficult diseases and major infectious diseases, and other projects that have a significant role in promoting the development of theory and practice of traditional Chinese medicine.

Chapter VI Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance and Cultural Communication

????Article 42 For the theories and technical methods of traditional Chinese medicine with important academic value, the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine of the people’s government at or above the provincial level shall organize the selection of academic inheritance projects and inheritors of traditional Chinese medicine within their respective administrative areas, and provide necessary conditions for inheritance activities. Inheritors should carry out inheritance activities, cultivate successors, collect and properly preserve relevant academic materials. Belong to the intangible cultural heritage representative projects, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Intangible Cultural Heritage Law" to carry out inheritance activities.

????Article 43 The state establishes a database, a list and a system for the protection of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge.

????Holders of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge have the right to inherit and use their traditional Chinese medicine knowledge, and enjoy the rights of informed consent and benefit sharing for others to obtain and use their traditional Chinese medicine knowledge.

????The state protects the prescription composition and production technology of traditional Chinese medicines that are legally recognized as state secrets.

????Article 44 The state develops TCM health care services and supports social forces to set up standardized TCM health care institutions. TCM health care service norms and standards shall be formulated by the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine in the State Council.

????Article 45 The people’s governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the propaganda of Chinese medicine culture, popularize the knowledge of Chinese medicine, and encourage organizations and individuals to create Chinese medicine culture and popular science works.

????Article 46 To carry out cultural propaganda and knowledge popularization activities of traditional Chinese medicine, the relevant provisions of the state shall be observed. No organization or individual may make false or exaggerated propaganda on traditional Chinese medicine, or seek illegitimate interests in the name of traditional Chinese medicine.

????Radio, television, newspapers, the Internet and other media to carry out traditional Chinese medicine knowledge propaganda, should hire professional and technical personnel of traditional Chinese medicine.

Chapter VII Safeguard Measures

????Article 47 The people’s governments at or above the county level shall provide policy support and conditions for the development of Chinese medicine, and incorporate the development funds of Chinese medicine into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level.

????The people’s governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall formulate basic medical insurance payment policies, drug policies and other medical and health policies, with the participation of the competent departments of traditional Chinese medicine, pay attention to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, and support the provision and utilization of traditional Chinese medicine services.

????Article 48 The people’s governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall, in accordance with the statutory price management authority, reasonably determine the charging items and standards of Chinese medical services, reflecting the cost and professional and technical value of Chinese medical services.

????Article 49 The relevant departments of the local people’s governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the provisions of the state, include qualified medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine into the scope of designated medical institutions of basic medical insurance, and include qualified TCM diagnosis and treatment items, Chinese herbal pieces, Chinese patent medicines and Chinese medicinal preparations of medical institutions into the scope of payment of the basic medical insurance fund.

????Article 50 The state strengthens the construction of the standard system of traditional Chinese medicine, formulates standards and revises them in time according to the technical requirements that need to be unified according to the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine.

????The national standards and industry standards of traditional Chinese medicine shall be formulated or revised by the relevant departments of the State Council according to their responsibilities, and published on their websites for free access by the public.

????The state promotes the establishment of an international standard system for traditional Chinese medicine.

????Article 51 To carry out the evaluation, evaluation and appraisal activities related to traditional Chinese medicine as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations, a special organization for evaluation, evaluation and appraisal of traditional Chinese medicine shall be established, or Chinese medicine experts shall participate.

????Article 52 The state takes measures to increase the support for the inheritance, innovation, application and development of minority medicine and personnel training, strengthen the construction of minority medical institutions and doctors, and promote and standardize the development of minority medicine.

Chapter VIII Legal Liability

????Article 53 Where the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine of the people’s government at or above the county level and other relevant departments fail to perform their duties as stipulated in this Law, the people’s government at the corresponding level or the relevant department of the people’s government at a higher level shall order them to make corrections; If the circumstances are serious, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished according to law.

????Article 54 In violation of the provisions of this law, Chinese medicine clinics carry out medical activities beyond the scope of filing, and the competent department of Chinese medicine of the local people’s government at the county level shall order it to make corrections, confiscate its illegal income and impose a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 30,000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to stop practicing activities.

????Where a Chinese medicine clinic is ordered to stop practicing, the directly responsible person in charge shall not engage in management within five years from the date of making the punishment decision. If a medical institution employs the above-mentioned personnel who are not allowed to engage in management work, the original license issuing department shall revoke the practice license or the original filing department shall order it to stop practicing activities.

????Article 55 In violation of the provisions of this law, Chinese medicine practitioners who have obtained the qualification of doctors after examination are engaged in medical activities beyond the registered scope of practice, and the competent department of traditional Chinese medicine of the people’s government at or above the county level shall order them to suspend their practice activities for more than six months and less than one year, and impose a fine of more than 10,000 yuan and less than 30,000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, the practicing certificate shall be revoked.

????Article 56 In violation of the provisions of this law, the establishment of Chinese medicine clinics, the processing of Chinese herbal pieces, and the entrusted preparation of Chinese medicine preparations should be filed but not filed, or false materials are provided at the time of filing, and the competent department of Chinese medicine and the pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative department shall, according to their respective functions and duties, order them to make corrections, confiscate their illegal income, impose a fine of not more than 30,000 yuan, and announce relevant information to the public; Refuses to correct, shall be ordered to stop practicing activities or ordered to stop processing traditional Chinese medicine pieces, commissioned the preparation of traditional Chinese medicine preparation activities, the directly responsible personnel shall not engage in traditional Chinese medicine related activities within five years.

????Medical institutions that use traditional techniques to prepare traditional Chinese medicine preparations are not filed in accordance with the provisions of this law, or fail to prepare traditional Chinese medicine preparations in accordance with the requirements specified in the filing materials, and will be punished according to the production of counterfeit drugs.

????Article 57 In violation of the provisions of this law, if the contents of the published Chinese medicine medical advertisements are inconsistent with the contents examined and approved, the original examination department shall revoke the examination and approval documents of the advertisements, and shall not accept the advertisement examination application of the medical institution within one year.

????In violation of the provisions of this law, publishing medical advertisements of traditional Chinese medicine has illegal acts other than those specified in the preceding paragraph, and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Advertising Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC).

????Article 58 Anyone who, in violation of the provisions of this Law, uses highly toxic or toxic pesticides in the process of planting Chinese herbal medicines shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations; If the circumstances are serious, the public security organ may detain the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel for more than five days and less than fifteen days.

????Article 59 Anyone who violates the provisions of this law and causes personal or property damage shall bear civil liability according to law; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions

????Article 60 The management of traditional Chinese medicine, which is not provided for in this Law, shall be governed by the provisions of the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Medical Practitioners, the Drug Administration Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant laws and administrative regulations.

????The administration of traditional Chinese medicine in the army shall be organized and implemented by the competent department of health in the army in accordance with this law and the relevant provisions of the army.

????Article 61 Ethnic autonomous areas may, in accordance with the Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Regional Ethnic Autonomy and the relevant provisions of this Law, formulate measures to promote and standardize the development of local ethnic medicine in light of the actual situation.

????Article 62 Blind people who have obtained the qualification of blind medical massage personnel in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state may provide medical massage services in the form of personal practice or in medical institutions.

????Article 63 This law shall come into force as of July 1, 2017.