Ministry of Health, Circular on Revising the Examination and Approval Authority for Sino-foreign Equity and Cooperative Joint Medical Institutions
卫生部关于调整中外合资合作医疗机构审批权限的通知
Approval of joint medical institutions delegated to provincial-level departments.
Issued: January 25 2011
Effective: as of date of issuance
Main contents: Applications for establishment of Sino-foreign equity and cooperative joint medical institutions shall, upon preliminary examination by the local health administrative department at the level of city (divided into districts), be submitted to the provincial-level health administrative department for examination and approval (Article 1).
Related legislation: Opinion on Further Encouraging and Guiding the Establishment of Medical Institutions with Private Sector Capital, 2010;PRC, Administrative Licensing Law