The 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress began to consider the draft law of traditional Chinese medicine for the first time on the 21st. The draft law is based on providing satisfactory traditional Chinese medicine services for the people, following the law of the development of traditional Chinese medicine, reflecting the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, paying attention to the innovation of system and mechanism, and establishing a management system in line with the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine. to ensure and promote the all-round development of traditional Chinese medicine.
Entrusted by the State Council, Wang Guoqiang, deputy director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission and director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, gave an explanation on the draft Chinese Medicine Law. Wang Guoqiang introduced that traditional Chinese medicine is a treasure of the Chinese nation and a unique medical science in my country. It has made important contributions to the prosperity of the Chinese nation and is still playing an important role in maintaining the health of the people. In recent years, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have attached great importance to the development of traditional Chinese medicine and formulated a series of principles and policies to protect, support and develop traditional Chinese medicine, which provided a strong policy guarantee for the development of traditional Chinese medicine, and the cause of traditional Chinese medicine has made great progress.
Wang Guoqiang also pointed out that with the rapid economic and social development, the development of traditional Chinese medicine is still facing many difficulties and problems. Mainly: the service capacity of traditional Chinese medicine is insufficient, and the total amount of traditional Chinese medicine resources and service system do not meet the requirements of the people. The characteristic advantages of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals are not enough to play, and the theory and technology of traditional Chinese medicine are insufficient to inherit and innovate. The current physician management, drug management system does not meet the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine laws and development needs. Especially as the quintessence of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine still lacks a special law that reflects its characteristics and laws to protect it, which greatly affects the healthy, sustainable and stable development of Chinese medicine.
Wang Guoqiang emphasized that in terms of legislative thinking, the draft holds high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory, the important thinking of the "Three Represents", and the scientific development concept, and fully implements the spirit of the important speeches of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and General Secretary Xi Jinping. Implement the requirements of deepening the reform of the medical and health system, protect, support, and promote the development of Chinese medicine, and give full play to the role in the medicine. Based on improving the service ability of traditional Chinese medicine, maintaining and giving full play to the characteristic advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, and meeting the needs of the people for traditional Chinese medicine services. Follow the law of development of traditional Chinese medicine, fully reflect the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, pay attention to system innovation, and strive to make breakthroughs. Highlight the key points, make overall plans, and promote the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development of Chinese medicine. The guidelines and basic principles for the development of Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine services, Chinese medicine development, talent training, inheritance and innovation, cultural dissemination, and safeguard measures are stipulated. Adhere to both support and standardization, while promoting the development of Chinese medicine, pay attention to prevention and control of risks to ensure medical safety.
In order to strengthen the service system and capacity building of traditional Chinese medicine, and develop traditional Chinese medicine services, the draft stipulates that the government should strengthen the construction of the service system of traditional Chinese medicine, rationally plan and allocate service resources, and enhance service capabilities. Support social forces to set up TCM medical institutions, and treat private and public TCM medical institutions equally. Develop Chinese medicine prevention and health care services, and incorporate them into basic public health service projects, and give full play to the role of Chinese medicine in responding to public health emergencies and disease prevention and control.
In order to maintain and give full play to the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine, the draft stipulates that medical institutions of traditional Chinese medicine should mainly provide professional and technical personnel of traditional Chinese medicine and mainly provide traditional Chinese medicine services. Chinese medicine service should be guided by Chinese medicine theory, use Chinese medicine technology and methods, and comply with the basic requirements of Chinese medicine service.
In order to increase support and promote the development of Chinese medicine, the draft strengthens policy support and guarantees, and stipulates that the government provides policy support and conditions for the development of Chinese medicine; the formulation of basic medical insurance payment policies and other medical and health policies should be conducive to the use of Chinese medicine Advantages, support the development of Chinese medicine, include qualified service items into the scope of payment of the basic medical insurance fund, and formulate relevant policies with the participation of the competent department of Chinese medicine.
In order to establish the admission management system of TCM doctors and clinics that meets the characteristics and development needs of TCM, the draft opens up a way to obtain the qualification of TCM doctors through practical skills and effect assessment for those who learn TCM by the way of teacher and have expertise after years of practicing medicine, based on the reality that there are training methods such as teacher inheritance and family inheritance among TCM service personnel, that is, the provincial department in charge of traditional Chinese medicine will organize classified assessment according to the safety risks of traditional Chinese medicine technology and methods, and if they pass the assessment, they will be qualified as a doctor, and they can engage in medical activities in the form of individual business, and change the current license management of traditional Chinese medicine clinics to record management.
In view of the main problems affecting the development of traditional Chinese medicine, the draft further improves the management system of traditional Chinese medicine. In order to improve the quality of Chinese medicinal materials, the draft stipulates that the standardized planting and breeding of Chinese medicinal materials should be encouraged; an evaluation system for authentic Chinese medicinal materials should be established to support the construction of authentic Chinese medicinal materials production bases; the collection, storage and primary processing of Chinese medicinal materials should be standardized; the quality monitoring of Chinese medicinal materials should be organized regularly and published Monitoring results. In order to improve the management system of Chinese medicine decoction pieces and promote the development of Chinese medicine preparations, the draft stipulates that medical institutions can, according to clinical needs, use prescriptions to process Chinese medicine decoction pieces that are not available on the market, or reprocess Chinese medicine decoction pieces. Encourage medical institutions to prepare and use Chinese medicine preparations, support the application of traditional technology to prepare Chinese medicine preparations, and change the current license management to record management for the varieties of Chinese medicine preparations that are only prepared by traditional technology and commissioned to prepare Chinese medicine preparations, and strengthen the monitoring and supervision and inspection of adverse reactions of the varieties of Chinese medicine preparations on record.
In order to strengthen the training of Chinese medicine talents, the draft stipulates that the state shall establish a Chinese medicine education system that meets the needs of the development of Chinese medicine, is appropriate in scale, reasonable in structure, and various forms, and supports the development of colleges and universities, vocational schools and other educational institutions that specialize in Chinese medicine education. development. In order to enhance the pertinence of personnel training. The draft stipulates that Chinese medicine education should follow the law of the growth of Chinese medicine talents, focus on the content of Chinese medicine, and focus on the combination of classic Chinese medicine theories and clinical practice of Chinese medicine, modern education methods and traditional education methods. To encourage Chinese medicine teacher education. The draft stipulates that Chinese medicine doctors and Chinese medicine technicians are encouraged to teach apprentices in practice and business activities, and to broaden education channels.
While supporting and promoting the development of traditional Chinese medicine, we should attach equal importance to development and supervision. The draft stipulates that those who have obtained the qualification of doctors by means of assessment can only engage in traditional Chinese medicine medical activities within the scope of assessment and registration; TCM clinics can only carry out medical activities within the scope of diagnosis and treatment for the record. And the scope of diagnosis and treatment and other relevant information in the obvious position of the clinic publicity; The competent department should strengthen the daily supervision, and take the practice beyond the scope as the focus of supervision. In addition, the draft also stipulates the contents of supporting the inheritance and innovation of traditional Chinese medicine, promoting and standardizing the cultural dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine, and legal responsibilities, and connects with the law of practicing doctors and the law of drug administration.