Regulations on Preparedness for and Response to Emergent Public Health Hazards

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Updated: 2014-06-18

Article 9 The people’s government at or above the county level and its competent health administrative department shall grant appropriate benefits and health allowances to medical workers who participate in the response to an emergent hazard, cite and reward those who participate in and make contributions to the response to the emergent hazard, and give benefits and pensions according to the provisions of the State to those who contract illness, become disabled or die as a result of the participation in such work.

Chapter II Prevention and Preparedness

Article 10 The competent health administrative department of the State Council shall, in light of the requirements of providing guidance to an emergent hazard according to its classification and making rapid response thereto, work out a national emergency preparedness plan for the emergent hazard, and submit it to the State Council for approval. The people’s government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall, on the basis of the national emergency preparedness plan for the emergent hazard, work out its own emergency preparedness plan for the emergent hazard by taking into consideration actual local conditions.

Article 11 A national emergency preparedness plan for the emergent hazard shall include the following main contents: (1) the composition of the headquarters for the response to the emergent hazard and the functions and duties of the relevant departments; (2) the surveillance and precaution of the emergent hazard; (3) the systems for collecting, analyzing, reporting and distributing information about the emergent hazard; (4) the technical and surveillance institutions for the response to the emergent hazard and their tasks; (5) guidelines for the emergent hazard grading and the schemes for response; (6) the prevention and field control of the emergent hazard; the stockpile and allocation of emergency facilities, equipment, medications for patient treatment, medical devices and other materials and expertise; (7) the establishment and training of professional task forces for quick response to the emergent hazard.

Article 12 An emergency preparedness plan for an emergent hazard shall be timely amended in light of the changes in the emergent hazard and the problems arising from its implementation.

Article 13 Local people’s governments at various levels shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations, accomplish the work of the prevention of infectious diseases and other work relating to public health, so as to prevent the occurrence of any emergent hazard. The competent health administrative department and other related departments of the people’s government at or above the county level shall educate the public on the response to an emergent hazard, so as to enhance the awareness of precaution against and the ability for response to the emergent hazard in the whole society.

Article 14 The State shall establish a unified system for the prevention and control of any emergent hazard. Local people’s governments at or above the county level shall establish and improve the surveillance and precaution systems for any emergent hazard. The competent health administrative department of the people’s government at or above the county level shall designate an appropriate institution to conduct routine surveillance over any emergent hazard, and ensure the normal operation of the surveillance and precaution systems.

Article 15 A surveillance plan shall be worked out for surveillance and precaution in light of the classification of an emergent hazard, and the surveillance data shall be analyzed and assessed in a scientific and comprehensive way. A potential hazard identified at an early stage or a possible emergent hazard shall be reported in time in accordance with the procedures and time limit set forth in these Regulations.

Article 16 The relevant department of the State Council, the local people’s government at or above the county level and its department concerned shall, in accordance with the requirements laid down in the emergency preparedness plan for an emergent hazard, guarantee the stockpile of the emergency facilities, equipment, medications for patient treatment, medical devices and other materials.