China News Service, March 26. According to the website of the General Administration of Market Supervision, the market supervision department strictly investigated the illegal use of the name of a well-known hospital.
According to statistics, since February this year, the national market supervision department has ordered 492 for-profit medical institutions that use the names of well-known hospitals such as "Concord", "Huashan", "Tongji", "Huaxi", "Xiangya", "Qilu" and "Tongren" to change their names without authorization. .
The General Administration of Market Supervision stated that well-known hospitals such as Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Hospital and Tongren Hospital have won social credibility and public praise with their medical strength, but some medical institutions used "Xiehe" and "Tongji" without legal authorization. The name of a well-known hospital has deceived and misled the people, seriously infringed on the legitimate rights and public image of regular hospitals, and disrupted the normal medical order.
The State Administration of Market Supervision actively responded to social concerns and issued the "Notice on Clean-up and Rectification of Counterfeit Issues in Well-known Hospitals and Other Institutions" in May 2020, and carried out a nationwide clean-up and rectification of counterfeit issues in well-known hospitals and other institutions to effectively regulate the market. Main business behavior.
In July 2020, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the General Administration of Market Supervision jointly issued the "Notice on Further Regulating the Management of Medical Institution Names", requiring all localities and departments to further regulate the management of medical institution names and strictly implement medical institutions. Name management responsibilities. It is strictly forbidden for relevant medical institutions to mislead patients by using names, forbid the use of unapproved names of medical institutions, strictly investigate and clear the names of illegal medical institutions, and severely crack down on the use of names by medical institutions for illegal practice.
In February of this year, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the "Notice on Resolutely Cleaning up and Rectifying the Counterfeit Issues in Well-known Hospitals", requiring the entire system to verify the use of "Xiehe", "Huashan", "Tongji", "Huaxi", "Xiangya", and "Qilu" in the names. For-profit medical institutions such as "Tongren" and other well-known hospitals have severely punished illegal acts that disrupt the order of the medical market.
Local market supervision departments have established special classes for clean-up and rectification, vigorously investigated and rectified, severely cracked down on unfair competition and price violations in the medical field, publishing false and illegal medical advertisements, and other illegal activities. They have cleaned up a number of medical institutions that used well-known hospital names without authorization. Effectively safeguard the healthy development of the medical industry and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people.
According to statistics, since February this year, the national market supervision department has ordered 492 for-profit medical institutions that use the names of well-known hospitals such as "Concord", "Huashan", "Tongji", "Huaxi", "Xiangya", "Qilu" and "Tongren" to change their names without authorization. , Ordered 1,525 hospital management, medical cosmetology, pharmaceuticals and other related industry market entities that used relevant font names without authorization to change their names; investigated and dealt with 66 cases of unfair competition in the medical field, with a fine of 5,335,100 yuan; supervised and inspected 2.87 for-profit medical institutions charging behavior 10,000 households, investigated and handled 120 cases of price violations in the medical field, with a fine of 9.4654 million yuan; investigated and prosecuted 205 cases of publishing false and illegal medical advertisements, with a fine of 4.6627 million yuan.
Through a special action to resolutely clean up and rectify the counterfeit problem of well-known hospitals, severely punished illegal acts that disrupted the order of the medical market and maintained a sound order for the healthy development of the medical industry.
Typical work of clean-up and rectification actions against counterfeit problems in well-known hospitals
1. The Hebei Provincial Market Supervision Department ordered the Xin Xiehe Hospital in Yunhe District, Cangzhou City to change its corporate name and change its name to Huanuo Hospital, Yunhe District, Cangzhou City
In June 2020, the Market Supervision Bureau of Cangzhou City, Hebei Province received a forwarding from the Market Supervision Bureau of Hebei Province that Xinxiehe Hospital in Yunhe District, Cangzhou City, posted illegal advertising clues on its own webpage.
Cangzhou City Market Supervision Bureau immediately interviewed the main person in charge of Xinxiehe Hospital in Yunhe District, Cangzhou City, and pointed out that it used the name of "Xiehe" well-known hospital to conduct external operations, disrupt medical order and cause bad social impact, and ordered it to immediately change its corporate name.
On July 26, the new Union Hospital in Yunhe District, Cangzhou City went through the name change registration, and the new name was Huanuo Hospital in Yunhe District, Cangzhou City.
In view of the minor advertising violations of the parties, the Cangzhou City Market Supervision Bureau issued a notice of ordering corrections and required them to modify the content of illegal advertisements posted on their own webpages and publish advertisements in accordance with the content approved by the "Certificate of Medical Advertisement Review".
2. The market supervision department of Liaoning Province strictly enforced the law, and Jinzhou Tongji Hospital was renamed Jinzhou Renji Hospital
In June 2020, the Jinzhou City Market Supervision Bureau of Liaoning Province carried out clean-up and remediation actions in accordance with the deployment.
During the operation, interviews were conducted with the relevant persons in charge of Jinzhou Tongji Hospital and informed them that the fraudulent use of the word "Tongji" as the name of the medical institution violated the relevant provisions of Article 6, Paragraph 2 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law.
On July 15, 2020, Jinzhou City Market Supervision Bureau issued a notice of ordering corrections to Jinzhou Tongji Hospital, ordering it to make the following corrections before August 15, 2020: name changes, dismantling and destruction of business licenses and medical institution licenses All plaques, bills, official seals, etc. bearing the words "Tongji" shall stop being promoted online with the words "Tongji Hospital".
On July 20, 2020, Jinzhou Tongji Hospital completed the name change registration and changed to Jinzhou Renji Hospital.
3. The market supervision department of Jilin Province combined with the clean-up and rectification to help the transformation and upgrading of enterprises. Two "tongren" pharmacies in Panshi City were renamed and transformed into enterprises.
Through a comprehensive investigation, the Panshi City Market Supervision Bureau of Jilin Province found that two market entities, Tongren Pharmacy, Yantongshan Town, Panshi City, and Tongren Pharmacy, Mingcheng Town, Panshi City, used the names of well-known hospitals without authorization.
During the on-site inspection, law enforcement officers announced relevant laws and regulations, requiring operators to register for name changes within a time limit, and it was clear that various publicity advertisements related to well-known hospitals should not be published before the name change.
Based on the actual operating conditions of the operators, the law enforcement officers further announced the government's preferential policies for supporting "individual enterprises", and guided operators to enhance their confidence in transformation and upgrading.
In February 2021, the heads of the two pharmacies handled the transformation and upgrading of the business of individual industrial and commercial households, and the names of the market entities were changed to Panshi Fulai Pharmacy and Panshi Tongtong Pharmacy.
4. The market supervision department of Jiangsu Province has comprehensively cleaned up and rectified. Shuyang Union Hospital was renamed Shuyang Minghe Hospital, and Taicang Union Hospital applied for cancellation
The Market Supervision Bureau of Shuyang County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province made a comprehensive investigation of hospitals in the jurisdiction and learned that after 14 years of development, Shuyang Union Hospital has been upgraded from a first-class hospital to a second-class first-class hospital, and holds the "Shuyang Union Hospital." Trademark, changing the name of the hospital will cause it to face the problem of brand restructuring and development planning restructuring.
In order to help the parties to dispel their worries, the Shuyang County Market Supervision Bureau arranged for someone to take the initiative to come to talk about policies, mobilize, and give guidance to guide the hospital to increase its sense of social responsibility, overcome short-term pains, and maintain a long-term vision for development.
With the mobilization and assistance of the market supervision department, Shuyang Xiehe Hospital completed the name change registration on September 29, 2020, and was renamed Shuyang Minghe Hospital. The hospital simultaneously applied for the registration of the inscription and trademark with the State Intellectual Property Office. 'S trademark has been discontinued and is in the process of cancellation.
The Market Supervision Bureau of Taicang City, Jiangsu Province found during the inspection that the name of Taicang Union Hospital involves the name of a well-known hospital.
The Taicang Municipal Market Supervision Bureau immediately interviewed the executive affairs partner of Taicang Union Hospital and publicized the "Regulations on the Registration and Management of Enterprise Names" and other laws and regulations. The parties said that they would cancel the enterprise.
At present, the enterprise handles the cancellation of registration through the simple cancellation procedure, and publicizes it in the national enterprise credit information publicity system.
5. The market supervision department of Shandong Province combines flexible law enforcement with compulsory revocation. Laizhou Tongji Hospital was renamed Laizhou Guangji Hospital, Laizhou Union Hospital was revoked according to law, and Jinan Union Hospital handled cancellation of registration
The Laizhou City Market Supervision Bureau found that two companies were in the scope of the rectification of counterfeit problems in well-known hospitals. Among them, Laizhou Tongji Hospital is operating normally, and Laizhou Union Hospital has not carried out business activities for a long time.
Laizhou City Market Supervision Bureau visited Laizhou Tongji Hospital proactively due to the company’s policy, issued an administrative guidance proposal to the person in charge of the hospital to change the company name within a time limit, and interviewed the person in charge of the hospital many times. The hospital was renamed on September 24, 2020. It is Laizhou Guangji Hospital.
Laizhou Union Hospital found no whereabouts, and has not reported annually for more than two consecutive years.
After soliciting the opinions of taxation and human resources and social departments, and collecting evidence of not operating for more than two years, the Laizhou City Market Supervision Bureau imposed a penalty of revoking the business license of Laizhou Union Hospital in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
The Jinan Municipal Market Supervision Bureau identified Jinan Union Hospital Management Co., Ltd. as a key target for rectification, and contacted the person in charge of the enterprise many times to inform him of the legal responsibilities and consequences of fraudulent use of the well-known hospital name.
Because the company has not yet formally started operations, the person in charge of the company decided to cancel.
On March 1, 2021, the company completes the cancellation registration on the day when the simple cancellation announcement expires.
6. The Chongqing Municipal Market Supervision Department made an in-depth policy announcement, and Chongqing Huashan Hospital Co., Ltd. took the initiative to apply for a name change
The Market Supervision Bureau of Yubei District, Chongqing City found that Chongqing Huashan Hospital Co., Ltd. used the name of a well-known hospital without authorization. However, the company was established in December 2009 and has been operating in Chongqing for more than 10 years. It is worried and worried about the name change. Affect company operations.
The staff of the Market Supervision Bureau of Yubei District, Chongqing City visited many times to give policy presentations to alleviate the concerns of the enterprises and finally dispelled the concerns of the enterprises.
In February 2021, the person in charge of Chongqing Huashan Hospital Co., Ltd. took the initiative to submit an application for name change registration.
7. The market supervision department of Gansu Province continued to promote clean-up and rectification, and Lintao Union Hospital was renamed twice and rectified thoroughly
In July 2020, the Market Supervision Bureau of Lintao County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province conducted a special clean-up and rectification of the problem of fraudulent use of well-known hospital names by market entities in its jurisdiction.
After remediation, Lintao Union Hospital was renamed Lintao Harmony Hospital on October 22.
In early February 2021, the Lintao County Market Supervision Bureau once again cleaned up and rectified medical institutions in its jurisdiction. On March 5, Lintao Harmony Hospital applied for name change registration and was renamed Lintao Kanghe Hospital.
In order to prevent the occurrence of a regulatory vacuum, the Lintao County Market Supervision Bureau notified the Lintao County Health and Health Bureau of matters related to the name change of the hospital.
On March 9th, the Lintao County Market Supervision Bureau conducted an on-site inspection of the hospital again. The company names in the outdoor advertisements, signs, publicity boards and related manuscripts and notes of its business premises were all replaced with "Lintao Kanghe Hospital."
8. The market supervision department of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region rectified and regulated the enterprise name, and Ningxia Xinxiehe Hospital was renamed Ningxia Xiang'an Hospital
On July 8, 2020, the Yinchuan Municipal Market Supervision Bureau of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region inspected Ningxia Xinxiehe Hospital and found that it had no authorized relationship with Peking Union Medical College Hospital.
In response to the irregular name of Ningxia Xinxiehe Hospital, law enforcement officials preached laws and regulations to the head of the hospital, emphasizing that under the social background of increasingly protected intellectual property rights, creating their own brand and reputation is the foundation of the hospital's long-term development.
At the end of July 2020, Ningxia New Union Hospital was renamed Ningxia Xiang'an Hospital.
On November 10, 2020, law enforcement officers re-examined the hospital and verified that the hospital’s logos and outpatient cases, fee seals, hospital stamps, prescription notes, and vehicle advertisements were all renamed Ningxia Xiang’an Hospital.