The eight departments issued a document clarifying that medical beauty advertisements are medical advertisements and no false advertisements are allowed.
Administrative penalties related to medical beauty will be announced to the public
This newspaper (Reporter Zhang Xin) Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned on April 28 that the National Health and Health Commission, the General Administration of Market Supervision and other eight departments jointly issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Comprehensive Supervision and Enforcement of Medical and Cosmetic Beauty" (referred to as " Notice"). "Notice" pointed out that medical beauty advertisements are medical advertisements, and non-medical institutions shall not publish medical advertisements. Medical and aesthetic institutions may not use news forms, medical information service special sections (columns) to publish or disguise medical advertisements in disguise, and may not carry out false propaganda.
The "Notice" clarifies that medical beauty services should be implemented by medical doctors or licensed medical practitioners under the guidance of the attending physicians in medical institutions with medical aesthetics-related subjects set up according to law. No unit or individual shall meet the legal requirements and shall not carry out medical and cosmetic services. Products registered in China and Class II and Class III medical devices are subject to product registration management, and products that have not obtained registration approval may not be marketed; those who have not obtained legal qualifications for the production and operation of drugs and medical devices according to law shall not engage in drugs or medical devices Production and business activities. Pharmaceutical and medical device production and operation enterprises must produce and operate in accordance with the law, and may not sell drugs and medical devices to users without legal qualifications. Medical and cosmetic institutions should purchase medicines and medical devices in enterprises with production and operation qualifications, implement the purchase inspection system, use them reasonably in accordance with indications, and strictly use toxic and narcotic drugs.
The notice also regulates the publication of medical beauty advertisements. Medical beauty advertisements are medical advertisements, and non-medical institutions shall not publish medical advertisements. Medical beauty institutions should publish medical beauty advertisements in accordance with the "Advertisement Law" and "Medical Advertisement Management Measures". After examination by the health and health administrative department, they should publish medical advertisements in accordance with the contents approved by the examination. Advertisements shall not be published in the form of news, medical information service special sections (columns) or disguised medical advertisements, and no false propaganda shall be carried out.
In terms of supervision, the "Notice" requires all departments in various regions to strengthen inter-departmental linkage, improve the information communication mechanism between all departments, innovate supervision methods, strictly supervise law enforcement, strengthen the connection between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, and severely crack down on illegal medical cosmetology.
In addition, various localities and departments should implement the requirements of the administrative law enforcement publicity system, further increase information disclosure, and promptly publish medical licenses, administrative inspections, and administrative penalties related to medical and cosmetics on the influential local media, websites, and official websites of administrative departments Administrative law enforcement information. Medical and cosmetic institutions should promptly and comprehensively disclose medical beauty service-related practice information to facilitate public inquiry.