China News Service, July 2 (Xinhua) According to the National Health and Health Commission website, the National Health and Health Commission has publicly solicited opinions on the "Regulations on Human Organ Transplant (Draft Draft) (Draft for Comment)". Compared with the original "Regulations", the revised draft adds a statement that the state encourages citizens to donate human organs after death, and intensifies the crackdown on violations.
Since 2016, the National Health and Health Commission and the Chinese Red Cross have conducted in-depth investigations and demonstrations on the implementation of the "Human Organ Transplant Regulations", and extensively solicited relevant departments, provincial health administrative departments, and various departments in Venezuela The bureau and relevant academic associations, relevant medical institutions and expert opinions. Many revision seminars attended by relevant departments and experts were held to listen to opinions and suggestions from various parties, reach consensus among multiple parties, and form a draft of the "Regulations (Revision Draft)" for review. The Director of the Economic Commission will discuss and pass, and further revise and improve the "Regulations (Draft Draft) (Draft for Comment)".
The "Regulations (Revision Draft)" improves the system of donating human organs. One is to add the expression that the state encourages citizens to donate human organs after death in the "Regulations." The second is to further clarify the responsibilities of the Red Cross Society in organ donation work and provide a legal basis for the Red Cross Society at all levels to better carry out human organ donation work. The third is to clarify the organ donation organization system.
The "Regulations (Revised Draft)" adds regulations on the management of the acquisition and distribution of human organs. The original "Regulations" lacked relevant regulations on the acquisition of human organs, and there was only a principled statement in terms of distribution management. The "Regulations (Revision Draft)" clarifies that the sequencing of applicants for body organ transplant surgery should meet medical needs and follow the principles of fairness, impartiality and openness. The state formulates policies for the distribution of human organs and establishes a system for the distribution of human organs. Human organ acquisition organizations shall use the human organ distribution system to distribute organs donated after the death of citizens. Medical institutions and medical personnel shall execute the results of the system distribution, and may not change the recipients of human organs without authorization. Medical institutions and medical personnel prohibit the use of organs that have not been allocated by the system after the death of a citizen or organs of unknown origin to perform human organ transplant surgery. The specific measures shall be formulated by the competent health department of the State Council.
The "Regulations (Amendment Draft)" strengthens the management of human organ transplantation. First, strengthen the management of examination and approval of qualifications for human organ transplant practice in medical institutions and clarify the examination and approval authority of the State Health and Health Commission. The second is to establish a registration and reporting system for human organ transplantation cases and conduct regular evaluations of transplant hospitals. The third is to strengthen the management of living organ transplantation. The fourth is to strengthen the management of organ transplantation fees, and clarify the items and basis for organ acquisition and transplantation pricing.
The "Regulations (Revised Draft)" increases the intensity of violations One is to increase the administrative penalties for medical institutions and medical personnel to carry out organ transplants in violation of regulations. The second is to intensify the crackdown on unauthorized medical institutions carrying out organ transplantation. The third is to clarify the violations and corresponding penalties in organ acquisition and distribution.