In the event of a natural disaster, the spreading of an infectious disease, an unexpected heavy casualty or other emergencies seriously threatening the people’s lives and health, doctors should accept assignments by order of the administrative department of health under the people’s government at or above the county level.

Doctors causing an accident in medical treatment or discovering the epidemic situation of infectious diseases should timely report the case to their own institutions or to the administrative department of health according to relevant provisions.

Doctors discovering suspected involvement of their patients in a case of injury or discovering an unnatural death of their patients should report the case to the competent authorities according to relevant provisions.

(Lawyer Wu Yingjie)