Notice on the management requirements of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for non-Chinese medicine doctors: can western pharmacists

2020 Licensed Pharmacist Examination1October 24th and 25th 10. Students should review quickly! Some students want to ask, I am a licensed western pharmacist, can I prescribe Chinese medicine? Bian Xiao's answer to this question is as follows:

On, Jiangsu Provincial Health and Wellness Committee issued the Notice on Further Defining the Management Requirements for Prescriptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine by Non-Chinese Medicine Doctors (hereinafter referred to as the Notice), which further relaxed and refined the prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine by non-Chinese medicine doctors.

The notice requires that medical institutions at all levels and of all types should verify the prescription authority of non-Chinese medicine doctors in accordance with the following four situations, implement a prescription review system, follow the characteristics of Chinese medicine and the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment of Chinese medicine, scientifically standardize Chinese medicine prescriptions, and provide patients with convenient and safe Chinese medicine services.

Case 1: Obtain the following qualifications or certificates

Non-Chinese medicine practitioners who have obtained the qualification of practicing Chinese medicine as an assistant physician, or have obtained the secondary professional degree or above in traditional Chinese medicine, integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine and ethnic medicine recognized by the education department, or have obtained the apprenticeship certificate of traditional Chinese medicine issued by the Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, or have participated in the training of western medicine recognized by the provincial department in charge of traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2 years and obtained the corresponding certificate, and can issue Chinese patent medicines, traditional Chinese medicine preparations and traditional Chinese medicine pieces (including long-term prescriptions) in medical institutions, and can carry out appropriate techniques of traditional Chinese medicine.

Case 2: After no less than 1 year of systematic study and passing the examination.

Non-Chinese medicine doctors who have systematically studied the professional knowledge of Chinese medicine for not less than 1 year and passed the examination may prescribe Chinese patent medicines and Chinese medicine preparations (including long-term prescriptions) in medical institutions.

Situation 3: Grass-roots non-TCM doctors or rural doctors

Non-TCM doctors or rural doctors practicing in primary medical and health institutions can prescribe commonly used Chinese patent medicines (including long-term prescriptions) for common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases, and can also continue to use long-term prescriptions of Chinese patent medicines prescribed by TCM doctors.

Situation 4: Relevant qualifications have been obtained before the publication of national documents.

Before the publication of the Notice on Printing and Distributing the First Batch of National Key Monitoring Catalogue of Rational Drug Use (Chemical Drugs and Biological Products) (No.558, Han Yi [2019] of the State Health Office), those who have obtained the qualification of non-TCM doctors and registered to practice, received the course of TCM in college degree and postgraduate degree and passed the examination can prescribe Chinese patent medicines or Chinese patent medicines commonly used for chronic diseases for a long time.

On August 30th last year, at the national video conference on promoting the management of rational drug use in medical institutions, Zhang Zongjiu, director of National Health Commission Medical Administration and Hospital Authority, also made a new interpretation of the policy of western medicine prescribing Chinese patent medicine: encouraging western medicine to learn the theory of Chinese medicine, following the characteristics of Chinese medicine and the principles and norms of syndrome differentiation and treatment, and using Chinese patent medicine rationally, rather than prohibiting or restricting western medicine from prescribing Chinese patent medicine.

The fundamental purpose of the policy is to improve the clinical application level of Chinese patent medicine and promote the sustained and healthy development of Chinese medicine. It is mainly used for performance appraisal of tertiary public hospitals, and the implementation focus is on tertiary public hospitals. There is no mandatory requirement for county-level (secondary) hospitals for the time being, and it will be gradually implemented in the next performance appraisal of county-level (secondary) hospitals. For 250,000 general practitioners and 900,000 rural doctors in grass-roots medical institutions, common Chinese patent medicines can be prescribed when common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases are identified, and long-term prescriptions of Chinese patent medicines can also be extended.

With the new interpretation of national policies, many places began to respond.

On September 4 of the same year, Shandong issued a document about Chinese patent medicine? Limit the party? The problem is that Shandong only evaluates tertiary hospitals, and does not make compulsory requirements for county-level (secondary) hospitals. This means that there is still no prescription obstacle for proprietary Chinese medicines in Shandong county hospitals, which is the first provincial health and health commission to clarify the prescription authority of proprietary Chinese medicines after the release of the national version of the key monitoring and rational drug use catalogue.

It is understood that not only Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanxi, Chongqing, Guangxi, Hebei, Gansu and other places have also issued management requirements for non-Chinese medicine practitioners to prescribe Chinese medicine, and are committed to making Chinese medicine play an important role in disease prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.