Full Text of the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China

(Approved by the State Council on February 10, 1989; promulgated by the Ministry of Health on March 6, 1989; revised in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Frontier Health Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China on April 24, 2010)

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These Rules are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Frontier Health Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Frontier Health Quarantine Law).

Article 2 For the purposes of the Frontier Health Quarantine Law and these Rules:

"Inspection" means the medical examination and sanitary inspection carried out by the frontier health quarantine organ (hereinafter referred to as the health quarantine organ).

"Quarantinable epidemic disease patient" means a person currently suffering from a quarantinable epidemic disease, or a person who, upon preliminary diagnosis by the health quarantine organ, is considered to have been infected with a quarantinable epidemic disease or to be in the incubation period of a quarantinable epidemic disease.

"Quarantinable epidemic disease suspect" means a person who has been exposed to the infectious environment of a quarantinable epidemic disease and may transmit the quarantinable epidemic disease.

"Isolation" means keeping a quarantinable epidemic disease patient in a designated place, restricting his or her activities and providing treatment until the danger of transmitting the infectious disease is eliminated.

"Medical observation under detention" means keeping a quarantinable epidemic disease suspect in a designated place for diagnosis and examination.

"On-the-spot clinical examination" means that a person goes to the nearest health quarantine organ or other medical and health unit during the period designated by the health quarantine organ to receive diagnosis and examination; or that the health quarantine organ or other medical and health unit goes to the place where the person is staying to carry out diagnosis and examination of that person.