On June 10, multiple departments in Shanghai jointly issued the “Notice on Further Regulating the City’s New Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Testing Service Behavior”. The notice clarifies that medical institutions (including third-party medical testing laboratories, the same below) shall provide medical services in accordance with the practice locations approved on the “Medical Institution Practicing License”, and shall not conduct door-to-door nucleic acid sampling services without authorization or by entrusting third-party institutions.
The notice also clarifies that medical and health institutions should carry out the transfer of new coronavirus nucleic acid samples in accordance with the requirements of the “Regulations on the Biosafety Management of Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratories”. . For citizens who really need door-to-door sampling, the jurisdiction shall organize institutions and personnel qualified for nucleic acid sampling to provide door-to-door nucleic acid sampling services.
Regarding the price management of nucleic acid testing, the notice clarifies that when carrying out nucleic acid testing, medical institutions shall charge according to the city’s unified new coronavirus nucleic acid testing items and price standards, and shall not charge additional “expedited fees” and “door-to-door fees”. fee” etc. Medical institutions should regulate their own charging behaviors, take the initiative to disclose information such as service charging standards, provide services and collect fees in strict accordance with regulations, and protect the public’s right to know.
In addition, the notice requires the Shanghai and district health administrative departments to strengthen the supervision of the whole chain of nucleic acid testing services in medical institutions, and effectively implement the withdrawal mechanism of medical institutions. For medical institutions that violate laws and regulations, such as mixed testing, issuing false testing reports, using non-health technicians to conduct testing, etc., the “Medical Institution Practicing License” shall be revoked in accordance with the law. Those suspected of committing a crime shall be transferred to the public security organ for investigation according to law.
Shanghai and district health, market supervision, public security, medical insurance and other departments combine their respective functions to strengthen supervision, implement responsibilities, and resolutely crack down on violations of laws and regulations in nucleic acid testing services. . (Reporter Yuan Quan)