The Draft for Review proposes that no medical institution may be equipped with or use large medical equipment without permission, so as to prevent the change from "hospital operations depending on drug sales" to "feeding hospitals with charges for equipment". The State will formulate a plan for allocation of large medical equipment and implement hierarchical allocation licensing for large medical equipment by items. A medical institution shall be equipped with large medical equipment according to such plan, and have matching technical conditions, using ability and supporting facilities as well as professional technical personnel with the corresponding qualifications.
The Draft for Review specially stresses that where a user of medical devices fails to reasonably use large medical equipment in accordance with the rules for diagnosis and treatment, and cannot guarantee medical quality and safety, it may be fined not more than CNY20,000; if the circumstance is serious, it will be ordered to suspend production or operation and stop using such equipment until its license for allocation of large medical equipment is revoked by the original issuing department.