RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FRONTIER HEALTH AND QUARANTINE LAW OF 
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

                             
(Approved by the State Council on February 10,  1989  and  promul-
gated by Decree No. 2 of the Ministry of Public Health on March 6, 1989)

                                Contents
    
Chapter I     General Provisions
Chapter II    Report of Epidemic Situation
Chapter III   Health or Quarantine Organs
Chapter IV    Sea-port Quarantine
Chapter V     Air-port Quarantine
Chapter VI    Border Quarantine
Chapter VII   Sanitization
Chapter VIII  Administration of Epidemic Disease Quarantine
Chapter IX    Monitoring of Epidemic Disease
Chapter X     Health Supervision
Chapter XI    Penalty Provisions
Chapter XII   Supplementary Provisions

                      Chapter I General Provisions
    
Article 1
These Implementation Rules are formulated in accordance with the  Frontier
Health and Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of  China  (hereinafter
referred to as "the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law).
Article 2
For the purpose of the  Frontier  Health  and  Quarantine  Law  and  these
Implementation Rules, the definitions of the following terms are:
"Inspection"  means  that  the  Frontier  Health  and   Quarantine   Organ
(hereinafter referred to as the "Health and Quarantine Organ") carries out
medical inspection and sanitary inspection.
"Quarantinable  Epidemic  Victim"  means  a  person   who   suffers   from
quarantinable infectious disease or a person who has been  proved  through
primary diagnosis by the Health and Quarantine organ to  have  caught  the
quarantinable infectious disease or have become an incubation carrier.
"Quarantinable Epidemic Suspect" means a person who has  been  exposed  to
the quarantinable epidemic  environment  and  may  transmit  quarantinable
infectious diseases.  "Isolation"  means  that  a  person  affected  by  a
quarantinable epidemic disease is being detained in a designated place for
medical treatment until there is no  longer  any  risk  of  spreading  the
disease.
"Check-up detention" means that  a  suspect  carrier  of  a  quarantinable
epidemic disease is being detained in a designated place for diagnosis and
check-up.
"On-site clinical check-up" means that a person is required to go  to  the
nearest health and quarantine organ or medical treatment unit for diagnosis
and check-up within a specific period  of  time  set  by  the  health  and
quarantine organ or that the person is visited by people either  from  the
health and quarantine  organ  or  from  the  medical  treatment  unit  for
diagnosis and check-up.
"Transportation facility" means cargo containers.
"Sanitization" means both medical measures, including isolation,  check-up
detention and on-site clinical check-up; and "sanitary measures" including
disinfection, deratization, and deinsectization.
"To monitor epidemic diseases" means to carry out  survey  in  a  specific
environment and among specific groups of people  on  matters  relating  to
epidemiology, serology, etiology,  and  clinical  symptoms;  and  to  make
prognostication of the incidence, development and spread  of  an  epidemic
disease.
"Health  supervision"  means  the  sanitary  inspection,   identification,
evaluation and sampling conducted in the implementation of the health  law
and hygienic standard.  "Conveyance" means vessels, aircraft,  trains  and
other motor vehicles.   "Frontier  ports"  means  international  seaports,
airports, railway or bus terminals on the border, and ports  of  entry  at
land frontiers and boundary rivers.
    
Article 3
Duty range for health and quarantine organs on the  frontier  shall  cover
those hotels, restaurants and clubs on the frontier and those  units  that
provide food or services for the incoming or outgoing conveyance and those
places  where  quarantine  inspection,  sanitary  monitoring  and   health
supervision on the incoming or outgoing  persons,  conveyance,  containers
and goods are carried out.
Article 4
All persons, conveyance and  containers,  as  well  as  articles  such  as
baggage, goods, postal parcels that may  transmit  quarantinable  diseases
are subject to quarantine inspection upon entering or exiting the  country
in accordance with these Rules, and entry and exit  shall  be  allowed  to
them only after an approval is issued by the health and quarantine office.
Article 5
When a quarantinable epidemic victim  is  discovered  by  the  health  and
quarantine organ, measures must be taken promptly in accordance  with  the
rules stipulated in Chapter VIII of these Rules to place him in  isolation
and prevent other persons  from  being  infected.   When  a  quarantinable
epidemic suspect is found by the health and quarantine organ, he shall  be
dealt with in accordance with the rules stipulated in Chapter VIII. As for
those suspects suffering  from  contagious  diseases  other  than  plague,
cholera and yellow fever as defined in Chapter VIII of these  Rules,  they
shall be subject to on-site clinical check-up  or  check-up  detention  as
well as other measures of sanitization for a period of time not  exceeding
the longest incubation period of that contagious  counting  from  the  day
they left the infected environment.
Article 6
Health and  quarantine  organs  are  required  to  bar  any  quarantinable
epidemic victims or suspects from exit, with the exception  of  those  who
come from abroad and have undergone on-site clinical check up on arrival.
These persons can leave the port  if  they  wish  to;  if  they  leave  in
conveyance, quarantine physicians are required to annotate and comment  on
their Exit Quarantine Certificates and to inform the person in  charge  of
the conveyance to take the necessary precautionary measures.
Article 7
When a death due to an unidentified cause other than  accidental  harm  is
discovered at a frontier port, the corpse shall be subject  to  quarantine
inspection and only after an entry or  exit  permit  is  granted  can  the
corpse be removed.
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Article 8
When a  quarantine  infectious  disease  or  a  disease  suspected  to  be
quarantinable  or  a  death  due  to  an  unidentified  cause  other  than
accidental harm is discovered on conveyance  from  a  domestic  pestilence
area or in the course of a domestic voyage, the persons in charge  of  the
conveyance are required to make a report  to  the  health  and  quarantine
organ on arrival at the frontier port and undergo  preliminary  quarantine
inspection.
Article 9
In times when quarantinable infectious diseases are prevailing at home  or
abroad, the administrative department of health under  the  State  Council
shall report the situation to the State Council for  decisions  on  taking
the following precautionary measures, partially or totally, in  quarantine
inspection:
(1) giving orders to blockade relevant sections of the border and frontier
water course;
(2) giving orders that certain articles must  be  disinfected  or  treated
with insecticides before they are allowed in or out of the country;
(3) giving orders to prohibit shipment, in or out, of certain articles;
(4) giving orders to designate the primary sea-ports and  airports.  Those
vessels or aircraft from foreign pestilence areas, without  going  through
quarantine inspection at the primary sea-port or  airport,  shall  not  be
permitted to get into any other sea-port or airport, with the exception of
cases of accidents or other special reasons.
Article 10
Upon the arrival of containers, goods, or discarded used materials at  the
port ready for shipping in or out, the shipper, the carrier's agent or the
consignor is required to report to the health  and  quarantine  organ  for
inspection. Containers, goods, or used materials that come from pestilence
area or have been contaminated by an epidemic disease  or  are  likely  to
spread quarantinable epidemic  diseases  or  are  found  to  have  carried
rodents which affect human health and  vectors  are  required  to  undergo
disinfection,   deratization,   deinsectization   and   other    necessary
sanitization process. If the owner of the containers, goods  or  discarded
used materials asks to go through quarantine inspection or sanitization in
other places, the health and quarantine organ  shall  provide  convenience
and carry out the task in accordance with regulations. The Customs  office
shall let them pass after checking the sanitization certificate issued  by
the health and quarantine organ.
    
Article 11
Special articles which enter or leave the  country  such  as  microzoaria,
human tissue, biological, blood  and  hemoproducts  shall  be  subject  to
health and quarantine inspection. The carrier, the shipper or  the  parcel
sender of the above mentioned articles  is  required  to  declare  at  the
health and quarantine organ for  inspection.  Without  permission  by  the
health and quarantine organ, there shall be  no  entry  or  exit  of  such
articles. The Customs office  shall  let  them  pass  after  checking  the
Certificate of Approval for Special Articles  issued  by  the  health  and
quarantine organ.
Article 12
Luggage  and  other  articles  carried  along  by  incoming  or   outgoing
passengers or staff members or by means of registered  shipment  that  may
spread quarantinable epidemic diseases, are required to  undergo  hygienic
examination. The health and quarantine organ shall  exercise  sanitization
or destruction of the foods, drinks and aquatic products  that  come  from
the pestilence area or have been contaminated with epidemic  diseases  and
issue a sanitization certificate. The customs office shall let  them  pass
after checking the sanitization  certificate  issued  by  the  health  and
quarantine organ.
Article 13
When the health and  quarantine  organ  conducts  health  examination  and
sanitization of the registered parcels, the postal  unit  is  required  to
offer cooperation. Without permission by the health and quarantine  organ,
the postal unit may not ship the parcels.
Article 14
The health administrative department under the State Council is the  organ
of authority for making the various kinds of health and quarantine  forms,
certificates as well as for their issuance.
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                 Chapter II Report of Epidemic Situation
    
Article 15
On discovering at, or on a conveyance at a frontier port  a  quarantinable
infectious disease, a disease suspected to be quarantinable or a death due
to  an  unidentified  cause  other  than  accidental  harm,  the  relevant
department at the frontier port and the person in charge of the conveyance
must report immediately to the health and quarantine office.
Article 16
When the health and quarantine  organ  has  discovered  any  quarantinable
epidemic cases or monitored epidemic diseases or any disease suspected  to
be quarantinable, it must inform the local health administrative unit  and
the epidemic prevention unit. When a quarantinable disease is  discovered,
it must be promptly reported to the health administrative department under
the State Council. On the other hand, if  the  local  epidemic  prevention
unit has discovered any quarantinable epidemic cases or monitored epidemic
diseases, it must keep the health and quarantine organ informed about  the
matter.
Article 17
At the time when  any  quarantinable  epidemic  disease  is  prevalent  in
certain regions at home or abroad, the  health  administrative  department
under the State Council may declare the regions as pestilence areas.
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                Chapter III Health and Quarantine Organs
    
Article 18
The health and quarantine organ may set up its agent organ if necessary.
The setting up, amalgamation or dissolution of any health  and  quarantine
organ shall be decided by the health administrative department  under  the
State Council.
Article 19
The studies of the health and quarantine organ are as follows:
(1) enforce "The Frontier Health and Quarantine Law"  and  the  rules  for
implementation of this law as well as other state  regulations  concerning
public health;
(2)  collect,  analyze  information  and  report  about  the   occurrence,
prevalence and the cessation of quarantinable  epidemic  diseases  at  the
frontier port or abroad;
(3) exercise  sanitary  supervision  at  the  frontier  port  and  conduct
quarantine inspection, epidemic disease monitoring, sanitary  control  and
sanitization to the conveyances, passengers,  containers,  corpses,  human
bones  as  well  as  luggage,  goods,  postal  parcels  that  may   spread
quarantinable epidemic diseases;
(4) carry out health and quarantine inspection  of  any  special  articles
such as exported or imported microzoaria, biological, human tissue,  blood
and hemoproducts as well as some animals that may  spread  human  epidemic
diseases;
(5) offer services in preventive inoculation, physical  check-up,  medical
treatment, consultancy on hygiene and health for international travellers;
(6) issue health and quarantine certificates;
(7) make epidemiological survey and carry out scientific experiments;
(8) fulfil other  tasks  assigned  to  it  by  the  health  administrative
department under the State Council.
Article 20
Duties of the frontier health supervisor:
(1) exercise sanitary control and  carry  out  publicity  on  hygiene  and
health to the conveyances at the frontier port or  parked  on  the  border
waiting for exit or entry;
(2)  give  technical  guidance  in  sanitization,  such  as  disinfection,
deratization and deinsectization;
(3) make investigation into the  cases  that  has  caused  the  spread  of
epidemic diseases and the proliferation of rodent, vector  insects,  food-
poisoning and food-borne contamination, and suggest control measures.
Article 21
When performing its duties, the health and quarantine inspector and border
health supervisor are required to wear their quarantine uniform and  their
quarantine budges.   Their  conveyances  at  work  are  required  to  bear
quarantine flags.
The design of quarantine uniform, sign and flag and their  uses  shall  be
determined jointly by the health administrative department under the State
Council and other departments concerned, subject to  ratification  by  the
State Council.
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                      Chapter IV Seaport Quarantine
    
Article 22
Quarantine  inspection  for  incoming  vessels  must  be  carried  out  at
quarantine anchorage or at the designated place approved by the health and
quarantine organ.  Quarantine anchorage shall be decided  jointly  by  the
harbour superintendency  administration  and  the  health  and  quarantine
organ.  A  report  about  the  decision  shall   be   presented   to   the
transportation department and the health administration  department  under
the State Council for the record.
Article 23
Prior to the arrival of the vessel subject to entry quarantine inspection,
the shipping agent is required to inform the health and  quarantine  organ
at the earliest possible time of the following matters:
(1) name and nationality of the vessel, scheduled date and time of arrival
at the quarantine anchorage;
(2) port of departure and port of last call;
(3) number of crew and passengers;
(4) type of cargo.
The harbour superintendency administration  must  inform  the  health  and
quarantine organ at the earliest possible time of  the  scheduled  arrival
date and time of the vessel at the quarantine anchorage.
Article 24
In the course of  navigation,  if  a  quarantinable  epidemic  disease,  a
disease suspected to be quarantinable, or a death due to  an  unidentified
cause other than accidental harm is discovered, the captain  must  make  a
prompt report to the health  and  quarantine  organ  about  the  following
matters:
(1) name and nationality of the vessel, scheduled date and time of arrival
at the quarantine anchorage;
(2) port of departure and port of final call;
(3) number of crew and passengers;
(4) type of cargo;
(5) name of disease or principal symptoms, number of cases and deaths;
(6) whether there are any vessel doctors on board the vessel.
    
Article 25
All vessels subject to entry quarantine inspection are required  to  hoist
quarantine  signals  ready  for  inspection.  Without  getting  an   Entry
Quarantine  Permit  issued  by  the  health  and  quarantine  organ,   the
quarantine  signals  shall  not  be  lowered.   In  the   day   time,   an
international signal flag shall be put up at a conspicuous  place  on  the
vessel:
(1) The "Q" sign flag means that the vessel  is  free  from  quarantinable
epidemic diseases, and is applying for an Entry Quarantine Permit;
(2) The "QQ" sign flag means that the vessel has on board a  quarantinable
epidemic disease or a disease suspected to be quarantinable and  asks  for
instant quarantine sanitization.
During the  night,  a  light-signal  shall  be  put  up  vertically  at  a
conspicuous place on the vessel:
(1) Three red lights indicate that the vessel is free  from  quarantinable
epidemic disease and is applying for an Entry Quarantine Permit;
(2) Four lights in the order of Red-Red-White-Red indicate that the vessel
has been contaminated by a quarantinable epidemic  disease  or  a  disease
suspected  to  be  quarantinable   and   asks   for   instant   quarantine
sanitization.
    
Article 26
No persons other than navigation pilot and those approved  by  the  health
and quarantine organ shall be allowed to get on board the  vessel(s)  with
quarantine flag or light signal(s); no unloading of luggage, cargo, postal
parcels shall be allowed; no other vessel shall be allowed to get close;
no crew member shall be allowed to leave the vessel without  the  approval
by the health and quarantine organ, unless the vessel is in distress.  The
navigation pilot shall not guide the vessel(s) away  from  the  quarantine
anchorage.
Article 27
Vessel(s) applying for quarantine  inspection  by  telecommunication  must
first submit an application to the health and quarantine organ. A sanitary
certificate shall be issued to the qualified vessel(s) which may apply for
telecommunicated quarantine inspection within 12 months as of the issuance
of the certificate.
Article 28
The vessel with valid sanitary certificate must make a report, twenty-four
hours prior to its arrival, to the health and quarantine organ  about  the
following matters:
(1) name and nationality of the vessel, scheduled date and time of arrival
at the quarantine anchorage;
(2) port of departure and port of last call;
(3) number of crew and passengers and their state of health;
(4) type of cargo;
(5) date of issuance and number of the vessel's sanitary certificate; date
and port of issuance of the deratization  certificate  or  a  deratization
laissez-passer, as well as other sanitary documents.
Upon approval of the above report, the vessel(s) may enter the port.
Article 29
Entry quarantine  inspection  of  vessel(s)  shall  be  conducted  between
sunrise  and  sunset.   Round-the-clock  quarantine  inspection  shall  be
conducted on vessel(s) at the port which have night navigation  conditions
for docking and unloading of cargo. No  night-time  quarantine  inspection
shall be conducted on vessel(s) from pestilence areas.
Article 30
The captain of the  entry  vessel  is  required  to  show  the  quarantine
physician on board  the  vessel  health  declaration,  crew  member  list,
passenger manifest and cargo declaration, signed by  the  captain  or  the
vessel  physician,  and  a  deratization  certificate  or  a  deratization
laissez-passer. During the inspection, the quarantine  physician  has  the
right to read the deck logbook and other related documents; he may ask for
detailed information about the sanitary situation of the vessel during its
navigation course, if he considers it necessary and  the  captain  or  the
vessel physician must give the true facts. The  answers  in  written  form
must bear the signature of the captain and that of the vessel physician.
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Article 31
After completion  of  entry  quarantine  inspection  of  the  vessel,  the
quarantine physician is required to sign and  issue  an  Entry  Quarantine
Permit without delay; if the vessel needs to go through sanitization or is
subject to certain restrictions, a footnote and signature must be made  on
the Permit and measures shall be  taken  accordingly;  if  the  vessel  is
contaminated or is suspected to be contaminated with a quarantine disease,
the  harbour  superintendency  administration  shall  be  informed  and  a
sanitization notice shall be given to the vessel. The navigation pilot and
those persons approved by the health and quarantine organ are required  to
undergo sanitization together with crew members and passengers. The  Entry
Quarantine Permit shall be issued to the vessel only after  the  necessary
sanitization is completed. Having received  the  Entry  Quarantine  Permit
issued by the health and quarantine organ, the quarantine flag  and  light
signal(s) may be lowered.
Article 32
Before departure of an exit vessel, the  shipping  agent  is  required  to
inform the health and quarantine organ at the earliest  possible  time  of
the following matters:
(1) name and  nationality  of  vessel  and  scheduled  date  and  time  of
departure;
(2) destination port and primary departure port;
(3) crew member list and passenger manifest;
(4) type of cargo.
The harbour superintendency  administration  is  required  to  notify  the
health and quarantine organ at the earliest possible  time  of  the  fixed
date and time of departure of the exit vessel(s).
If there is no change in crew members and passengers, the vessel receiving
entry and exit quarantine inspections at the same port may get a P.W.E. If
there is a change in crew members or passengers, revised manifest shall be
required.
Article 33
The captain of the vessel receiving exit quarantine inspection is required
to show the deratization certificate or  the  deratization  laissez-passer
and other related quarantine documents to the health and quarantine organ.
The quarantine physician may ask the captain or the vessel  physician  for
further details about the state of health of  the  crew  members  and  the
passengers as well as the sanitary situation on the  vessel;  the  captain
and the vessel physician are required to give true-to-fact answers.
    
Article 34
Upon completion of quarantine inspection on an exit vessel, the quarantine
physician must sign and issue an Exit Quarantine Permit without delay.  If
the vessel cannot yet sail at the scheduled time due to sanitization,  the
health  and  quarantine  organ  is  required   to   notify   the   harbour
superintendency administration immediately.
Article 35
After quarantine inspection on an exit vessel  is  completed,  no  persons
other than the navigation pilot and  those  approved  by  the  health  and
quarantine organ shall be allowed to go on board the  vessel,  no  loading
and unloading of luggage, cargo or postal parcels shall  be  allowed.  Any
violation of  the  rules  may  cause  the  vessel  to  undergo  quarantine
re-inspection.
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                      Chapter V Airport Quarantine
    
Article 36
Aircraft shall be prohibited from  dumping  or  be  allowed  to  drop  any
articles that may spread epidemic diseases while flying.
Article 37
The aviation station that conducts health  and  quarantine  inspection  is
required to inform  the  health  and  quarantine  organ  at  the  earliest
possible time of the following matters:
(1) nationality, make,  number  and  markings  of  the  aircraft  and  its
scheduled arrival time;
(2) departure airport, stop-over airport and destination airport;
(3) number of crew members and passengers.
Article 38
In the course of flight, if any quarantinable epidemic disease, a  disease
suspected to be quarantinable, or a death due  to  an  unidentified  cause
other than accidental harm is discovered,  the  captain  of  the  aircraft
subject to entry quarantine inspection is required to inform  the  airport
of the matter and report to the health  and  quarantine  organ  about  the
following matters:
(1) nationality, make,  number  and  markings  of  the  aircraft  and  its
scheduled arrival time;
(2) departure airport, stop-over airport and destination airport;
(3) number of crew members and passengers;
(4) name of disease or principal symptoms, number of cases and deaths.
Article 39
After an aircraft subject to entry  quarantine  inspection  lands  at  the
airport, the quarantine physician shall get on board first.  The  aircraft
captain or his authorized agent is required to submit to  the  health  and
quarantine organ the general declaration, passenger manifest,  deck  cargo
declaration and the valid deinsectization certificate  and  other  related
quarantine documents; the aircraft captain  or  his  authorized  agent  is
required to give true-to-fact answers to the inquiries from the quarantine
physician about the sanitary situation on the aircraft. Before  completion
of quarantine inspection, no persons other  than  those  approved  by  the
health and quarantine organ are allowed to get on or off the aircraft;  no
loading and unloading of  luggage,  cargo  and  postal  parcels  shall  be
permitted.
Article 40
Entry passengers are required to undergo entry  quarantine  inspection  at
the appointed place and answer the quarantine physician's inquiries orally
or in written form. During the inspection time entry passengers shall  not
be allowed to leave the inspection place.
    
Article 41
Upon completion of  entry  quarantine  inspection  of  the  aircraft,  the
quarantine physician must sign and issue an Entry Quarantine Permit to the
aircraft which is free  from  contamination.  If  the  aircraft  needs  to
undergo sanitization or is subject to certain restrictions, a footnote and
signature must be made on the Permit  and  the  aircraft  captain  or  his
authorized agent  shall  be  responsible  for  taking  necessary  measures
accordingly; if the aircraft is proved to be contaminated, a  sanitization
notice shall be given to the aircraft and the aircraft shall be notified.
After the required sanitization is done, an Entry Quarantine Permit  shall
be issued to the aircraft.
Article 42
Prior to  the  departure  of  the  aircraft  subject  to  exit  quarantine
inspection, the airport is required to submit to the health and quarantine
organ the general declaration, deck cargo declaration and other  documents
related to quarantine and to inform it of the following matters:
(1) nationality, make,  number  and  markings  of  the  aircraft  and  its
scheduled time of departure;
(2) stop-over airport(s) and destination airport;
(3) number of crew members and passengers.
Article 43
Upon completion  of  exit  quarantine  inspection  of  the  aircraft,  the
quarantine physician must sign and issue an Exit Quarantine Permit to  the
aircraft which is free from contamination, or, such Permit shall be issued
upon completion of the necessary sanitization; if the aircraft cannot take
off at the scheduled time due to sanitization; the health  and  quarantine
organ must notify the airport without delay.
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                      Chapter VI Border Quarantine
    
Article 44
Prior to the arrival of the trains subject to entry quarantine inspection,
the railway station is required to inform the health and quarantine  organ
of the following matters:
(1) train number and scheduled arrival time;
(2) primary departure station;
(3) train marshalling.
Article 45
After the train  or  other  motor  vehicle  subject  to  entry  quarantine
inspection arrives at the railway station on the  border,  the  quarantine
physician shall get on board the train first. The head of  train  crew  or
the person in charge of the vehicle is required to submit a report  either
orally or in written form to the health and quarantine organ on the  state
of health of the persons on board and to give true-to-fact answers to  the
inquiries by the  quarantine  physician  concerning  sanitary  and  health
conditions on board.
Article 46
During  quarantine  inspection,  without  permission  by  the  health  and
quarantine organ, no persons shall be allowed to get on or off  the  train
to other vehicle which is subjected to  entry  quarantine  inspection;  no
loading or  unloading  of  luggage,  cargo  or  postal  parcels  shall  be
permitted.
Article 47
Prior to the departure of the train subject to exit quarantine inspection,
the railway station is required to inform the health and quarantine  organ
at the earliest possible time of the following matters:
(1) train number and scheduled departure time;
(2) destination station;
(3) train marshalling.
Article 48
During  its  course  of  transportation,  if  a  quarantinable  infectious
disease, a disease suspected to be quarantinable, or a  death  due  to  an
unidentified cause other than accidental harm is discovered on  the  train
or other vehicle subject to entry or exit quarantine inspection, the  head
of the train crew or the person in charge of the vehicle  is  required  to
report to the health and quarantine organ about the matter upon arrival at
the border station.
    
Article 49
In case that a quarantine infectious disease or a disease suspected to  be
quarantinable is  discovered  on  the  train  subject  to  entry  or  exit
quarantine inspection, or in case that the train is  unable  to  leave  at
scheduled time due to sanitization, the health  and  quarantine  organ  is
required to inform the station master of the case without  delay.  If  the
parking place is not suitable for sanitization,  the  station  master  can
decide on another  place  within  the  station  for  sanitization.  Before
completion  of  sanitization,  without  permission  by  the   health   and
quarantine organ, no person shall be allowed to get off or on  the  train,
no loading or unloading of luggage,  goods  or  postal  parcels  shall  be
permitted.
In order that the entry through train can run  normally,  the  health  and
quarantine organ may have its personnel exercise quarantine inspection  on
board the train in operation.  The head of the train  crew  shall  provide
conveniences.
Article 50
After completion of entry  or  exit  quarantine  inspection  or  necessary
sanitization to the train or other vehicle, the  quarantine  physician  is
required to sign and  issue  an  exit  and  entry  quarantine  certificate
according to quarantine inspection results.
Article 51
Those who enter or leave the country at the border on foot are required to
undergo entry or exit quarantine inspection at a designated place. Without
permission by the health and  quarantine  organ,  no  one  may  leave  the
designated place.
Article 52
Any train  or  vehicle,  coming  from  pestilence  area,  or  having  been
contaminated or being suspected to have been contaminated with an epidemic
disease or being found to have carried goods with rodent or pests that may
spread an epidemic disease, shall be required to undergo health inspection
and necessary sanitization.
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                        Chapter VII Sanitization
    
Article 53
While performing sanitization, the  health  and  quarantine  officers  are
required to see to it that:
(1) no one's health is endangered;
(2) no damage is done to  the  structure  of  and  the  equipment  on  the
vehicle;
(3) no fire is caused;
(4) no damage is done to the luggage or goods.
Article 54
The sanitization that exit or entry containers, luggage, goods  or  postal
parcels are required to undergo shall  be  conducted  by  the  health  and
quarantine organ.  Any conveyance waiting for entry or exit is subject  to
disinfectization,  deratization,  deinsectization  and   other   necessary
sanitization when found to be in any one of the following conditions:
(1) having come from a pestilence area;
(2) being contaminated by a quarantinable epidemic disease;
(3) revealing the presence of rodents which affect human health or insects
which are carriers of disease and their number exceeds the state standard.
Article 55
Goods that are shipped from  abroad  and  are  only  passing  through  the
People's Republic of China,  shall,  if  there  is  no  transshipment,  be
exempted from sanitization except in cases where events of epidemiological
significance have taken place.
Article 56
According to the extent of contamination, the health and quarantine  organ
shall   exercise   disinfectization,   deratization    or    insectization
respectively to the used materials waiting for entry or exit  and  to  the
used transportation vehicles that were in operation at foreign  ports.  In
case of serious contamination, the used materials  or  vehicles  shall  be
destroyed.
Article 57
Prior to the entry or exit of human remains or ashes, the shipper  or  the
agent is required to apply for health and  quarantine  inspection  and  to
present a certificate of cause of death or other related documents. If  it
fails to  meet  the  hygiene  requirements,  it  is  required  to  undergo
sanitization by the health and quarantine organ. Only  with  an  entry  or
exit license issued by the health and quarantine organ can the remains  or
ashes be shipped in or out.
The corpse of anyone who died from a quarantinable epidemic  disease  must
be cremated at a nearby place.
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Article 58
In the case that a conveyance has  previously  undergone  sanitization  at
another port, it is not necessary to conduct sanitization again  upon  its
arrival unless any one of the following circumstances applies:
(1) when events of epidemiological significance have taken place either at
the port where the conveyance underwent  sanitization  or  on  board  that
conveyance;
(2) when sanitization undertaken at other port proved  to  be  practically
ineffective.
Article 59
In the case when any rodent is found to have died of  unusual  or  unknown
cause either at the border port or on  the  conveyance,  the  border  port
authorities or the captain of the conveyance is required to the health and
quarantine organ about the case without delay so that  prompt  examination
and sanitization can be carried out.
Article 60
The captain of a ship of international voyage is required to apply to  the
health and quarantine organ for inspection of rat damage every 6 months.
The health and quarantine organ shall exercise  deratization  or  dispense
with deratization according to the result of the inspection  and  issue  a
certificate of deratization or a deratization laissez-passer  which  shall
be valid for 6 months from the day it is issued.
Article 61
Only under any one of the following circumstances  shall  the  health  and
quarantine organ issue a certificate of exemption  of  deratization  after
making sure that the vessel is free of rodents:
(1) when the hold is bare;
(2) when there is ballast or other goods in the hold, but these  goods  do
not lure the mice and  the  layout  of  the  goods  does  not  hinder  the
inspection.
When an oil tanker  is  in  full  load,  a  certificate  of  exemption  of
deratization may be issued.
Article 62
Normally the inspection of rat-damage or deratization shall be carried out
while the  hold  is  bare.  If  the  vessel  can  not  undergo  rat-damage
inspection or deratization by means of steam  sterilization  in  due  time
owing to some reason or other, and it is sailing towards a port convenient
for inspection or deratization,  the  term  of  validity  of  deratization
certificate or the deratization laissez-passers the vessel is holding  may
be extended for one month, and the extended certificate may be issued.
    
Article 63
In the situation when the deratization  certificate  or  the  deratization
laissez-passer of a vessel is still valid, but the vessel is found to have
caught the plague or is suspected to have caught the  plague,  the  health
and quarantine organ must inform the captain that his vessel  is  required
to undergo deratization by means of steam sterilization in accordance with
the standard set by the state, and the captain must act as required.
Article 64
While anchoring at the port, the captain is  required  to  take  effective
measures as follows:
(1) the mooring rope must have effective rat guard or the like;
(2) at  night  the  accommodation  ladder  and  the  gang  board  must  be
illuminated by strong searchlight;
(3) when any dead rat is found or any rat is trapped, it  is  required  to
report to the health and quarantine organ.
Article 65
At the border port, if rodents are found on any home  vessel  of  domestic
voyage,  the  vessel  must  undertake   deratization   by   itself.   Upon
application, the health quarantine organ may exercise deratization.
Article 66
When necessary, the  health  administrative  department  under  the  State
Council shall order the health and quarantine organs to  check  the  valid
certificate of certain preventive inoculation or health certificate of the
persons upon their arrival at the entry port from abroad or  from  certain
regions.
Article 67
Term of validity of preventive inoculation are as follows:
(1) For yellow fever vaccine, it is valid for 10 years  from  the  day  of
inoculation. If the second inoculation follows the previous  one  is  less
than 10 years, it is valid for 10 years from the day of reinoculation.
(2) As for other kinds of inoculation, their term  of  validity  shall  be
stated in related regulations.
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         Chapter VIII Control of Quarantinable Epidemic Disease
    
Section I The Plague
Article 68
Incubation period of the plague is 6 days.
Article 69
Under any one of the following circumstances, a  vessel  or  an  aircraft,
upon its arrival, shall be considered as having been contaminated with the
plague:
(1) any plague case is found on the vessel or aircraft;
(2) any rodent is found to  have  caught  the  plague  on  the  vessel  or
aircraft;
(3) any person is found to have caught the  plague  6  days  after  he/she
boarded the vessel.
Article 70
Under any  one  of  the  following  circumstances,  the  vessel  shall  be
considered as being suspected to have caught the plague:
(1) there is no plague case but there were persons who caught the plague 6
days after they had boarded the vessel;
(2) unusual death of rodent is found on the vessel and its cause of  death
is unknown.
Article 71
A vessel or  an  aircraft  contaminated  with  the  plague  shall  undergo
sanitization as follows:
(1) the person(s) who  has  contracted  the  plague  shall  be  placed  in
isolation;
(2) the plague suspect(s) shall undergo deinsectization and shall have  on
site clinical check-up or check-up detention for less than 6 days.  During
this period, no crew member shall be allowed to go on shore  except  those
whose work requires them to do so and who are permitted by the health  and
quarantine organ;
(3) the luggage and belongings of a plague victim or  plague  suspect  and
other articles that the health and quarantine organ  considers  as  having
been  contaminated  shall  undergo  deinsectization  or  disinfection   if
necessary;
(4) the places that have been occupied by the plague victim, or  that  are
suspected of having been  contaminated  with  the  plague,  shall  undergo
deinsectization or disinfection if necessary;
(5) if any rodent on a vessel or on an aircraft is found  to  have  caught
the plague, the health and quarantine organ shall exercise deratization.
If rodent is found to have not been  contaminated  with  the  plague,  the
health and quarantine organ may also exercise  deratization.  Deratization
shall be conducted when the vessel is isolated  and  before  unloading  of
cargo;
(6) the health and quarantine organ shall supervise the unloading of cargo
and see to it that the workers shall not be  contaminated.  If  necessary,
these workers shall have on-site clinical check-up or  check-up  detention
for less than 6 days after completion of the unloading.
    
Article 72
The vessel that is suspected of having caught  the  plague  shall  undergo
sanitization as stipulated in  Items  2  to  6  of  Article  71  of  these
Implementation Rules.
Article 73
The health and quarantine organ may, when it  deems  necessary,  take  the
following sanitization measures to the vessel or aircraft coming from  the
plague prevalent area but free from contamination:
(1) the plague suspect(s) shall  be  required  to  have  on-site  clinical
check-up or check-up detention for a period of less than 6 days  from  the
day the vessel or aircraft left the pestilence area;
(2) under special circumstances,  the  vessel  or  aircraft  must  undergo
deratization.
Article 74
Upon arrival, a train or other motor vehicle on which any plague  case  is
found shall undergo sanitization as follows:
(1) to undergo sanitization as stipulated in  Items  1,  3,  4  and  6  of
Article 71 of these Implementation Rules;
(2) plague suspect(s) shall  undergo  disinsectization  and  have  on-site
clinical check-up or check-up detention for a period of less than  6  days
from the date of arrival;
(3) when necessary,  the  train  or  other  motor  vehicle  shall  undergo
deratization.
    
Section II Cholera
Article 75
Incubation period of cholera is 5 days.
Article 76
A vessel shall be considered as having been contaminated with cholera when
any cholera case is found on board upon its arrival or there were  cholera
cases on board within 5 days before  its  arrival.  The  vessel  shall  be
suspected of having been contaminated with cholera if there  were  cholera
cases during its voyage but there have been no additional cases  within  5
days before its arrival.
Article 77
The aircraft shall be considered as having been contaminated with  cholera
if there is any cholera case on board.
The aircraft shall be suspected of having been contaminated  with  cholera
if there were cholera cases on board during the flight but the cases  have
left the aircraft before arrival.
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Article 78
The vessel or aircraft contaminated with cholera is  required  to  undergo
sanitization as follows:
(1) the person(s) contaminated with cholera shall be placed in isolation;
(2) crew members  and  passengers  leaving  the  vessel  or  aircraft  are
required to have on-site clinical check-up or  check-up  detention  for  a
period of less than 5 days counting from the day the  vessel  or  aircraft
underwent sanitization. No crew member is allowed to go on shore within  5
days after its arrival with the exception of  those  whose  work  requires
them to do so and who are permitted by the health quarantine organ;
(3) the luggage and belongings of the cholera cases or of the suspects and
other articles or food that are  suspected  of  having  been  contaminated
shall be disinfected;
(4) the places that have been occupied by the cholera cases and the places
that are suspected of having been contaminated with cholera shall  undergo
disinfections;
(5) the drinking water that has  been  contaminated  or  is  suspected  of
having been contaminated with cholera shall be  disinfected  before  being
drained off and the fresh water tank shall  be  disinfected  before  being
refilled with clean water;
(6) human discharges, rubbish, used water, spent material, and the ballast
water filled  in  the  cholera  prevalent  area  are  not  allowed  to  be
discharged or unloaded without disinfections;
(7) the health and quarantine organ shall supervise the unloading of goods
and see to it that the workers shall not be contaminated. When  necessary,
these workers shall have on-site clinical check-up or  check-up  detention
for a period of less than 5 days after completion of the unloading.
    
Article 79
The vessel or aircraft that is suspected of having been contaminated  with
cholera is required to undergo sanitization as follows:
(1) it is required to undergo sanitization as stipulated in Items 2  to  7
of Article 78 of these Implementation Rules;
(2) crew members and passengers  leaving  the  vessel  or  aircraft  shall
either have on-site clinical check-up or check-up detention for  a  period
of less than 5 days counting from the day of its arrival, or they may have
on-site clinical check-up or check-up detention for a period of less  than
5 days counting from the day they left the cholera prevalent area.  During
this period, no crew member is allowed to leave the  port  zone  with  the
exception of those whose work requires them to do so and who are permitted
by the health and quarantine organ.
Article 80
The vessel or aircraft coming from  a  cholera  prevalent  but  free  from
contamination may undergo  sanitization  as  follows  if  the  health  and
quarantine organ thinks it necessary:
(1) to undergo sanitization as stipulated in Items 5 and 6 of  Article  78
of these Implementation Rules;
(2) the crew members and passengers leaving the  vessel  or  aircraft  are
required to have on-site clinical check-up or  check-up  detention  for  a
period of less than 5 days beginning from the day they  left  the  cholera
prevalent area.
Article 81
Upon arrival, the train or other vehicle on  which  any  cholera  case  is
found is required to undergo sanitization as follows:
(1) to undergo sanitization as stipulated in  Items  1,  3,  4,  5,  7  of
Article 78 of these Implementation Rules;
(2) the cholera suspect(s) shall  undergo  on-site  clinical  check-up  or
check-up detention for a period of less than 5 days starting from the  day
of arrival.
    
Article 82
The conveyance coming from a cholera prevalent area or suspected of having
been  contaminated  with  cholera  shall  undergo   disinsectization   and
disinfection if the health and quarantine organ thinks  it  necessary.  If
the conveyance carries aquatic  products,  fruit,  vegetables,  drinks  or
other food, no unloading shall be allowed without the  permission  by  the
health  and  quarantine  organ.  When  necessary,  they  have  to  undergo
sanitization, with  the  exception  of  those  food  canned  in  air-tight
containers and free from contamination.
Article 83
During inspection on the aquatic products,  fruit,  vegetable,  drinks  or
postal parcels containing such food shipped from a cholera prevalent area,
the health and quarantine organ shall exercise sample examination in order
to determine whether the  food  has  been  contaminated,  when  necessary,
sanitization of the food shall be conducted.
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Section III Yellow Fever
Article 84
Incubation period of yellow fever is 6 days.
Article 85
People coming from a yellow fever prevalent area are required  to  present
valid certificate of inoculation against yellow fever to  the  health  and
quarantine organ upon entry.
For those  without  valid  certificate  of  inoculation,  the  health  and
quarantine organ may exercise check-up detention for a period  of  6  days
counting from the day they left the contaminated place or  they  may  have
on-site inoculation against yellow fever and stay  until  the  certificate
comes into effect.
    
Article 86
An aircraft shall be considered as having been  contaminated  with  yellow
fever when yellow fever cases are found on board upon its arrival.
Article 87
An aircraft coming from a yellow  fever  prevalent  area  is  required  to
present disinsectization certificate issued before the flight. If it fails
to present the disinfectization certificate, or the health and  quarantine
organ considers that the certificate is not up  to  the  requirements  and
live mosquitoes are found inside the aircraft, then the aircraft shall  be
suspected of having been contaminated with yellow fever.
Article 88
A vessel shall be considered as having been contaminated with yellow fever
when yellow fever cases are found on board  upon  arrival  or  there  were
yellow fever cases on  board  during  the  voyage.  The  vessel  shall  be
suspected of having been contaminated with yellow fever  if  it  left  the
yellow fever prevalent area less than 6 days ago, or  less  than  30  days
whole aedes aegypti or other causitive mosquitoes are found on board.
Article 89
A vessel or an aircraft contaminated with  yellow  fever  is  required  to
undergo sanitization as follows:
(1) the person(s) contaminated  with  yellow  fever  shall  be  placed  in
isolation;
(2) crew members and passengers leaving the vessel or the aircraft without
a valid certificate of inoculation against yellow fever  are  required  to
undergo sanitization as stipulated in Article 85 of  these  Implementation
Rules;
(3) aedes aegypti,  its  eggs  and  larvae  as  well  as  other  causitive
mosquitoes  must  be  eliminated  completely  and,  before  completion  of
disinsectization, the vessel is required to keep away from  the  shore  or
other vessels at a distance of at least 400 meters;
(4) unloading work must be carried out after disinsectization. If it  must
be done before  disinsectization,  the  health  and  quarantine  organ  is
required to supervise the work and see to  it  that  no  worker  shall  be
contaminated. If  necessary,  the  workers  shall  have  on-site  clinical
check-up or check-up detention for a period of 6 days  counting  from  the
day the unloading work is finished
Article 90
The vessels or aircraft suspected of having been contaminated with  yellow
fever are required to undergo sanitization as stipulated in Items 2, 3 and
4 of Article 89 of these Implementation Rules.
    
Article 91
The vessel or aircraft coming from a yellow fever prevalent area but  free
from contamination may undergo sanitization as stipulated  in  Item  3  of
Article 89 of these Implementation Rules  if  the  health  and  quarantine
organ considers it necessary.
Article 92
A train or other vehicle on which yellow fever cases are  found  on  board
upon arrival, or a train or other vehicle coming  from  the  yellow  fever
prevalent area must undergo sanitization as stipulated in Items 1 and 4 of
Article 89 of these Implementation Rules; adult mosquitoes, their eggs and
larvae on board must be  annihilated;  the  crew  members  and  passengers
without valid certificate of inoculation against yellow fever are required
to  undergo  sanitization  as  stipulated   in   Article   85   of   these
Implementation Rules.
    
Section IV On-Site Clinical Check-up, Check-Up Detention and Isolation
Article 93
The health and quarantine organ is required to issue  a  casebook  to  the
person taking on-site clinical check-up. If necessary, the casebook  shall
be issued to the person after he/she has presented a  guarantee  for  such
check-up. The person subject to on-site clinical check-up  must  take  the
casebook along to have his medical examination at the designated place and
during a specific period of time. If the check-up proved that he  is  free
from  contamination,  he  can  return  the  casebook  to  the  health  and
quarantine organ when the detention period for clinical check-up is over.
Article 94
The health and quarantine organ must inform  by  the  quickest  means  the
health and quarantine organ or the medical and health unit in places where
the person subject to on-site clinical check-up  will  stop  over  on  his
journey of his condition.  If  the  person  subject  to  on-site  clinical
check-up asks for medical examination, the health and quarantine organ and
the medical and health unit must take him as an emergency  case  and  give
him a medical examination. The result of which shall be  recorded  in  his
casebook. If he is found to have been contaminated  with  a  quarantinable
epidemic disease, or a monitored infectious disease, or if he is suspected
of having been contaminated with a quarantinable  epidemic  disease  or  a
monitored infectious disease, he is then  required  to  undergo  necessary
sanitization and his casebook shall be taken back  to  keep  on  file  for
reference. At the same time his case shall be reported to the local health
and disease prevention organ as well as the health  and  quarantine  organ
that has issued the casebook of on-site clinical check-up.
    
Article 95
The person subject to on-site clinical check-up detention is  required  to
have medical examination at the  designated  place.  In  any  one  of  the
following circumstances, the detention for medical check-up may be carried
out on the vessel, with permission by the health and quarantine organ:
(1) at the request of the captain, the crew members may have the detention
check-up on the vessel;
(2) the passengers ask to have their detention check-up carried out on the
vessel, with approval by the captain, and have available on  board  vessel
physicians as well as facilities for medical treatment and disinfection.
Article 96
During his period of detention check-up, if the person has shown  symptoms
of a quarantinable epidemic disease, he must be isolated by the health and
quarantine organ without delay.  The  other  people  subject  to  check-up
detention with him are required to undergo necessary sanitization and  the
term of detention shall be counted  from  the  time  the  sanitization  is
carried out.
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                Chapter IX Monitoring of Epidemic Disease
    
Article 97
Entry or exit conveyances, people, food, drinking water and other articles
as well as causitive pests, animals are all subject to epidemic disease(s)
monitoring.
Article 98
Epidemic disease monitoring shall cover:
(1) investigation on first individual cases;
(2) epidemiological investigation of the occurrence and prevalence  of  an
epidemic disease;
(3) investigation of the infectious agent;
(4) retrospective investigation of  epidemic  disease  monitoring  on  the
border ports;
(5) investigation into the separation and identification of the  causitive
agent, serological  investigation  in  people  and  animals  involved  and
epidemiological investigation;
(6)  investigation  into  the  animal  involved,  causitive  pests,  food,
drinking water and environmental factors;
(7) observation and assessment of the result in disinfection, deratization
and disinsectization;
(8) collecting, processing, analyzing and disseminating information  about
epidemic disease monitoring at the border port, at home and abroad;
(9) undertaking physical check-up on persons subject to  epidemic  disease
monitoring and exercising administration over victims of epidemic diseases
under monitoring, suspects of such diseases, and  people  who  have  close
contact with the victims.
Article 99
The health and quarantine organ should bar foreigners who are  victims  of
AIDS, venereal disease, leprosy, psychosis, open tuberculosis from entry.
Article 100
The people subject to entry or exit quarantine inspection are required  to
fill out health card as required by the quarantine physician, to present a
valid certificate of inoculation against epidemic diseases, bill of health
or other related certificate.
Article 101
The health and quarantine organ shall exercise quarantine monitoring among
the incoming or outcoming passengers staying at the hotels at the frontier
port as well as the hotel  workers  and  will  either  take  precautionary
measures or control measures according to circumstances.
The health and quarantine physician may give an  instant  clinic  card  to
every person coming from the pestilence area of  the  monitoring  epidemic
area according to the epidemiological and medical examination results.
When a person comes for a medical examination with an instant clinic card,
the health quarantine organ and the medical and health unit  are  required
to give him an emergency medical examination. If  he  is  found  to  be  a
victim of a quarantinable infectious disease or to have been  contaminated
with a  monitoring  epidemic  disease  or  he  is  suspected  of  being  a
quarantinable disease victim or of having caught  the  monitored  epidemic
disease, he is required to go through necessary  sanitization.  Meanwhile,
the case shall be reported to the local  health  and  epidemic  prevention
station and the health and quarantine organ that issued  him  the  instant
clinic card.
    
Article 102
Chinese citizens who apply to stay abroad for over one year  are  required
to carry health certificates issued by the health and quarantine organ.
The exit and entry organ  for  Chinese  citizens  shall  process  such  an
application only if it includes a health certificate issued by the  health
and quarantine organ.
A Chinese citizen who has  stayed  abroad  for  over  one  year  is,  upon
reentry, required to fill out health  declaration  form  required  by  the
health and quarantine organ and go to  the  local  health  and  quarantine
organ or to the hospital at or above the county level for physical  check-
up within one month. The public security  organ  shall  allow  him  to  go
through related procedures on the strength of the  health  certificate.  A
copy of his health certificate  must  be  sent  to  the  port  health  and
quarantine organ for the record.  Chinese  crew  members  working  on  the
means of international transport  must  carry  their  health  certificates
issued by the health and quarantine organ or the hospital at or above  the
county level. The health administrative department under the State Council
of the People's Republic of China shall unify the items and form of health
certificate. The term of validity is 12 months.
Article 103
When the health and  quarantine  organ  sets  up  a  monitoring  post  for
epidemic diseases at the border port, the units concerned are required  to
offer conveniences.
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                      Chapter X Health Supervision
    
Article 104
The health and quarantine organ shall exercise health supervision over the
sanitary conditions at frontier  ports  and  the  sanitary  conditions  of
conveyances according to the requirements stipulated in Articles 18 and 19
of the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law.
Article 105
The sanitary requirements for a border port are as follows:
(1) the border port, the  port  hotels  accommodating  inward  or  outward
passengers, and ship, bus and airport terminals, are required to  have  an
effective hygiene system and necessary hygienic facilities and to maintain
clean and tidy and well ventilated;
(2) the units concerned at the border port are required to take  effective
measures to minimize the number of rodents or vector pests so it  may  not
cause any harm. Warehouses and storage ground are required to be  equipped
with anti-rat devices;
(3) garbage, waste water, sewage, and excrement  must  be  disposed  after
innocuous treatment in order to keep the environment at  the  border  port
clean and tidy.
Article 106
The sanitary requirements for the conveyance are as follows:
(1) the berths and  carriages  must  be  kept  clean  and  tidy  and  well
ventilated;
(2) there must be  on  board  the  conveyance  adequate  disinfectant  and
equipment, rat-killer and insecticides;
(3) cargo holds, luggage compartments and freight cars must be  thoroughly
cleaned before loading and after unloading. Mixloading of  toxic  articles
and foods is strictly forbidden so as to prevent contamination;
(4)  entry  and  exit  conveyances  that  have  not  meet   the   sanitary
requirements, are required to make improvement  without  delay  under  the
supervision of the health and quarantine organ.
Article 107
The sanitary requirements  for  drinking  water,  food  and  the  relevant
working staff:
(1) drinking water and  food  provided  at  the  border  port  or  on  the
conveyance must be up to the relevant hygienic standards;
(2) prior to their operation, the  port  hotels  accommodating  inward  or
outward passengers and the restaurants providing service to the inward  or
outward conveyances are required to apply to  the  health  and  quarantine
organ for a hygiene license;
(3) members of the staff involved in providing drinking water and food  to
the border port hotels accommodating inward or outward passengers  and  to
the entry or exit conveyances must hold health certificates issued by  the
health and quarantine organ. The certificate will be valid for  12  months
of the date of issuance.
    
Article 108
The persons in charge of the relevant units  at  the  border  port  or  of
conveyances are required to observe the following requirements:
(1) abide by the "Frontier Health and  Quarantine  Law"  and  the  related
health regulations stipulated in these Implementation Rules;
(2) accept the inspection and checking by the sanitation  supervisors  and
provide convenience for their work;
(3) take prompt measures to improve sanitary conditions at the border port
or on the conveyance as suggested by the sanitary supervisors.
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                      Chapter XI Penalty Provisions
    
Article 109
Acts that are  subject  to  administrative  sanction  as  defined  in  the
"Frontier Health and Quarantine Law" and these Implementation Rules  refer
to the following:
(1) vessels subject to entry quarantine fail to hoist quarantine signals;
(2) embark on or disembark from conveyances, load or unload articles  such
as luggage, goods or  postal  parcels  from  conveyances  prior  to  entry
quarantine and after exit quarantine;
(3) refuse to undergo quarantine inspection or  sanitary  supervision,  or
refuse to allow sanitation measures to be taken;
(4) forge or alter the quarantine permit or certificate or fail to declare
truthfully the quarantine situation on their vessel;
(5) fail to  declare  to  have  carried  in  such  forbidden  articles  as
microzoaria, human tissue, biologicals, blood and hemoproducts as well  as
other articles that may cause the spread of epidemic diseases;
(6) entry and exit  conveyances  leave  the  quarantine  inspection  place
without permission for the purpose of evading quarantine inspection;
(7) hide the truth of quarantine epidemic  disease  from  the  health  and
quarantine organ or falsify the details of the situation;
(8) discharge ballast water or remove such controlled things as rubbish or
contaminated  matter  without  prior  sanitization  by  the   health   and
quarantine organ;
(9) transship human corpse or remains without prior sanitization conducted
by the health and quarantine organ;
(10) ship in or out, use or dismantle used materials  or  used  conveyance
without applying to the health and quarantine organ, or without  a  health
and quarantine inspection certificate after sanitization conducted by  the
health and quarantine organ;
(11) let patients of  epidemic  cases  off  the  conveyance  before  going
through the health and quarantine inspection and thus cause the spread  of
epidemic diseases.
Article 110
Those who violate any one of Items 1 to 5 listed in Article 109 shall  get
a warning or a fine ranging from RMB 100 yuan to RMB 5,000 yuan; those who
violate any one of Items 6 to 9 listed in Article 109  shall  get  a  fine
ranging from RMB 1,000 yuan to RMB 10,000 yuan; those who  violate  either
Item 10 or 11 listed in Article 109 shall get a fine ranging from RMB
5,000 yuan to RMB 30,000 yuan.
Article 111
When imposing penalties, the health and quarantine organ must write out an
official fine receipt. All fines thus collected shall be  turned  over  to
the state treasure.

                  Chapter XII Supplementary Provisions
    
Article 112
The standard fee for health  and  quarantine  inspection  charged  by  the
frontier health and quarantine organ shall be set jointly  by  the  health
administrative department, the financial department and the administration
for commodity prices under the State Council of the People's  Republic  of
China.
Article 113
The right to interpret these Implementation Rules resides  in  the  health
administrative department under the State Council of the People's Republic
of China.
Article 114
These Implementation Rules  shall  go  into  effect  as  of  the  date  of
promulgation.
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