【正文】 medical document verification, and adopt medical treatment, diseaseprevention and healthcare。s Court according to law. Article 17 Where a doctor wishes to change to the registered items such as the place, the type of job and the scope of business, he shall, according to the provisions in Article 13 of this Law, go to the administrative department for public health that allowed him to register to plete the formalities for the change. Article 18 When a doctor who has stopped doing medical work for at least two years or who is no longer in any of the cases as prescribed in Article 15 of this Law applies to take up the job again, he shall take the examinations conducted by the institutions specified in Article 31 of this Law and, after passing the examinations, reregister according to the provisions in Article 13 of this Law. Article 19 Any licensed doctor who wishes to apply for selfemployment need to have register and have worked for at least five years in a medical treatment, diseaseprevention or healthcare institution and to go through the formalities of examination and approval according to relevant State regulations。s license。s Court according to law. Article 16 Where a registered doctor is found in any of the following cases, the medical treatment, diseaseprevention or healthcare institutions where he is working shall, within 30 days, report the matter to the administrative department for public health that allowed him to register, and the said department shall revoke the registration and withdraw the doctor39。 (2) having applied for registration before the expiration of two years beginning from the date when his punishment has been executed to the date when application for registration is made。 or having reached the level of a graduate from the specialty of medicine of a polytechnic school and worked for at least five years in a medical treatment, diseaseprevention or healthcare institution. Article 10 Anyone who has reached the level of a graduate from the faculty of medicine of a university or a polytechnic school and, under the guidance of a licensed doctor, worked on probation for at least one year in a medical treatment, diseaseprevention or healthcare institution, may take the examinations for the qualifications of an assistant doctor. Article 11 Anyone who in the way of apprenticeship, has studied traditional Chinese medicine for three years or, through years of practice in this field, proves to have mastered specialized knowledge of this field, has passed the examinations conducted by an organization specialized in traditional Chinese medicine or by a medical treatment, diseaseprevention or healthcare institutions that is recognized as such by the administrative department for public health of a local government at or above the county level, and is remended by such an organization or institution, may take the examinations for the qualifications of a licensed doctor or a licensed assistant doctor. The contents of and measures for such examinations shall be specified by the administrative department for public health under the State Council separately. Article 12 Anyone who has passed the examinations for the qualifications of a licensed doctor or a licensed assistant doctor shall be certified as such. Article 13 The State applies the system of registration for licensed doctors. A certified doctor may apply for registration to the administrative department for public health of the local people39。s governments at or above the county level shall be in charge of the affairs of doctors within their own administrative regions. Article 5 The State shall reward the doctors who have made contributions to medical treatment, diseaseprevention or health care . Article 6 technical titles for doctors in the field of medicine shall be assessed and conferred in accordance with the relevant State regulations and so shall doctors be appointed to positions mensurate with their technical titles. Article 7 Doctors may form or join doctors39。s Congress on June 26, 1998 and promulgated by Order No. 5of the President of the People39。s Republic of China (Adopted at the 3rd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People39。s health. Everybody in the munity shall show respect for doctors. Every doctor shall fulfill his duties according to law and be protected by law. Article 4 The administrative department for public health under the State Council shall be in charge of the affairs of doctors throughout the country. The administrative departments for public health of the local people39。 or (2) after obtaining the license for an assistant doctor, having reached the level of a graduate from the faculty of medicine of a university and worked for at least two years in a medical treatment, diseaseprevention or healthcare institution。s license obtained through registration. Article 15 No one who is found in one of the following cases shall be registered: (1) having limited capacity for civil conduct。 or (4) Any other cases which, according to the regulations of the administrative department for public health under the State Council, considered unsuited for conducting medical treatment, diseaseprevention or health