我国发展国际医疗旅游产业的法律和政策建议

Legal and Policy Suggestions on Developing International Medical Tourism Industry in China

我国医疗旅游产业发展迅速,蕴含着巨大的经济前景,但其所面临的法律风险也不容小觑。为防范风险,我国政府必须加快医疗旅游的相关立法,为医疗旅游产业的健康发展提供法律支持与政策扶植;成立专门机构加强对医疗旅游提供者的规范与监管,减少医疗机构及医疗旅游中介机构的非法运营与不正当竞争;成立医疗旅游协会,加强医疗旅游行业的内部自律,强化职业道德修养;制定医疗旅游标准合同并建议医疗旅游中介机构使用,以保护国外旅客的合法权益,减少纠纷。

Medical tourism industry has developed rapidly in China. Although it contains enormous economicoutlook, its legal risks should be attached importance to. To avoid risks, Chinese government should take the fol- lowing effective steps： speed up related legislation on medical tourism to provide legal support and policy foster for the healthy development of the medical tourism industry; set up special institutions to strengthen and stan-dardize the supervision for medical tourism providers and reduce illegal operations and unfair competition of med- ical institutions and intermediary institutions; establish medical tourism association to strengthen internal self-dis- cipline and professional ethics in medical tourism industry; make medical tourism standard contract for medical tourism intermediary agencies to protect the legal rights of foreign visitors and reduce disputes.