１９９４年１０月２７日第八屆全國(guó)人民代表大會(huì)常務(wù)委員會(huì)第十次會(huì)議通過(guò)。
(Adopted at the Tenth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on October 27, 1994)

第一章 總 則
Chapter I General Provisions

第一條 為了保障母親和嬰兒健康，提高出生人口素質(zhì)，根據(jù)憲法，制定本法。
Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution with a view to ensuring the health of mothers and infants and improving the quality of the newborn population.

第二條 國(guó)家發(fā)展母嬰保健事業(yè)，提供必要條件和物質(zhì)幫助，使母親和嬰兒獲得醫(yī)療保健服務(wù)。
Article 2 The State shall develop the maternal and infant health care undertakings and provide necessary conditions and material aids so as to ensure that mothers and infants receive medical and health care services.

國(guó)家對(duì)邊遠(yuǎn)貧困地區(qū)的母嬰保健事業(yè)給予扶持。
The State shall support and assist the maternal and infant health care undertakings in outlying and poverty-stricken areas.

第三條 各級(jí)人民政府領(lǐng)導(dǎo)母嬰保健工作。
Article 3 People's governments at various levels shall exercise leadership in the work of maternal and infant health care.

母嬰保健事業(yè)應(yīng)當(dāng)納入國(guó)民經(jīng)濟(jì)和社會(huì)發(fā)展計(jì)劃。
The undertakings of maternal and infant health care shall be included in the plans for national economic and social development.

第四條 國(guó)務(wù)院衛(wèi)生行政部門主管全國(guó)母嬰保健工作，根據(jù)不同地區(qū)情況提出分級(jí)分類指導(dǎo)原則，并對(duì)全國(guó)母嬰保健工作實(shí)施監(jiān)督管理。
Article 4 The administrative department of public health under the State Council shall be in charge of the work of maternal and infant health care throughout the country, put forth the guiding principles for the work in different areas and at different administrative levels in light of their specific conditions, and exercise supervision and management of the nationwide work of maternal and infant health care.

國(guó)務(wù)院其他有關(guān)部門在各自職責(zé)范圍內(nèi)，配合衛(wèi)生行政部門做好母嬰保健工作。
Other relevant departments under the State Council shall, within the scope of their respective functions and duties, cooperate with the administrative department of public health to make a success of the work of maternal and infant health care.

第五條 國(guó)家鼓勵(lì)、支持母嬰保健領(lǐng)域的教育和科學(xué)研究，推廣先進(jìn)、實(shí)用的母嬰保健技術(shù)，普及母嬰保健科學(xué)知識(shí)。
Article 5 The State shall encourage and support education and scientific research in the field of maternal and infant health care, popularize the advanced and practical technique for maternal and infant health care and disseminate the scientific knowledge in this field.

第六條 對(duì)在母嬰保健工作中做出顯著成績(jī)和在母嬰保健科學(xué)研究中取得顯著成果的組織和個(gè)人，應(yīng)當(dāng)給予獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。
Article 6 Awards shall be granted to organizations and individuals that have made remarkable achievements in the work of maternal and infant health care or achieved significant results in scientific research of maternal and infant health care.

第二章 婚前保健
Chapter II Pre-marital Health Care

第七條 醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)當(dāng)為公民提供婚前保健服務(wù)。
Article 7 Medical and health institutions shall provide citizens with pre-marital health-care services.

婚前保健服務(wù)包括下列內(nèi)容：
Pre-marital health-care services shall include the following:

（一）婚前衛(wèi)生指導(dǎo)：關(guān)于性衛(wèi)生知識(shí)、生育知識(shí)和遺傳病知識(shí)的教育；
(1) pre-marital health instruction: education in sex, human reproduction and genetic diseases;

（二）婚前衛(wèi)生咨詢：對(duì)有關(guān)婚配、生育保健等問(wèn)題提供醫(yī)學(xué)意見(jiàn)；
(2) pre-marital health consultation: medical advice on matters relating to marriage and child-bearing, etc.; and

（三）婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查：對(duì)準(zhǔn)備結(jié)婚的男女雙方可能患影響結(jié)婚和生育的疾病進(jìn)行醫(yī)學(xué)檢查。
(3) pre-marital medical examination: medical examination conducted for both the male and female planning to be married to see whether they suffer from any disease that may have an adverse effect on marriage and child-bearing.

第八條 婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查包括對(duì)下列疾病的檢查：
Article 8 Pre-marital medical examination shall include the examination of the following diseases:

（一）嚴(yán)重遺傳性疾��；
(1) genetic diseases of a serious nature;

（二）指定傳染病；
(2) target infectious diseases; and

（三）有關(guān)精神病。
(3) relevant mental diseases.

經(jīng)婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查，醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)當(dāng)出具婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查證明。
After pre-marital medical examination, the medical and health institution shall issue a certificate of pre-marital medical examination.

第九條 經(jīng)婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查，對(duì)患指定傳染病在傳染期內(nèi)或者有關(guān)精神病在發(fā)病期內(nèi)的，醫(yī)師應(yīng)當(dāng)提出醫(yī)學(xué)意見(jiàn)；準(zhǔn)備結(jié)婚的男女雙方應(yīng)當(dāng)暫緩結(jié)婚。
Article 9 Physicians shall, after pre-marital medical examination, give medical advice to those who are in the infective period of any target infectious disease or who are in the morbid period of any re-levant mental disease; both the male and female planning to be married shall postpone their marriage for the time being.

第十條 經(jīng)婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查，對(duì)診斷患醫(yī)學(xué)上認(rèn)為不宜生育的嚴(yán)重遺傳性疾病的，醫(yī)師應(yīng)當(dāng)向男女雙方說(shuō)明情況，提出醫(yī)學(xué)意見(jiàn)；經(jīng)男女雙方同意，采取長(zhǎng)效避孕措施或者施行結(jié)扎手術(shù)后不生育的，可以結(jié)婚。但《中華人民共和國(guó)婚姻法》規(guī)定禁止結(jié)婚的除外。
Article 10 After pre-marital medical examination, physicians shall, in respect of the male or female who has been diagnosed with certain genetic disease of a serious nature which is considered to be inappropriate for child-bearing from a medical point of view, explain the situations and give medical advice to both the male and the female; those who, with the consent of both the male and the female, after taking long-term contraceptive measures or performance of ligation operations, are unable to bear children may get married. However, the circumstances under which marriage may not be contracted under the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China shall be excepted.

第十一條 接受婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查的人員對(duì)檢查結(jié)果持有異議的，可以申請(qǐng)醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)鑒定，取得醫(yī)學(xué)鑒定證明。
Article 11 Those who have received pre-marital medical examination hold dissenting views on the results of the medical examination may apply for a medical technical appraisement and obtain a certificate of medical appraisement.

第十二條 男女雙方在結(jié)婚登記時(shí)，應(yīng)當(dāng)持有婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查證明或者醫(yī)學(xué)鑒定證明。
Article 12 Both the male and the female shall, in making marriage registration, hold their certificates of pre-marital medical examination or certificates of medical technical appraisement.

第十三條 省、自治區(qū)、直轄市人民政府根據(jù)本地區(qū)的實(shí)際情況，制定婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查制度實(shí)施辦法。
Article 13 The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, on the basis of the actual conditions of their respective areas, formulate measures for implementing the pre-marital medical examination system.

省、自治區(qū)、直轄市人民政府對(duì)婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查應(yīng)當(dāng)規(guī)定合理的收費(fèi)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，對(duì)邊遠(yuǎn)貧困地區(qū)或者交費(fèi)確有困難的人員應(yīng)當(dāng)給予減免。
The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the Central Government shall fix reasonable rates of charges for pre-marital medical examination. Such charges may be reduced or exempted for people who live in outlying and poverty-stricken areas or people who have true difficulties to pay.

第三章 孕產(chǎn)期保健
Chapter III Health Care During the Pregnant and Perinatal Period

第十四條 醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)當(dāng)為育齡婦女和孕產(chǎn)婦提供孕產(chǎn)期保健服務(wù)。
Article 14 Medical and health institutions shall provide health-care services to women in their child-bearing age or women during the pregnant and perinatal period.

孕產(chǎn)期保健服務(wù)包括下列內(nèi)容：
Health-care services during the pregnant and perinatal period shall include the following:

（一）母嬰保健指導(dǎo)：對(duì)孕育健康后代以及嚴(yán)重遺傳性疾病和碘缺乏病等地方病的發(fā)病原因、治療和預(yù)防方法提供醫(yī)學(xué)意見(jiàn)；
(l) instruction on maternal and infant health care: medical advice on breeding healthy offspring and on the pathogenic factors, treatment and prevention of serious genetic diseases and endemic diseases such as the iodine deficiency syndrome;

（二）孕婦、產(chǎn)婦保�。簽樵袐D、產(chǎn)婦提供衛(wèi)生、營(yíng)養(yǎng)、心理等方面的咨詢和指導(dǎo)以及產(chǎn)前定期檢查等醫(yī)療保健服務(wù)；
(2) health care for pregnant women and lying-in women: consultation and instruction on hygiene, nutrition and psychology, etc. and medical health-care services such as regular prenatal physical check-up;

（三）胎兒保健：為胎兒生長(zhǎng)發(fā)育進(jìn)行監(jiān)護(hù)，提供咨詢和醫(yī)學(xué)指導(dǎo)；
(3) health care for the fetus: monitoring care, consultancy and medical advice for the growth of the fetus; and

（四）新生兒保�。簽樾律鷥荷�長(zhǎng)發(fā)育、哺乳和護(hù)理提供的醫(yī)療保健服務(wù)。
(4) health care for newborn babies: medical and health-care services for the growth, feeding and nursing of newborn babies.

第十五條 對(duì)患嚴(yán)重疾病或者接觸致畸物質(zhì)，妊娠可能危及孕婦生命安全或者可能嚴(yán)重影響孕婦健康和胎兒正常發(fā)育的，醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)應(yīng)當(dāng)予以醫(yī)學(xué)指導(dǎo)。
Article 15 Medical and health institutions shall give medical advice to the pregnant women who are suffering from serious illness or are exposed to teratogenic substances, if their gestation may jeopardize the safety of their lives, or seriously affect their health or the normal development of the fetus.

第十六條 醫(yī)師發(fā)現(xiàn)或者懷疑患嚴(yán)重遺傳性疾病的育齡夫妻，應(yīng)當(dāng)提出醫(yī)學(xué)意見(jiàn)。育齡夫妻應(yīng)當(dāng)根據(jù)醫(yī)師的醫(yī)學(xué)意見(jiàn)采取相應(yīng)的措施。
Article 16 If a physician detects or suspects that a married couple in their child-bearing age suffer from genetic disease of a serious nature, the physician shall give them medical advice, according to which the said couple shall take corresponding measures.

第十七條 經(jīng)產(chǎn)前檢查，醫(yī)師發(fā)現(xiàn)或者懷疑胎兒異常的，應(yīng)當(dāng)對(duì)孕婦進(jìn)行產(chǎn)前診斷。
Article 17 After antenatal examination, if a physician detects or suspects an abnormality with the fetus, he shall make prenatal diagnosis for the pregnant woman.

第十八條 經(jīng)產(chǎn)前診斷，有下列情形之一的，醫(yī)師應(yīng)當(dāng)向夫妻雙方說(shuō)明情況，并提出終止妊娠的醫(yī)學(xué)意見(jiàn)：
Article 18 If one of the following cases is detected in the pre-natal diagnosis, the physician shall explain the situations to the married couple and give them medical advice on a termination of gestation:

（一）胎兒患嚴(yán)重遺傳性疾病的；
(1) the fetus is suffering from a genetic disease of a serious nature;

（二）胎兒有嚴(yán)重缺陷的；
(2) the fetus is with a defect of a serious nature; or

（三）因患嚴(yán)重疾病，繼續(xù)妊娠可能危及孕婦生命安全或者嚴(yán)重危害孕婦健康的。
(3) continued gestation may jeopardize the safety of life of the pregnant woman or seriously impair her health, due to the serious disease she suffers from.

第十九條 依照本法規(guī)定施行終止妊娠或者結(jié)扎手術(shù)，應(yīng)當(dāng)經(jīng)本人同意，并簽署意見(jiàn)。本人無(wú)行為能力的，應(yīng)當(dāng)經(jīng)其監(jiān)護(hù)人同意，并簽署意見(jiàn)。
Article 19 Termination of gestation or performance of ligation operations practised in accordance with the provisions of this Law shall be subject to the consent and signing of the person per se. If the person per se has no capacity for civil conduct, it shall be subject to the consent and signing of the guardian of the person.

依照本法規(guī)定施行終止妊娠或者結(jié)扎手術(shù)的，接受免費(fèi)服務(wù)。
Whoever is to terminate gestation or receive ligation operations under this Law shall receive such services free of charge.

第二十條 生育過(guò)嚴(yán)重缺陷患兒的婦女再次妊娠前，夫妻雙方應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)娇h級(jí)以上醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)接受醫(yī)學(xué)檢查。
Article 20 In respect of a woman who has given birth to an infant with a serious defect, prior to her second gestation, both the husband and the wife shall receive medical examination in a medical and health institution at or above the county level.

第二十一條 醫(yī)師和助產(chǎn)人員應(yīng)當(dāng)嚴(yán)格遵守有關(guān)操作規(guī)程，提高助產(chǎn)技術(shù)和服務(wù)質(zhì)量，預(yù)防和減少產(chǎn)傷。
Article 21 Physicians and midwives shall strictly observe re-levant operational procedures, improve the skills of midwifery and the quality of services so as to prevent or reduce maternal injuries.

第二十二條 不能住院分娩的孕婦應(yīng)當(dāng)由經(jīng)過(guò)培訓(xùn)合格的接生人員實(shí)行消毒接生。
Article 22 Pregnant women who cannot be hospitalized for deli-very shall receive sterilized midwifery by trained and qualified midwives.

第二十三條 醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)和從事家庭接生的人員按照國(guó)務(wù)院衛(wèi)生行政部門的規(guī)定，出具統(tǒng)一制發(fā)的新生兒出生醫(yī)學(xué)證明；有產(chǎn)婦和嬰兒死亡以及新生兒出生缺陷情況的，應(yīng)當(dāng)向衛(wèi)生行政部門報(bào)告。
Article 23 Medical and health institutions and midwives engaged in home delivery shall, as prescribed by the administrative department of public health under the State Council, issue uniformly prepared medical certificates for childbirths, and report to the administrative department of public health, if a lying-in woman or an infant dies or a defective baby is born.

第二十四條 醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)為產(chǎn)婦提供科學(xué)育兒、合理營(yíng)養(yǎng)和母乳喂養(yǎng)的指導(dǎo)。
Article 24 Medical and health institutions shall provide lying-in women with guidance as to the scientific way of rearing babies, ration-al nutrition and breastfeeding.

醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)對(duì)嬰兒進(jìn)行體格檢查和預(yù)防接種，逐步開(kāi)展新生兒疾病篩查、嬰兒多發(fā)病和常見(jiàn)病防治等醫(yī)療保健服務(wù)。
Medical and health institutions shall give physical check-up and preventive inoculation to infants, and gradually develop medical and healthcare services such as the screening examination of diseases of newborn babies, the prevention and control of frequently occurring and commonly-seen diseases among infants.

第四章 技術(shù)鑒定
Chapter IV Technical Appraisement

第二十五條 縣級(jí)以上地方人民政府可以設(shè)立醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)鑒定組織，負(fù)責(zé)對(duì)婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查、遺傳病診斷和產(chǎn)前診斷結(jié)果有異議的進(jìn)行醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)鑒定。
Article 25 The local people's governments at or above the county level may establish institutions for medical technical appraisement which shall be responsible for making medical technical appraisement when dissenting views arises on the results of pre-marital medical examination, genetic diseases diagnosis or prenatal diagnosis.

第二十六條 從事醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)鑒定的人員，必須具有臨床經(jīng)驗(yàn)和醫(yī)學(xué)遺傳學(xué)知識(shí)，并具有主治醫(yī)師以上的專業(yè)技術(shù)職務(wù)。
Article 26 Personnel engaged in medical technical appraisement must have clinical experience, medical genetic knowledge and the professional title of physician-in-charge or above.

醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)鑒定組織的組成人員，由衛(wèi)生行政部門提名，同級(jí)人民政府聘任。
Component members of the medical technical appraisement institutions shall be nominated by the administrative departments of public health and engaged by the people's governments at the corresponding levels.

第二十七條 醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)鑒定實(shí)行回避制度。凡與當(dāng)事人有利害關(guān)系，可能影響公正鑒定的人員，應(yīng)當(dāng)回避。
Article 27 The challenge system shall be instituted in making medical technical appraisement. Personnel who has an interest in the party concerned, which may affect the impartiality of the appraisement, shall withdraw.

第五章 行政管理
Chapter V Administrative Management

第二十八條 各級(jí)人民政府應(yīng)當(dāng)采取措施，加強(qiáng)母嬰保健工作，提高醫(yī)療保健服務(wù)水平，積極防治由環(huán)境因素所致嚴(yán)重危害母親和嬰兒健康的地方性高發(fā)性疾病，促進(jìn)母嬰保健事業(yè)的發(fā)展。
Article 28 People's governments at various levels shall take measures to strengthen the work of maternal and infant health care, to improve medical and health-care services, to work hard at preventing and controlling the frequently-occurring endemic diseases, caused by environmental factors, that are seriously jeopardizing the health of mothers and infants, thereby promoting the development of undertakings of maternal and infant health care.

第二十九條 縣級(jí)以上地方人民政府衛(wèi)生行政部門管理本行政區(qū)域內(nèi)的母嬰保健工作。
Article 29 Administrative departments of public health under the people's governments at or above the county level shall administer the work of maternal and infant health care within their respective administrative areas.

第三十條 省、自治區(qū)、直轄市人民政府衛(wèi)生行政部門指定的醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)負(fù)責(zé)本行政區(qū)域內(nèi)的母嬰保健監(jiān)測(cè)和技術(shù)指導(dǎo)。
Article 30 Medical and health institutions designated by the administrative departments of public health under the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be responsible for monitoring, and providing technical guidance to, the maternal and infant health care within their respective administrative areas.

第三十一條 醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)按照國(guó)務(wù)院衛(wèi)生行政部門的規(guī)定，負(fù)責(zé)其職責(zé)范圍內(nèi)的母嬰保健工作，建立醫(yī)療保健工作規(guī)范，提高醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)水平，采取各種措施方便人民群眾，做好母嬰保健服務(wù)工作。
Article 31 Medical and health institutions shall, in accordance with the provisions of the administrative department of public health under the State Council, take the responsibility for the work of maternal and infant health care within the scope of their functions and duties, establish rules and regulations for medical and health care services, raise medical and technological level, and take measures for the convenience of the people so as to provide better services in maternal and infant health care.

第三十二條 醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)依照本法規(guī)定開(kāi)展婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查、遺傳病診斷、產(chǎn)前診斷以及施行結(jié)扎手術(shù)和終止妊娠手術(shù)的，必須符合國(guó)務(wù)院衛(wèi)生行政部門規(guī)定的條件和技術(shù)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，并經(jīng)縣級(jí)以上地方人民政府衛(wèi)生行政部門許可。
Article 32 Medical and health institutions that in accordance with the provisions of this Law carry out pre-marital medical examination, genetic disease diagnosis and prenatal diagnosis, ligation operations and operations for termination of gestation must meet the requirements and technical standards set by the administrative department of public health under the State Council, and shall obtain the permission of the administrative departments of public health under the local people's governments at or above the county level.

嚴(yán)禁采用技術(shù)手段對(duì)胎兒進(jìn)行性別鑒定，但醫(yī)學(xué)上確有需要的除外。
Sex identification of the fetus by technical means shall be strictly forbidden, except that it is positively necessitated on medical grounds.

第三十三條 從事本法規(guī)定的遺傳病診斷、產(chǎn)前診斷的人員，必須經(jīng)過(guò)省、自治區(qū)、直轄市人民政府衛(wèi)生行政部門的考核，并取得相應(yīng)的合格證書。
Article 33 Personnel engaged in making genetic disease diagnosis or prenatal diagnosis as provided by this Law must pass the examination of the administrative department of public health under the people's government of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government, and obtain a corresponding qualification certificate.

從事本法規(guī)定的婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查、施行結(jié)扎手術(shù)和終止妊娠手術(shù)的人員以及從事家庭接生的人員，必須經(jīng)過(guò)縣級(jí)以上地方人民政府衛(wèi)生行政部門的考核，并取得相應(yīng)的合格證書。
Personnel engaged in making pre-marital medical examination, performing ligation operations or operations for termination of gestation as provided by this Law and persons engaged in home delivery must pass the examination of the administrative department of public health under the people's government at or above the county level, and obtain a corresponding qualification certificate.

第三十四條 從事母嬰保健工作的人員應(yīng)當(dāng)嚴(yán)格遵守職業(yè)道德，為當(dāng)事人保守秘密。
Article 34 Personnel engaged in the work of maternal and infant health care shall strictly abide by the professional ethics and keep secrets for the parties concerned.

第六章 法律責(zé)任
Chapter VI Legal Liability

第三十五條 未取得國(guó)家頒發(fā)的有關(guān)合格證書的，有下列行為之一，縣級(jí)以上地方人民政府衛(wèi)生行政部門應(yīng)當(dāng)予以制止，并可以根據(jù)情節(jié)給予警告或者處以罰款：
Article 35 Where anyone who has not obtained a relevant qualification certificate issued by the State commits any of the following acts, the administrative department of public health under the local people's government at or above the county level shall stop such act and give a warning to or impose a fine upon him in light of the circumstances:

（一）從事婚前醫(yī)學(xué)檢查、遺傳病診斷、產(chǎn)前診斷或者醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)鑒定的；
(1) to engage in pre-marital medical examination, genetic disease diagnosis, prenatal diagnosis or medical technical appraisement;

（二）施行終止妊娠手術(shù)的；
(2) to perform operations for termination of gestation; or

（三）出具本法規(guī)定的有關(guān)醫(yī)學(xué)證明的。
(3) to issue relevant medical certificate as stipulated by this Law.

上款第（三）項(xiàng)出具的有關(guān)醫(yī)學(xué)證明無(wú)效。
The relevant medical certificate as mentioned in item (3) of the preceding paragraph shall be null and void.

第三十六條 未取得國(guó)家頒發(fā)的有關(guān)合格證書，施行終止妊娠手術(shù)或者采取其他方法終止妊娠，致人死亡、殘疾、喪失或者基本喪失勞動(dòng)能力的，依照刑法第一百三十四條、第一百三十五條的規(guī)定追究刑事責(zé)任。
Article 36 Where anyone who has not obtained relevant qualification certificate issued by the State performs operations for termination of gestation or terminates gestation by other means, thus causing death, disability, loss or basic loss of working ability, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to the provisions of Article 134 and Article 135 of the Criminal Law.

第三十七條 從事母嬰保健工作的人員違反本法規(guī)定，出具有關(guān)虛假醫(yī)學(xué)證明或者進(jìn)行胎兒性別鑒定的，由醫(yī)療保健機(jī)構(gòu)或者衛(wèi)生行政部門根據(jù)情節(jié)給予行政處分；情節(jié)嚴(yán)重的，依法取消執(zhí)業(yè)資格。
Article 37 Where personnel engaged in the work of maternal and infant health care, in violation of the stipulations of this Law, issue fake medical certificates, or undertake sex identification of the fetus, medical and health institutions or administrative departments of public health shall in light of the circumstances give them administrative sanctions; if the circumstances are serious, they shall be disqualified for practice of their profession according to law.

第七章 附 則
Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

第三十八條 本法下列用語(yǔ)的含義：
Article 38 The definitions of the following terms as used in this Law are:

指定傳染病，是指《中華人民共和國(guó)傳染病防治法》中規(guī)定的艾滋病、淋病、梅毒、麻風(fēng)病以及醫(yī)學(xué)上認(rèn)為影響結(jié)婚和生育的其他傳染病。
Target infectious diseasesó refer to AIDS, gonorrhea, syphilis, and leprosy specified in the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, as well as other infectious diseases that are medically considered to have adverse effects on marriage and reproduction;

嚴(yán)重遺傳性疾病，是指由于遺傳因素先天形成，患者全部或者部分喪失自主生活能力，后代再現(xiàn)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)高，醫(yī)學(xué)上認(rèn)為不宜生育的遺傳性疾病。
Genetic diseases of a serious natureó refer to diseases that are caused by genetic factors congenitally, that may totally or partially deprive the victim of the ability to live independently, that are highly possible to recur in generations to come, and that are medically considered inappropriate for reproduction;

有關(guān)精神病，是指精神分裂癥、躁狂抑郁型精神病以及其他重型精神病。
Relevant mental diseasesó refer to schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychosis and other mental diseases of a serious nature; and

產(chǎn)前診斷，是指對(duì)胎兒進(jìn)行先天性缺陷和遺傳性疾病的診斷。
Prenatal diagnosisó refers to diagnosis of the fetus regarding its congenital defect and hereditary diseases.

第三十九條 本法自１９９５年６月１日起施行。
Article 39 This Law shall become effective as of June 1, 1995.