Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases.
Article 30 When disease prevention and control institutions, medical institutions, blood collection and blood supply institutions and their personnel performing their duties discover the epidemic situation of infectious diseases or other infectious diseases with outbreaks, epidemics and unknown causes as stipulated in this Law, they shall follow the principle of territorial management of epidemic situation reporting and report according to the contents, procedures, methods and time limits as stipulated by the health administrative department of the State Council or the State Council. When military medical institutions provide medical services to the public, they shall report the epidemic situation of infectious diseases specified in the preceding paragraph in accordance with the provisions of the administrative department of health of the State Council.
Thirty-first any unit or individual shall report to the nearby disease prevention and control institutions or medical institutions in a timely manner when discovering patients with infectious diseases or suspected infectious diseases.