Epidemic related laws and regulations and their characteristics in the period of the National Government

Abstract

From 1927 to 1949, the National Government promulgated at least 74 epidemic-related acts and regulations, including 38 national acts and regulations issued by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Economic Commission and other central agencies, 5 industrial acts and regulations, and 31 acts and regulations issued by local governments. These acts and regulations make the epidemic prevention and control of the Republic of China gradually transition from socialization to legalization, thus laying the foundation of the legal system of modern epidemic prevention in China, and playing a positive role in promoting the modernization of epidemic prevention in China. At the same time, the epidemic-related acts and regulations of the Republic of China also show that they attach importance to quarantine of traffic ports, seasonal epidemic prevention, strengthen health and epidemic prevention in remote areas, and pay attention to health care, health and epidemic prevention personnel qualification assessment and guarantee, increase health and epidemic prevention technology application and research and development of the overall characteristics. However, due to the constraints of economic development, medical level, frequent wars and natural disasters, the epidemic-related acts and regulations promulgated during the period of the National Government have not been well implemented, but some of the characteristics of the epidemic-related acts and regulations have still played an important historical role in the humanistic principles, legislative adaptability, professionalism and scientific aspects under the background of the new era.