title: [General introduction to Examining Committee for Physician of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the 1940s].
abstract: Established in 1944, the Examining Committee for Physician was the outcome of struggle of TCM physicians seeking for survival in the Republic of China. The committee comprised persons from the selecting committee of government and the TCM committee of Health Office. Its functions were examining the qualification of practitioners of TCM who applied, according to the qualified conditions of TCM physician decided by Examine Office, and sent out the certification to qualified TCM physicians for the eligibility of practising; laid down and mastered detailed rules of the eligible conditions of TCM physician; laid down the principles and applied interview; participated in the operation of TCM examination and made relevant decisions and suggestions; measured and managed concrete problems in examining process, etc.
authors.affiliation: China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700.
authors.forename: Zhibin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008007:Licensure, Medical / Q000266:history*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*