When “Practice Location” Shrinks from a Province to a Single Building: How Order No. 15 Rewrites the Qualification Logic of Dental and Medical Aesthetics.

On June 5, 2026, Order No. 15 of the National Health Commission was officially released, narrowing the physician's practice location from the provincial administrative division to a specific medical institution for the first time. This move has stirred considerable waves within the industry, particularly imposing new requirements on the multi-site practice model in the Oral and medical aesthetics sectors.

In the past, the "one license, multiple provinces" practice model allowed physicians to freely practice across institutions within a province. However, the new regulation requires that for each additional practice location, procedures for "adding a practice institution" must be completed. For chain clinics and medical aesthetics institutions, compliance costs and administrative friction have subsequently increased, with the filing deadline clearly set to be completed within 20 working days.

Faced with tightened regulation, industry practitioners have begun to reassess their practice layout and risk management, seeking a balance that maintains operational efficiency while avoiding penalties under the new system. ……

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