There are two tiers of plant doctors professional groups:
1.Plant doctors’ associations at the local level (of the municipality, city, or county).
2.National federation of plant doctors’ associations.

A plant doctors’ association is to be organized based on the administrative jurisdiction, and each jurisdiction is to have only one association for the specific tier.

Municipal, county (city) plant doctors’ associations are to be initiated by more than 9 nine plant doctors for practice registration in such jurisdictions; if fewer than 9 nine were in a jurisdiction, they may join the association in a neighboring jurisdiction, or form a join t association.
Setting up a national federation of plant doctors’ associations shall require the initiation of more than one-third of all plant doctors’ associations at local tiers before initiation.
Municipal and, county (city) plant doctors’ associations shall join the National federation of plant doctors’ associations as members.

The competent authority of plant doctors’ associations at any tier shall be the social administration competent authorities of its jurisdiction. However, the program activities and business affairs of a plant doctors’ association shall be under the direction and supervision of the competent authorities.

Each plant doctors’ association, regardless of its tier, shall have a board of directors and a board of supervisors elected at the general/delegate meeting by individual members or their delegates. The sizes of the boards shall be:
1.No more than 15 directors at a municipality or county (city) plant doctors’ association.
2.No more than 35 directors at the national federation of plant doctors’ associations.
3.The number of supervisors shall not exceed one third of the number of directors of each association.
4.Each plant doctors’ association shall have alternate directors and supervisors; this number shall not exceed one third of the number of directors and supervisors.
When there are more than three directors and supervisors on the board, executive directors and supervisors shall be elected from within; their number shall not exceed one third of the total number of directors and supervisors. A chairman of the board of directors shall be elected according to the by-law.
The term for a director or supervisor is three years. No more than half of the board members can be re-elected to serve the next term. The chairman can be re-elected only once.

A plant doctors’ association shall prepare a by-law, a membership list and staff resumes to apply for approval and registration with its jurisdiction's social administration competent authorities and file for record at the competent authority.

The by-law of a plant doctors’ association at all tiers shall contain the following items:
1.The name;
2.Mission;
3.Jurisdiction/territory;
4.Address;
5.Functions;
6.Organization;
7.Induction, withdrawal and expulsion of members;
8.Rights and obligations of members;
9.The numbers of directors and supervisors, the scope of their responsibilities, terms of offices, elections and conditions for dismissal;
10.Meetings;
11.General rules for members to abide by;
12.Membership fees and accounting;
13.Amendment of by-laws;
14.Other items required by relevant regulations.

Plant doctors’ associations at all tiers shall report the following items to the social administration competent authorities as well as the competent authority:
1.List of membership and induction/withdrawal of members.
2.The election directors/supervisors and names of electees.
3.Minutes of general meetings, board of directors and board of supervisors meetings.
4.Changes in by-laws.

If a plant doctors’ association’s general/delegate meeting or board of directors meeting makes a resolution that is in violation of the law, it shall be revoked by the social administration competent authority.
The sanction of the previous paragraph may also be prescribed by the competent authority if necessary.

Acting on the resolutions of a board meeting or general/delegate meeting, a plant doctors’ association may penalize members who violate the law or by-law. To expel a law-breaking member, it will require a resolution passed at a general/delegate meeting and the approval – upon review of fact and evidence sent by the association – by the social administration competent authorities, which will seek consent in consultation with the competent authority.