Competent authorities, hospitals qualified by hospital accreditation and other organizations keeping stockpiles of materials for communicable disease control shall assign full-time personnel to be responsible for the management of the materials for communicable disease control; and by regulations of the central competent authority, report changes of their stockpiles and related information.

Local competent authorities shall periodically inspect the use of the pharmaceuticals for communicable disease control; for use that does not meet requirements, the users shall be ordered to return the pharmaceuticals for communicable disease control of the same amount and same validity.

Competent authorities shall conduct inspections annually of the materials for communicable disease control of units at various levels. If defects are detected, supervision for improvement shall be made.
Relevant organizations (institutions), groups, medical care institutions shall coordinate with the inspections; they shall not refuse, falsely report or conceal facts.
Competent authorities at various levels, when conducting inspections, shall notify in advance the units to be inspected; when conducting inspections, the persons in charge shall automatically present documents sufficient for identification, and notify the units in writing the subject matters and kinds of inspection.