At present, the health supervision departments in many places in China have cancelled five items of hepatitis B examination during physical examination, only checking liver function. In 2007, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security of China issued document 20071February 15. 16: Except for the work that is easy to spread hepatitis B, which is prohibited by national laws, administrative regulations and the provisions of the Ministry of Health, the employer shall not refuse to hire or dismiss hepatitis B surface antigen carriers on the grounds that they carry hepatitis B surface antigens.
(two) strictly regulate the physical examination items of the employer's recruitment and employment, and protect the privacy rights of hepatitis B surface antigen carriers. In the process of recruitment, the employing unit may take the items of liver function examination as the physical examination standard according to the actual needs, but it shall not forcibly take the serological indicators of hepatitis B virus as the physical examination standard except for the work prohibited by national laws, administrative regulations and the provisions of the Ministry of Health. All kinds of medical institutions at all levels should pay attention to protecting the privacy of hepatitis B surface antigen carriers when conducting physical examinations for their employees.
Article 16 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, the state and society should care for and help patients with infectious diseases, pathogen carriers and patients suspected of infectious diseases to get timely treatment. No unit or individual may discriminate against patients with infectious diseases, pathogen carriers and suspected patients with infectious diseases. Infectious disease patients, pathogen carriers and suspected infectious disease patients shall not engage in the work that is easy to spread infectious diseases, which is prohibited by laws, administrative regulations and the provisions of the health administrative department of the State Council before they are cured or suspected infectious diseases are eliminated.