On Sept. 22, 1943, the National Government promulgated its "medical precepts," which for the first time placed Chinese and Western medicine on an equal footing.
民國卅二年九月廿二日，國民政府公佈實施了「醫師法」，根據醫師法，包括針灸科在內的中醫師，開始與西醫一樣，享有同等的地位。