 Muslim customers from the Middle East reportedly request Halal organs which must come from another Muslim person.In March 2006, the Ministry of Health issued the "Interim Provisions on Clinical Application and Management of Human Organ Transplantation", which stipulated that medical centres must meet new requirements for transplant services; the provinces were made responsible for plans for clinical applications.Establishments performing transplantation were thereby obliged to incorporate considerations for ethics, medical and surgical expertise, and intensive care.