Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People
高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律
Chapter VIII Penal Provisions
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Chapter VIII Penal Provisions第八章 罰則
Article 167第百六十七条
Article 167, paragraph (1)
A person who divulges any secret in violation of the provisions of Article 30, Article 125-2, paragraph (2) or Article 125-4, paragraph (3) is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen.
If a person as set forth in one of the following items divulges confidential information learned in connection with the performance of duties based on the provisions of this Act without legitimate grounds for doing so, that person is subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen:
a current or former official of a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older;
後期高齢者医療広域連合の職員又はその職にあつた者
Article 167, paragraph (2), item (ii)
a member of the Examination Committee for Old-Old Medical Treatment Fees or the Examination Board for Old-Old Medical Treatment, an officer or employee of the NHI Federations, or a person who was formerly in those positions;
a person who is or was an officer or employee of a designated corporation that conducts a review of medical bills specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 70, paragraph (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 74, paragraph (10), Article 75, paragraph (7), Article 76, paragraph (7), and Article 78, paragraph (8));
a person who conducts or used to conduct a review of medical bills specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 70, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 74, paragraph (10), Article 75, paragraph (7), Article 76, paragraph (7), and Article 78, paragraph (8)).
A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than 500,000 yen, or both:
a person who, in violation of the provisions of Article 16-6, has disclosed the content of anonymized medical data related to medical insurance, etc. acquired in relation to the use of the anonymized medical data related to medical insurance, etc. to another person without justifiable grounds, or used the information for an unjust purpose;
a person who has violated an order issued under the provisions of Article 16-8.
第十六条の八の規定による命令に違反した者
Article 167-3第百六十七条の三
Article 167-3, paragraph (1)
A person who has violated an order issued under the provisions of Article 161-2, paragraph (6) is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
Officers, liquidators, or employees of a Japan Health Insurance Association, health insurance society, national health insurance society, mutual aid association, or the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan are punished by a fine of not more than 500000 yen if they fall under any of the following items:
when the person has failed to make a report under the provisions of Article 134, paragraph (2) or has made a false report, or has refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection under the provisions of the same paragraph;
if the person has failed to submit a report, document, or any other item pursuant to the provisions of Article 142, paragraph (1), or has submitted a false report or document including a false entry.
When an officer or employee of the Organization or an entrusted party has failed to make a report under the provisions of Article 152, paragraph (1) or has made a false report, or has refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection under the provisions of the same paragraph, the officer or employee is punished by a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
A person who fails to make a report or submit or present books and documents under the provisions of Article 16-7, paragraph (1), or makes a false report or submits or presents false books and documents, or fails to answer or gives a false answer to the questions under the provisions of the same paragraph, or refuses, interferes with, or evades the on-site inspection under the provisions of the same paragraph is punished by a fine of not more than 500000 yen.
A person who has committed any of the following violations is punished by a fine of not more than 300000 yen:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
Article 169, paragraph (1), item (i)
when the requestor for review or relevant persons, or a physician or dental practitioner has failed to appear, failed to make a statement, failed to make a report, or made a false statement or report, or failed to make a diagnosis or examination, in violation of the disposition under the provisions of Article 101, paragraph (1) of the National Health Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 130, without justifiable grounds (excluding cases pertaining to the requestor in the procedure of review conducted by the Certification Committee for Old-Old Healthcare, or a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older or other interested persons who has received a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 100 of the same Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 130);
when an insured or a person who used to be an insured fails to comply with an order to make a report issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (2) without justifiable grounds, or fails to answer a question asked by the relevant official pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph without justifiable grounds or gives a false answer;
when the person has failed to make a report under the provisions of Article 161-3, paragraph (1) or has made a false report without justifiable grounds, has failed to answer or given a false answer to the questions asked by the relevant official under the provisions of the same paragraph without justifiable grounds, or has refused, obstructed, or avoided the inspection under the provisions of the same paragraph without justifiable grounds.
The crimes of Article 167-2 also apply to persons who commit the crimes referred to in the same Article outside of Japan.
第百六十七条の二の罪は、日本国外において同条の罪を犯した者にも適用する。
Article 169-3第百六十九条の三
Article 169-3, paragraph (1)
If the representatives of a corporation (including an association or foundation that is not a corporation but for which a representative or an administrator has been designated (hereinafter referred to as an "association or foundation without legal personality" in this Article); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) (including the administrator of an association or foundation without legal personality) or the agents, employees, or other workers of a corporation or individual commit a violation of Article 167-2, Article 167-3, Article 168, paragraph (3) or Article 169, item (iii) in connection with the business of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation or individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article.
Where the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without juridical personality, its representatives or administrators represent the association or foundation without juridical personality with respect to its procedural act, and the provisions of laws concerning criminal procedure that are applicable in the case where a corporation is accused or suspected apply mutatis mutandis.
If an officer of the Organization falls under any of the following items, the officer is punished by a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen:
機構の役員が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、二十万円以下の過料に処する。
Article 170, paragraph (1), item (i)
failure to obtain the approval or recognition of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare when such approval or recognition is required pursuant to this Act;
when the surplus funds in the course of business have been invested in violation of the provisions of Article 149.
第百四十九条の規定に違反して業務上の余裕金を運用したとき。
Article 170, paragraph (2)
When a medical practitioner, dental practitioner, pharmacist, or person who has provided medical care or their employer fails to comply with an order to make a report or to present medical records, books and documents, or any other articles under the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (1) without justifiable grounds, or fails to answer a question asked by the relevant official under the provisions of the same paragraph without justifiable grounds, or gives a false answer, the person is punished by a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
The Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may, by its Ordinance, establish provisions to impose a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen when a insured fails to make a notification under the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) (excluding cases where the notification has been made by the householder of the household to which the insured belongs pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article) or makes a false notification.
If a person who is or was a insured, the spouse of a insured, the householder of a household to which a insured belongs, or any other member of the household fails to comply with an order to submit or present a document or any other article issued pursuant to the provisions of the Article 137, paragraph (1) without justifiable grounds, or fails to answer or gives a false answer to a question asked by the relevant official under the provisions of the same paragraph, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may establish provisions in its Ordinances to impose a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.
A municipality may, by Municipal Ordinance, establish provisions to impose a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen if an insured, the spouse of an insured, the head of the household to which an insured belongs or any other member of that household, or a person who was any of these, fails without justifiable grounds to comply with an order to submit or present a document or any other article under the provisions of Article 137, paragraph (2), or fails to answer or gives a false answer to a question asked by the relevant official under the provisions of the same paragraph.
A Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may establish provisions in its Ordinance to impose a civil fine on a person who has evaded the collection of money to be collected related to co-payment whose collection has been suspended and other money to be collected pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV (limited to money to be collected by the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older) by deception or other wrongful acts, in an amount not exceeding the amount equivalent to five times the amount evaded.
A Municipality may, in its Municipal Ordinance, establish provisions to impose on a person who has evaded the collection of insurance premiums or any other money to be collected pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV (limited to those collected by the Municipality) by deception or other wrongful acts, a civil fine of not more than the amount equivalent to five times the amount evaded.
The provisions of Article 255-3 of the Local Autonomy Act apply mutatis mutandis to the disposition of a civil fine under the provisions of the preceding paragraphs.