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Article 16-4第十六条の四
Deletion(消去)
Article 16-4, paragraph (1)
When a user of anonymized medical data, etc. no longer needs to use the provided anonymized medical data, etc., the user must delete the anonymized medical data, etc. without delay.
Users of anonymized medical data must take measures specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary and appropriate for the security control of the anonymized medical data, such as the prevention of leakage, loss, or damage to the anonymized medical data.
A person who is or was a user of anonymized medical data related to medical insurance, etc. must not disclose the 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 other persons without justifiable grounds or use the anonymized medical data related to medical insurance, etc. for an unjust purpose.
Article 16-7, paragraph (1)(国民保健の向上のための仮名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供)Use or Provision of Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-related Information to Improve People's HealthAdded
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, in order to contribute to improving the health of the people, use pseudonymized medical insurance-related information (meaning medical insurance-related information processed in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare so that the person themselves pertaining to the medical insurance-related information cannot be identified unless collated with other information; the same applies hereinafter).
Article 16-7, paragraph (2)(国民保健の向上のための仮名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供)Use or Provision of Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-related Information to Improve People's HealthAdded
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, in order to contribute to improving the health of the people, when finding it necessary for a person listed in the following items who conducts the services specified in the relevant item as services found to have considerable public interest by receiving provision of pseudonymized medical insurance-related information to use the pseudonymized medical insurance-related information in order to conduct those services, provide the pseudonymized medical insurance-related information to that person, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
Article 16-7, paragraph (2), item (i)(国民保健の向上のための仮名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供)Use or Provision of Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-related Information to Improve People's HealthAdded
other national administrative organs and local governments:surveys concerning the planning and drafting of policies that contribute to the provision of appropriate health and medical services;
Article 16-7, paragraph (2), item (ii)(国民保健の向上のための仮名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供)Use or Provision of Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-related Information to Improve People's HealthAdded
universities and other research institutes:research on the causes of diseases and methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, and other research on the improvement and promotion of public health;
Article 16-7, paragraph (2), item (iii)(国民保健の向上のための仮名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供)Use or Provision of Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-related Information to Improve People's HealthAdded
private business operators and other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:analyses that contribute to research and development in the medical field and other services specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding those carried out for the purpose of using them in the advertisement or promotion of specific goods or services).
Article 16-7, paragraph (3)(国民保健の向上のための仮名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供)Use or Provision of Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-related Information to Improve People's HealthAdded
In the case of making use or provision pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may use the relevant pseudonymized medical insurance-related information in combination with the pseudonymized medical care-related information prescribed in Article 150-7, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act, the pseudonymized long-term care insurance-related information prescribed in Article 118-8, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, and other information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or provide it in a state in which it can be used in combination with them.
Article 16-7, paragraph (4)(国民保健の向上のための仮名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供)Use or Provision of Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-related Information to Improve People's HealthAdded
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to provide pseudonymized medical insurance-related information pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), the Minister must hear the opinion of the Social Security Council in advance.
Article 16-8, paragraph (1)(仮名医療保険等関連情報の提供を受ける者に対する利用目的等の制限の要求等)Requests, Etc. for Restrictions on Purpose of Use, Etc. to Persons Provided with Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-Related InformationAdded
When providing pseudonymized medical insurance-related information pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary, the Minister is to impose restrictions on the purpose or method of use of the pseudonymized medical insurance-related information provided, and other necessary restrictions, on a person who receives and uses pseudonymized medical insurance-related information pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "user of pseudonymized medical data").
Article 16-8, paragraph (2)(仮名医療保険等関連情報の提供を受ける者に対する利用目的等の制限の要求等)Requests, Etc. for Restrictions on Purpose of Use, Etc. to Persons Provided with Pseudonymized Medical Insurance-Related InformationAdded
The provisions of Article 68 and Articles 76 through 107 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) do not apply to cases where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare uses or provides pseudonymized medical insurance-related information pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article.
The provisions of Articles 16-3 through 16-6 apply mutatis mutandis to the handling of pseudonymized medical insurance-related information by a user of pseudonymized medical data.
To the extent necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this Section, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order users of anonymized medical data and users of pseudonymized medical data (excluding other administrative organs of the national government; hereinafter the same applies referred to as "users of anonymized or pseudonymized medical data" in this paragraph and the following Article) to make a report or submit or present books and documents, or have the relevant officials question the relevant persons or enter the offices or other places of business of the users of anonymized or pseudonymized medical data to inspect the books, documents, and any other articles of the users of anonymized or pseudonymized medical data.
When carrying out questioning or on-site inspections under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the relevant officials must carry an identification card and present it when requested by any person concerned.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that a user of anonymized or pseudonymized medical data is in violation of any of the provisions of Articles 16-3 through 16-6 (including cases where these provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-9) or the restrictions imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-8, paragraph (1) (including cases where those provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of the following Article), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the person to take necessary measures to rectify the violation.
Article 17, paragraph (1)(機構等への委託)Entrustment to the Organization, etc.Changed
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may entrust the investigation and analysis prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) and the affairs pertaining to the use orand provision under Article 16-2, paragraph (1) and Article 16-7, paragraphs (1) and (2), in whole or in part, to the Medical Information Infrastructure and Medical Fee Examination and Payment Organization under the Medical Information Infrastructure and Medical Fee Examination and Payment Organization Act (Act No. 129 of 1948) (hereinafter referred to as the "Organization"), the Federation of National Health Insurance Associations prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (5) of the National Health Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as the "NHI federation"), or other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as the "Organization, etc." in the following Article).
Article 17, paragraph (2)(機構等への委託)Entrustment to the Organization, etc.Added
The provisions of Article 16-8, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where a person entrusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph provides pseudonymized medical insurance-related information based on that entrustment.
Article 17, paragraph (3)(機構等への委託)Entrustment to the Organization, etc.Added
The provisions of Article 68 and Articles 76 through 107 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information do not apply to cases where a person entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) uses or provides pseudonymized medical insurance-related information based on that entrustment.
Users of anonymized medical data must pay a fee in the amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the actual costs to the national government (when the Organization, etc. conducts all of the affairs related to the provision of anonymized medical data under Article 16-2, paragraph (1) upon entrustment from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Organization, etc.).
If a person who intends to pay the fee set forth in the preceding paragraph is a prefecture or any other person specified by Cabinet Order as a person who plays particularly important roles in improving the health of the people, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may grant the person a reduction of or exemption from the fee pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
A fee paid to the Organization, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is to be the revenue of the Organization, etc.
第一項の規定により機構等に納められた手数料は、機構等の収入とする。
Article 17-2, paragraph (4)(手数料)(Fees)Added
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the fee in the case where a user of pseudonymized medical data is provided with pseudonymized medical insurance-related information pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-7, paragraph (2).
Section 2 Basic Guidelines for Special health examinations第二節 特定健康診査等基本指針等
Article 18第十八条
Basic Guidelines for Special health examinations(特定健康診査等基本指針)
Article 18, paragraph (1)
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to establish basic guidelines for the appropriate and effective implementation of Special health examinations (meaning health checkups for diabetes and other lifestyle diseases specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter) and specified health guidance (meaning health guidance given to a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as one who needs to endeavor to maintain their health based on the results of a Special health examinations by a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as one who has expert knowledge and skills concerning health guidance; the same applies hereinafter) (hereinafter referred to as the "basic guidelines for Special health examinations, etc.").
The Basic Guidelines on Special health examinations, etc. are to provide for the following matters:
特定健康診査等基本指針においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。
Article 18, paragraph (2), item (i)
basic matters concerning the implementation method of Special health examinations and specified health guidance (hereinafter referred to as "Special health examinations, etc.");
特定健康診査及び特定保健指導(以下「特定健康診査等」という。)の実施方法に関する基本的な事項
Article 18, paragraph (2), item (ii)
basic matters concerning the goals pertaining to the implementation of a Special health examinations, etc. and the results thereof;
特定健康診査等の実施及びその成果に係る目標に関する基本的な事項
Article 18, paragraph (2), item (iii)
beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items, important matters concerning the preparation of a Special health examinations plan provided in paragraph (1) of the following Article.
前二号に掲げるもののほか、次条第一項に規定する特定健康診査等実施計画の作成に関する重要事項
Article 18, paragraph (3)
The Basic Guidelines on Special health examinations, etc. must be harmonized with the Guidelines on Health Checkups, etc. provided for in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Health Promotion Act.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to establish or change the basic guidelines for Special health examinations, etc., the Minister is to consult with the head of the relevant administrative organ in advance.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has established or changed the basic guidelines for Special health examinations, etc., the Minister is to publicize the established or changed guidelines without delay.