Article 125-2Entrustment of Health Services for the Elderly to Municipalities

①A Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may entrust a Municipality that is a member of the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older with the implementation of part of its elderly health services based on the Regional Plan of the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older, and the entrusted Municipality is to, from the viewpoint of ensuring the effective and efficient implementation of the elderly health services for the insured, establish basic policies concerning the implementation of the services, including the ideal way of implementing the services in an integrated manner with national health insurance health services and community support projects. In this case, the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older may provide the entrusted Municipality with copies of its own records concerning medical treatment, health checkups, or health guidance pertaining to the insured, and other information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for the effective and efficient implementation of the elderly health services, to the extent necessary for the implementation of the entrusted elderly health services.

②A person who is or was an official of a municipality entrusted pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph must not, without justifiable grounds, divulge any individual secrets that have come to their knowledge in relation to the implementation of health services for the elderly.