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Article 80第八十条
Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the designation referred to in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i) pertaining to a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance if the medical institution or pharmacy falls under any of the following items:
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (i)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Changed
a physician providing health insurance treatment at a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance (including a physician providing health insurance treatment who engages in delivery care) or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions at a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has violated the provisions of Article 72, paragraph (1) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (5), Article 98-5, Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 110, paragraph (7), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and Article 149; excluding when the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance had made efforts to provide reasonable care and supervision so as to prevent that violation);
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (ii)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Changed
the administrator of a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance has violated the provisions of Article 70-2, paragraph (2) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 98-5) (excluding when the administrator has exercised reasonable care and supervision as the administrator of that medical institution providing services covered by health insurance in order to prevent that violation);
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (iii)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Changed
beyond the preceding two items, a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has violated the provisions of Article 70, paragraph (1) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (5), Article 98-5, Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 110, paragraph (7), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and Article 149);
wrongdoing is found with regard to a claim for expenses incurred in providing medical services, or a claim for payment pursuant to the provisions of Article 85, paragraph (5) (including when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis to Article 85-2, paragraph (5), and Article 86, paragraph (5)) or Article 110, paragraph (4) (including when applied mutatis mutandis to Article 149);
the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance is requested to make a report, or to submit or present medical records, record books and other documents pursuant to the provisions of Article 78, paragraph (1) (including the cases where the same provision is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (5), Article 110, paragraph (7), and Article 149; the same applies in the following item) but fails to comply with the order or submits a false report;
the establisher or an employee of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has been requested to appear pursuant to the provision of Article 78, paragraph (1) but failed to comply with the order or answer questions pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph, answered untruthfully, or refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection pursuant to the same paragraph (except if the medical institution or pharmacy had made efforts to provide reasonable care and supervision so as to prevent that conduct);
there are grounds that correspond to any of the preceding items with respect to benefits for medical treatment pursuant to medical insurance laws other than this act, benefits for medical treatment pursuant to the Act on Assurance of Medical Treatment for Insured Persons or Dependents or Medical Care for Elderly People, or medical treatment pertaining to dietary treatment expenses for inpatients, to living support expenses for inpatients or to medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage;
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (viii)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Changed
the establisher or administrator of the a registered midwife prescribed in Article 98-4 who is engaged in delivery care at a delivery-handling medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has been sentenced to a finehas violated the provisions of Article 98-13, paragraph (1) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws concerning citizens' health and medical care which are specified by Cabinet Order, and the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed or the execution of the sentence still appliesArticle 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and Article 149) (except if the delivery-handling medical institution providing services covered by health insurance had made efforts to provide reasonable care and supervision so as to prevent that violation);
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (ix)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Changed
the establisher or administrator ofwith respect to a delivery-handling medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has come to fall under, wrongdoing is found with regard to a claim for payment pursuant to the categoryprovisions of a person who has been sentenced Article 98-2, paragraph (3) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to imprisonment or a severer punishment, Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed or the execution of the sentence still applies; orArticle 149) or Article 101, paragraph (2) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2), Article 114, paragraph (2), and Article 149);
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (x)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Changed
beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, the establisher of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has violated the delivery-handling medical institution providing services covered by health insurance is requested to make a report, or to submit or present medical records, birth records and other record books and documents pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other medical insurance laws which are specified by Cabinet Order, or an Article 98-20, paragraph (1) (including the cases where the same provision is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and Article 149; the same applies in the following item) but fails to comply with the order or disposition based thereonsubmits a false report;
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (xi)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Added
the establisher or an employee of the delivery-handling medical institution providing services covered by health insurance has been requested to appear pursuant to the provision of Article 98-20, paragraph (1) but failed to comply with the order or answer questions pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph, answered untruthfully, or refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection pursuant to the same paragraph (except if, where an employee of the delivery-handling medical institution providing services covered by health insurance committed that act, the delivery-handling medical institution providing services covered by health insurance had made efforts to provide reasonable care and supervision so as to prevent that act);
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (xii)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Added
the establisher of the delivery-handling medical institution providing services covered by health insurance has violated an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 98-23, paragraph (3) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 106, paragraph (2), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), Article 114, paragraph (2), and Article 149);
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (xiii)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Added
there are grounds that correspond to any of items (i) through (iii) or item (viii) through the preceding item with respect to delivery care of an insured person or dependent under medical insurance laws other than this act;
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (xiv)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Added
the establisher or administrator of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws pertaining to citizen's health and medical care which are specified by Cabinet Order, and the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed or the execution of the sentence still applies;
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (xv)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Added
the establisher or administrator of a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has come to fall under the category of a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a severer punishment, and the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed or the execution of the sentence still applies; or
Article 80, paragraph (1), item (xvi)(保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し)(Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance)Added
beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, the establisher of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance has violated the provisions of this Act or other laws pertaining to citizen's health and medical care which are specified by Cabinet Order, or an order or disposition based thereon;
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may cancel the registration under Article 64 pertaining to the physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions concerned (in the case listed in item (ii), the registration under that Article pertaining to the physician providing health insurance treatment who is the administrator of the medical institution providing services covered by health insurance concerned) in the case where any of the following items applies:
Article 81, paragraph (1), item (i)(保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し)(Deregistration of a Physician Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacist Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions)Changed
the physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions has violated the provisions of Article 72, paragraph (1) (including when applied mutatis mutandis to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (5), Article 98-5, Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 110, paragraph (7), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and Article 149);
Article 81, paragraph (1), item (ii)(保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し)(Deregistration of a Physician Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacist Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions)Changed
the administrator of a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance has violated the provisions of Article 70-2, paragraph (2) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 98-5) (excluding when the administrator has exercised reasonable care and supervision as the administrator of that medical institution providing services covered by health insurance in order to prevent that violation);
the physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions had been requested to appear pursuant to the provisions of Article 78, paragraph (1) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (5), Article 110, paragraph (7), and Article 149; the same applies hereinafter in this item) but failed to respond or to reply to questions pursuant to the provisions of Article 78, paragraph (1), or answered untruthfully, or refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph;
there are grounds that correspond to any of the preceding three items with respect to medical care or prescription based on medical insurance laws other than this act or the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People;
Article 81, paragraph (1), item (v)(保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し)(Deregistration of a Physician Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacist Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions)Changed
the physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions has (limited to a physician engaged in delivery care; the same applies in the following item) had been sentencedrequested to a fineappear pursuant to the provisions of this Act and other laws concerning citizens' health and medical care which are specified by Cabinet Order, Article 98-20, paragraph (1) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and Article 149; the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed same applies hereinafter in this item) but failed to respond or to reply to questions pursuant to the executionprovisions of Article 98-20, paragraph (1), or answered untruthfully, or refused, obstructed, or evaded an inspection pursuant to the sentence still appliesprovisions of the same paragraph;
Article 81, paragraph (1), item (vi)(保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し)(Deregistration of a Physician Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacist Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions)Changed
with respect to the physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions has come, there are grounds that correspond to fall under the categoryany of a person who has been sentenced to imprisonmentitem (i), item (ii) or a severer punishment, and the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed or the execution of the sentence still applies; orpreceding item with respect to delivery care based on medical insurance laws other than this act;
Article 81, paragraph (1), item (vii)(保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し)(Deregistration of a Physician Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacist Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions)Changed
beyond the cases listed in the preceding items, the physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions violates has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act, medical insurance and other laws other than this act concerning citizens' health and medical care which are specified by Cabinet Order, or an order and the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed or disposition based on these Acts.the execution of the sentence still applies;
Article 81, paragraph (1), item (viii)(保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し)(Deregistration of a Physician Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacist Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions)Added
the physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions has come to fall under the category of a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a severer punishment, and the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed or the execution of the sentence still applies; or
Article 81, paragraph (1), item (ix)(保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し)(Deregistration of a Physician Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacist Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions)Added
beyond the cases listed in the preceding items, the physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions violates this Act or other laws concerning citizens' health and medical care which are specified by Cabinet Order, or an order or disposition based on these Acts.
Article 82, paragraph (1)(社会保険医療協議会への諮問)(Advisory to Social Insurance Medical Councils)Changed
When intending to issue the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 70, paragraph (1) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (5), Article 98-5, Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 110, paragraph (7), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and Article 149) or Article 70, paragraph (3), Article 70-2 (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 98-5), or Article 72, paragraph (1) (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (5), Article 98-5, Article 98-24, paragraph (2), Article 110, paragraph (7), Article 112-2, paragraph (3), and Article 149), or intending to make a determination under Article 63, paragraph (2), item (iii), (v) or (vi), or Article 76, paragraph (2) (including when these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 149), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to consult with the Central Social Insurance Medical Council; provided, however, that this does not apply to a determination under Article 63, paragraph (2), item (iii) pertaining to advanced medical care techniques.
When intending to make or rescind a designation referred to in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i) pertaining to a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance, or to rescind a registration referred to in Article 64 pertaining to a physician providing health insurance covered treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to consult with the relevant Local Social Medical Insurance Council as specified by Cabinet Order.
Granting Opportunities to Explain Dispositions(処分に対する弁明の機会の付与)
Article 83, paragraph (1)
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare determines not to make a designation referred to in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i) pertaining to a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, determines to make a designation excluding all or some of the beds pertaining to that medical institution's application (including an alternation of such a designation), or determines not to make a designation referred to in the same item pertaining to a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance, or a registration referred to in Article 64 pertaining to a physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions, the Minister must grant the establisher of the medical institution or pharmacy, or the physician or pharmacist, an opportunity to hear an explanation. In this case, the Minister must give notification of the date, time, and place for the explanation and the circumstances thereof in writing, in advance.
Benefits for Medical Treatment at Hospitals Designated by Insurers(保険者が指定する病院等における療養の給付)
Article 84, paragraph (1)
Rules on benefits for medical treatment, and on medical care and prescription services covered by health insurance and provided by hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies listed in Article 63, paragraph (3), items (ii) and (iii) are governed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 70, paragraph (1) and Article 72, paragraph (1).
A person who receives benefits for medical care from a hospital, clinic, or pharmacy listed in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (ii) must pay the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 74 as co-payment to the hospital, clinic, or pharmacy upon receiving the benefits; provided, however, that if the insurer is a health insurance society, the amount of the co-payment may be decreased or payment thereof may not be required, pursuant to the insurer's constitution.
A health insurance society may, pursuant to its constitution, have a person who receives benefits for medical treatment from a hospital, clinic, or pharmacy listed in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (iii) pay the amount of co-payment within the extent of the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 74.