Article 68Renewal of Designation of Medical Institutions Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance or Pharmacies Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance
第六十八条（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の更新）
A designation as referred to in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i) expires when six years have elapsed after the day of designation.
第六十三条第三項第一号の指定は、指定の日から起算して六年を経過したときは、その効力を失う。
With regard to a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance (excluding hospitals and clinics referred to in Article 65, paragraph (2)) or a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, unless otherwise notified during the period from since six months before the expiration date of the designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph until three months before that date, the application under Article 65, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been made.