Article 80Recession of Designation as a Medical Institution Providing Services Covered by Health Insuranceor Pharmacy Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance
第八十条(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:
厚生労働大臣は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該保険医療機関又は保険薬局に係る第六十三条第三項第一号の指定を取り消すことができる。
a physician providing health insurance treatment at a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance 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 (4), Article 110, paragraph (7), 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);
the administrator of a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance has violated the provisions of Article 70-2, paragraph (2) (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);
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 (4), Article 110, paragraph (7), 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 (4)) or Article 110, paragraph (4) (including when applied mutatis mutandis to Article 149);
療養の給付に関する費用の請求又は第八十五条第五項(第八十五条の二第五項及び第八十六条第四項において準用する場合を含む。)若しくは第百十条第四項(これらの規定を第百四十九条において準用する場合を含む。)の規定による支払に関する請求について不正があったとき。
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 (4), 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;
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 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 applies;
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
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 medical insurance laws which are specified by Cabinet Order, or an order or disposition based thereon;