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 (4), Article 110, paragraph (7), and Article 149) or Article 70, paragraph (3), Article 70-2, or 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), or intending to make a determination under Article 63, paragraph (2), item (iii) or (v), 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.
厚生労働大臣は、第七十条第一項（第八十五条第九項、第八十五条の二第五項、第八十六条第四項、第百十条第七項及び第百四十九条において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第三項、第七十条の二若しくは第七十二条第一項（第八十五条第九項、第八十五条の二第五項、第八十六条第四項、第百十条第七項及び第百四十九条において準用する場合を含む。）の厚生労働省令を定めようとするとき、又は第六十三条第二項第三号若しくは第五号若しくは第七十六条第二項（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。）の定めをしようとするときは、中央社会保険医療協議会に諮問するものとする。ただし、第六十三条第二項第三号の定めのうち高度の医療技術に係るものについては、この限りでない。
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.