The administrator of a hospital, clinic, or birthing center (hereinafter referred to as "hospital, etc." in this Article) must report the particulars prescribed by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary information for enabling medical care recipients to choose an appropriate hospital, etc. with a sufficient understanding of the functions of hospitals, etc., including the function of providing day-to-day medical care in familiar communities, measures to prevent illness and other medical care (hereinafter referred to as "primary care function"), to the prefectural governor of the location of the relevant hospital, etc., pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and must make documents describing such particulars available for inspection within the relevant hospital, etc.
If a change arises with regard to particulars reported pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the administrator of a hospital, etc. must promptly report to the prefectural governor of the location of the relevant hospital, etc., and amend the details of the documents provided for in the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
In lieu of making documents pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) available for inspection, the administrator of a hospital, etc., pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may provide the particulars that should be stated in the relevant documents by electronic or magnetic means (which means a method using an electronic data processing system or other information communication technology; the same applies hereinafter) specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
If a prefectural governor finds it necessary in order to confirm the details of a report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the governor may request the necessary information concerning a hospital, etc. situated within the boundaries of the relevant prefecture from a municipality or other public agency.
A prefectural governor, upon receiving a report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), is to report the contents of the report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and make them public, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
If the administrator of a hospital, etc. has made a report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) by electronic or magnetic means that enables the administrator, the prefectural governor of the location of the relevant hospital, etc. and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to view its contents, the prefectural governor who received the report is deemed to have made the report pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Upon receiving a report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to take necessary measures such as advice and recommendations concerning the publication by prefectural governors pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, for the provision of information required from a cross-regional perspective that extends beyond prefectural boundaries.
If the administrator of a hospital, etc. fails to report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or has made a false report, the prefectural governor may order the establisher of the relevant hospital, etc. to have the relevant administrator give the relevant report or correct the details of the relevant report within a period that the governor prescribes.
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