The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, provide medical corporation information to a person who conducts surveys, academic research or analysis that contributes to ensuring the medical care delivery system, or other surveys, academic research or analysis that have considerable public interest in being conducted with the provision of medical corporation information (excluding those conducted for use in the advertisement or publicity of specific goods or services).
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to provide medical corporation information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister must hear the opinions of the Social Security Council in advance.
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