A general incorporated association that has as its members the following persons (excluding persons engaged in a business for profit; hereinafter referred to as "participating corporations, etc." in this Chapter) and persons specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as persons necessary for efficiently providing high-quality and appropriate medical care in the region, and that has the purpose of establishing policies for promoting coordination of operations pertaining to a hospital, clinic, long-term care health facility, or integrated facility for medical and long-term care (hereinafter referred to as "hospital, etc." in this Chapter) (hereinafter referred to as the "medical coordination promotion policy" in this Chapter) and performing medical coordination promotion operations may obtain approval from the governor of the prefecture to which the area to promote the relevant coordination specified in the articles of incorporation (hereinafter referred to as "medical coordination promotion area") belongs (in the case where the relevant medical coordination promotion area extends over two or more prefectures, any one of these prefectures):
次に掲げる者（営利を目的とする事業を営む者を除く。以下この章において「参加法人等」という。）及び地域において良質かつ適切な医療を効率的に提供するために必要な者として厚生労働省令で定める者を社員とし、かつ、病院、診療所、介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院（以下この章において「病院等」という。）に係る業務の連携を推進するための方針（以下この章において「医療連携推進方針」という。）を定め、医療連携推進業務を行うことを目的とする一般社団法人は、定款において定める当該連携を推進する区域（以下「医療連携推進区域」という。）の属する都道府県（当該医療連携推進区域が二以上の都道府県にわたる場合にあつては、これらの都道府県のいずれか一の都道府県）の知事の認定を受けることができる。
a corporation that establishes a hospital, etc. in the medical coordination promotion area; or
a corporation that establishes or manages in the medical coordination promotion area a facility or office related to nursing care business (meaning business that provides welfare services or health and medical services to persons with physical or mental disabilities that hinder them from performing daily activities, including care for bathing, excretion, meals, etc., functional training, nursing care and medical treatment management, and other services, to enable them to lead self-reliant daily lives according to their abilities) and other businesses that contribute to the establishment of a community-based integrated care system (hereinafter referred to as "nursing care business, etc." in this Chapter);
医療連携推進区域において、介護事業（身体上又は精神上の障害があることにより日常生活を営むのに支障がある者に対し、入浴、排せつ、食事等の介護、機能訓練、看護及び療養上の管理その他のその者の能力に応じ自立した日常生活を営むことができるようにするための福祉サービス又は保健医療サービスを提供する事業をいう。）その他の地域包括ケアシステムの構築に資する事業（以下この章において「介護事業等」という。）に係る施設又は事業所を開設し、又は管理する法人
a person (excluding corporations) that establishes a hospital, etc. in the medical coordination promotion area; or
a person (excluding corporations) that establishes or manages a facility or office related to nursing care business, etc. in the medical coordination promotion area.
The medical coordination promotion operations set forth in the preceding paragraph means the following operations and other operations performed for the purpose of promoting coordination of operations pertaining to a hospital, etc. in accordance with the medical coordination promotion policy:
training to improve the qualities of medical care professionals;
医療従事者の資質の向上を図るための研修
supplying medicines, medical equipment and other supplies necessary for operations pertaining to a hospital, etc.; and
病院等に係る業務に必要な医薬品、医療機器その他の物資の供給
fund lending and other support specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as support for raising funds necessary for a participating corporation, etc. (excluding the persons listed in items (iii) and (iv) of the preceding paragraph) to perform operations pertaining to a hospital, etc.
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