Article 150-2Use or Provision of Anonymized Medical Care-Related Information to Improve the Health of the People
第百五十条の二（国民保健の向上のための匿名診療等関連情報の利用又は提供）
In order to contribute to improving the health of the people, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may use anonymized medical care-related information (meaning medical care-related information processed in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare so as to make it impossible to identify a specific insured person or other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to whom the medical care-related information pertains (referred to as "the person themselves" in the following Article) and to restore the medical care-related information used in producing it; the same applies hereinafter), or may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, provide it to a person listed in the following items who conducts the business specified respectively in those items as business found to have considerable public interest in being conducted upon receipt of anonymized medical care-related information:
other administrative organs of the national government and local governments: surveys concerning the planning and drafting of policies that contribute to the provision of appropriate health and medical services;
国の他の行政機関及び地方公共団体 適正な保健医療サービスの提供に資する施策の企画及び立案に関する調査
universities and other research institutions: research on the causes of diseases and on methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating diseases, and other research on the improvement and promotion of public health;
大学その他の研究機関 疾病の原因並びに疾病の予防、診断及び治療の方法に関する研究その他の公衆衛生の向上及び増進に関する研究
private business operators and other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: analysis contributing to research and development in the medical field and other business specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding that conducted for use in advertising or promoting specific goods or services).
民間事業者その他の厚生労働省令で定める者 医療分野の研究開発に資する分析その他の厚生労働省令で定める業務（特定の商品又は役務の広告又は宣伝に利用するために行うものを除く。）
When using or providing information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may use the anonymized medical care-related information concerned in linkage with the anonymized medical insurance-related information prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, the anonymized long-term care insurance-related information prescribed in Article 118-3, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, or other information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or provide it in a state in which it can be used in linkage with such information.
厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による利用又は提供を行う場合には、当該匿名診療等関連情報を高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条の二第一項に規定する匿名医療保険等関連情報、介護保険法第百十八条の三第一項に規定する匿名介護保険等関連情報その他の厚生労働省令で定めるものと連結して利用し、又は連結して利用することができる状態で提供することができる。
When intending to provide anonymized medical care-related information pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of the Social Security Council in advance.