Article 16-2Use or Provision of Anonymized Medical Data to Improve People's Health
第十六条の二（国民保健の向上のための匿名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供）
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, in order to contribute to the improvement of national health, use anonymized medical data (meaning medical insurance-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 or other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare pertaining to the medical insurance-related information (referred to as "the person themselves" in the following Article) and to restore the medical insurance-related information used to prepare it; the same applies hereinafter), or may provide it, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 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 receiving the provision of anonymized medical data.
other national administrative organs 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 institutes:research on the causes of diseases and methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 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:analyses that contribute to research and development in the medical field and other services specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding those carried out for the purpose of using them in the advertisement or promotion of 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。）
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when using or providing information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may use the anonymized medical data, etc. in a way that links it to anonymized medical data, etc. provided for in Article 150-2, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act, anonymized long-term care insurance data, etc. provided for in Article 118-3, paragraph (1), Long-Term Care Insurance Act, and other data specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or provide the anonymized medical data, etc. in a way that allows it to be used in a way that links it to other data.
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、当該匿名医療保険等関連情報を健康保険法第百五十条の二第一項に規定する匿名診療等関連情報及び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。
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to provide anonymized medical data pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister must hear the opinion of the Social Security Council in advance.
厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定により匿名医療保険等関連情報を提供しようとする場合には、あらかじめ、社会保障審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
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