# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百六十一条の三 (Article 161-3) - Law: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 (Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People), 昭和五十七年法律第八十号 - English title "Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百六十一条の三 (Article 161-3)（報告及び検査） — address `art-161-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-3 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百六十一条の三（報告及び検査） — (Reports and Inspections) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-161-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-3 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第五項及び第六項の規定による措置に関し必要があると認めるときは、その必要と認められる範囲内において、同条第三項若しくは第四項の規定に違反していると認めるに足りる相当の理由がある者に対し、必要な事項に関し報告を求め、又は当該職員に当該者の事務所若しくは事業所に立ち入つて質問させ、若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-161-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-3/par-1 On finding that it is necessary to do so in connection with a measure under the provisions of paragraph (5) or (6) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, within the scope of what is found to be necessary, may ask a person that there are reasonable grounds to find to be in violation of the provisions of paragraph (3) or (4) of that Article to report on the necessary particulars, and may have the relevant officials enter the office or place of business of that person and ask questions or inspect its books, documents, and any other articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第十六条の七第二項の規定は前項の規定による質問又は検査について、同条第三項の規定は前項の規定による権限について、それぞれ準用する。 art-161-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-3/par-2 The provisions of Article 16-7, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to questions and inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority granted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-161-3/par-1: 前条第五項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十一条の二第五項 (Article 161-2, paragraph (5)), art-161-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-2/par-5 - art-161-3/par-1: 第六項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十一条の二第六項 (Article 161-2, paragraph (6)), art-161-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-2/par-6 - art-161-3/par-1: 同条第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十一条の二第三項 (Article 161-2, paragraph (3)), art-161-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-2/par-3 - art-161-3/par-1: 第四項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十一条の二第四項 (Article 161-2, paragraph (4)), art-161-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-2/par-4 - art-161-3/par-2: 第十六条の七第二項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の七第二項 (Article 16-7, paragraph (2)), art-16-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-7/par-2 - art-161-3/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十一条の三第一項 (Article 161-3, paragraph (1)), art-161-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-3/par-1 - art-161-3/par-2: 同条第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の七第三項 (Article 16-7, paragraph (3)), art-16-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-7/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十一条の三第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-161-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-161-3/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十九条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169/par-1/item-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/357AC0000000080/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 209 — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19