# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第六十八条の二 (Article 68-2)

- Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号
- English title "Health Insurance Act": 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: 第六十八条の二 (Article 68-2)（保険医療機関の期限付指定） — address `art-68-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第六十八条の二（保険医療機関の期限付指定） — Time-Limited Designation of Medical Institutions Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-68-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-68-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-68-2</sup>

    **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、診療所の開設者又は管理者が医療法第三十条の十八の六第六項の規定による都道府県知事の要請を受け、これに応じなかった場合、同条第九項の規定による都道府県知事の勧告を受けた場合又は当該勧告を受け、これに従わなかった場合には、前条第一項の規定にかかわらず、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、第六十三条第三項第一号の指定を行うに当たっては、三年以内の期限を付することができる。
    <sup>art-68-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-68-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-68-2/par-1</sup>
    If the establisher or administrator of a clinic has received a request from the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-18-6, paragraph (6) of the Medical Care Act but did not comply with it, has received a recommendation from the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9) of that Article, or has received that recommendation but did not comply with it, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, attach a time limit of three years or less when making the designation referred to in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定により期限が付された第六十三条第三項第一号の指定については、前条第二項の規定は、適用しない。
    <sup>art-68-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-68-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-68-2/par-2</sup>
    With regard to a designation referred to in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i) to which a time limit has been attached pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article do not apply.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-68-2/par-1: 医療法第三十条の十八の六第六項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000205, 第三十条の十八の六第六項 (Article 30-18-6, paragraph (6)), art-30-18-6/par-6 — not held in this collection
- art-68-2/par-1: 同条第九項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000205, 第三十条の十八の六第九項 (Article 30-18-6, paragraph (9)), art-30-18-6/par-9 — not held in this collection
- art-68-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 健康保険法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-68/par-1
- art-68-2/par-1: 第六十三条第三項第一号 → 健康保険法 第六十三条第三項第一号 (Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-63/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-63/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-63/par-3/item-1
- art-68-2/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第六十八条の二第一項 (Article 68-2, paragraph (1)), art-68-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-68-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-68-2/par-1
- art-68-2/par-2: 第六十三条第三項第一号 → 健康保険法 第六十三条第三項第一号 (Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-63/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-63/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-63/par-3/item-1
- art-68-2/par-2: 前条第二項 → 健康保険法 第六十八条第二項 (Article 68, paragraph (2)), art-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-68/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 第六十八条の二第二項（保険医療機関の期限付指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-68-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-68-2/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-001, translated 2026-10-11
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-002, translated 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10