# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72) - 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72)（保険医又は保険薬剤師の責務） — address `art-72` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-72 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十二条（保険医又は保険薬剤師の責務） — (Responsibilities of Physicians Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacists Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-72 **第一項** 保険医療機関において診療に従事する保険医又は保険薬局において調剤に従事する保険薬剤師は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、健康保険の診療又は調剤に当たらなければならない。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-72/par-1 A physician providing health insurance treatment at a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions at a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance must provide medical care or prescription services covered by health insurance pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 保険医療機関において診療に従事する保険医又は保険薬局において調剤に従事する保険薬剤師は、前項（第八十五条第九項、第八十五条の二第五項、第八十六条第四項、第百十条第七項及び第百四十九条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によるほか、この法律以外の医療保険各法又は高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律による診療又は調剤に当たるものとする。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-72/par-2 A physician providing health insurance treatment at a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions at a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance is to be in charge of medical care or prescription pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (including when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (4), Article 110, paragraph (7), and Article 149) and pursuant to medical insurance laws other than this act and the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-72/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-72/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第八十五条第九項 → 健康保険法 第八十五条第九項 (Article 85, paragraph (9)), art-85/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-85/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-85/par-9 - art-72/par-2: 第八十五条の二第五項 → 健康保険法 第八十五条の二第五項 (Article 85-2, paragraph (5)), art-85-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-85-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-85-2/par-5 - art-72/par-2: 第八十六条第四項 → 健康保険法 第八十六条第四項 (Article 86, paragraph (4)), art-86/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-86/par-4 - art-72/par-2: 第百十条第七項 → 健康保険法 第百十条第七項 (Article 110, paragraph (7)), art-110/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-110/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-110/par-7 - art-72/par-2: 第百四十九条 → 健康保険法 第百四十九条 (Article 149), art-149 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-149 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-149 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第七十条第一項（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70/par-1 - 健康保険法 第七十二条第二項（保険医又は保険薬剤師の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-72/par-2 - 健康保険法 第七十六条第四項（療養の給付に関する費用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-76/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-76/par-4 - 健康保険法 第八十条第一項第一号（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-80/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-80/par-1/item-1 - 健康保険法 第八十一条第一項第一号（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-81/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-81/par-1/item-1 - 健康保険法 第八十二条第一項（社会保険医療協議会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-82/par-1 - 健康保険法 第八十四条第一項（保険者が指定する病院等における療養の給付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-84/par-1 - 健康保険法 第八十五条第九項（入院時食事療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-85/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-85/par-9 - 健康保険法 第八十五条の二第五項（入院時生活療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-85-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-85-2/par-5 - 健康保険法 第八十六条第四項（保険外併用療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-86/par-4 - 健康保険法 第百十条第七項（家族療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-110/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-110/par-7 - 健康保険法 第百四十九条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-149/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-4/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第三条第四項（中央社会保険医療協議会への諮問等に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-3/par-4 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10