# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の十三 (Article 6-13)

- Law: 医療法 (Medical Care Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百五号
- English title "Medical Care 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: 第六条の十三 (Article 6-13) — address `art-6-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13
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### 第六条の十三
<sup>art-6-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13</sup>

  **第一項**  都道府県、保健所を設置する市及び特別区（以下この条及び次条において「都道府県等」という。）は、第六条の九に規定する措置を講ずるため、次に掲げる事務を実施する施設（以下「医療安全支援センター」という。）を設けるよう努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-6-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1</sup>
  Prefectures, cities with public health centers, and special wards (hereinafter referred to as "prefectures, etc." in this Article and the following Article) must endeavor to provide facilities (hereinafter such a facility is referred to as a "medical care safety support center") for the implementation of the following operations, in order to undertake the measures provided for in Article 6-9:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  患者又はその家族からの当該都道府県等の区域内に所在する病院等における医療に関する苦情に対応し、又は相談に応ずるとともに、当該患者若しくはその家族又は当該病院等の管理者に対し、必要に応じ、助言を行うこと。
    <sup>art-6-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1/item-1</sup>
    handling complaints and responding to queries from patients or their families concerning medical care at the hospitals, etc. situated within the boundaries of the relevant prefecture, etc., and giving advice as required to the relevant patients or their families and the administrators of the relevant hospitals, etc.;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  当該都道府県等の区域内に所在する病院等の開設者若しくは管理者若しくは従業者又は患者若しくはその家族若しくは住民に対し、医療の安全の確保に関し必要な情報の提供を行うこと。
    <sup>art-6-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1/item-2</sup>
    providing information as required to ensure safety in medical care to the establishers, administrators, and employees of the hospitals, etc. situated within the boundaries of the relevant prefecture, etc., patients or their families, or citizens;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "providing information as required to ensure safety in medical care to the organizers, administrators, and employees of the hospitals, etc. situated within the boundaries of the relevant prefecture, etc., patients or their families, or citizens;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

    **三**  当該都道府県等の区域内に所在する病院等の管理者又は従業者に対し、医療の安全に関する研修を実施すること。
    <sup>art-6-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1/item-3</sup>
    implementing training on safety in medical care for the administrators and employees of the hospitals, etc. situated within the boundaries of the relevant prefecture, etc.; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  前三号に掲げるもののほか、当該都道府県等の区域内における医療の安全の確保のために必要な支援を行うこと。
    <sup>art-6-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1/item-4</sup>
    providing support beyond that listed in the preceding three items as required to ensure safety in medical care within the boundaries of the relevant prefecture, etc.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  都道府県等は、前項の規定により医療安全支援センターを設けたときは、その名称及び所在地を公示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-6-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-2</sup>
  When a medical care safety support center has been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefecture, etc. must provide public notice of its name and location.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  都道府県等は、一般社団法人、一般財団法人その他の厚生労働省令で定める者に対し、医療安全支援センターにおける業務を委託することができる。
  <sup>art-6-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-3</sup>
  A prefecture, etc. may entrust the operations of a medical care safety support center to a general incorporated association, general incorporated foundation, or to another party prescribed by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  医療安全支援センターの業務に従事する職員（前項の規定により委託を受けた者（その者が法人である場合にあつては、その役員）及びその職員を含む。）又はその職にあつた者は、正当な理由がなく、その業務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
  <sup>art-6-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-4</sup>
  Personnel (including parties to whom operations have been entrusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (and their officers in the case that such a party is a corporation) and their personnel) who are or have been engaged in the operations of a medical care safety support center must not divulge any secret acquired in relation to the relevant operations without justifiable grounds.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-6-13/par-1: この条 → 医療法 第六条の十三 (Article 6-13), art-6-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13
- art-6-13/par-1: 次条 → 医療法 第六条の十四 (Article 6-14), art-6-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-14
- art-6-13/par-1: 第六条の九 → 医療法 第六条の九 (Article 6-9), art-6-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-9
- art-6-13/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 医療法 第六条の十三第一項第一号 (Article 6-13, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-6-13/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1/item-1
- art-6-13/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 医療法 第六条の十三第一項第二号 (Article 6-13, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-6-13/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1/item-2
- art-6-13/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 医療法 第六条の十三第一項第三号 (Article 6-13, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-6-13/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1/item-3
- art-6-13/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の十三第一項 (Article 6-13, paragraph (1)), art-6-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1
- art-6-13/par-4: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の十三第三項 (Article 6-13, paragraph (3)), art-6-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-3

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第六条の十三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1
- 医療法 第六条の十三第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-1/item-4
- 医療法 第六条の十三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-2
- 医療法 第六条の十三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-13/par-4
- 医療法 第八十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-86/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医療法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 6-13, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19