# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の十九 (Article 6-19)

- 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: 第六条の十九 (Article 6-19) — address `art-6-19`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-19
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-19
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### 第六条の十九
<sup>art-6-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-19</sup>

  **第一項**  医療事故調査・支援センターは、毎事業年度、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、調査等業務に関し事業計画書及び収支予算書を作成し、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
  <sup>art-6-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-19/par-1</sup>
  Each business year, the medical accident investigation and support center, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must prepare a business plan and a budget for income and expenditure with respect to the investigation services, etc. and obtain the approval from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies when the medical accident investigation and support center intends to change the relevant business plan and budget.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  医療事故調査・支援センターは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、毎事業年度終了後、調査等業務に関し事業報告書及び収支決算書を作成し、厚生労働大臣に提出しなければならない。
  <sup>art-6-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-19/par-2</sup>
  The medical accident investigation and support center, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must prepare and submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare a business report and a statement of income and expenditure with respect to the investigation services, etc. after the end of each business year.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4261-83/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4261-83/art-7/par-1

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## Sources

- 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
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
