# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の二十四 (Article 6-24) - 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: 第六条の二十四 (Article 6-24) — address `art-6-24` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24 - 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. --- ### 第六条の二十四 art-6-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、調査等業務の適正な運営を確保するために必要があると認めるときは、医療事故調査・支援センターに対し、調査等業務若しくは資産の状況に関し必要な報告を命じ、又は当該職員に、医療事故調査・支援センターの事務所に立ち入り、調査等業務の状況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-6-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary in order to ensure the proper operation of investigation services, etc., the minister may order the medical accident investigation and support center to make necessary reports on the status of the investigation services, etc. or assets, or have the relevant officials enter the office of the medical accident investigation and support center and inspect the status of the investigation services, etc. or books, documents or other objects. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により立入検査をする職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、かつ、関係人にこれを提示しなければならない。 art-6-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-2 The official who enters and inspects under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry a certificate for identification and present it to the persons concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-6-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-3 The authority under the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for the purpose of criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-24/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の二十四第一項 (Article 6-24, paragraph (1)), art-6-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-1 - art-6-24/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の二十四第一項 (Article 6-24, paragraph (1)), art-6-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六条の二十四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-2 - 医療法 第六条の二十四第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-3 - 医療法 第三十八条の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-38-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-6/par-2 - 医療法 第八十八条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-88/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-88/par-1/item-3 - 医療法 附則第百四十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2 --- ## 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