# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の四 (Article 6-4) - 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: 第六条の四 (Article 6-4) — address `art-6-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4 - 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. --- ### 第六条の四 art-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4 **第一項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、患者を入院させたときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該患者の診療を担当する医師又は歯科医師により、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面の作成並びに当該患者又はその家族への交付及びその適切な説明が行われるようにしなければならない。ただし、患者が短期間で退院することが見込まれる場合その他の厚生労働省令で定める場合は、この限りでない。 art-6-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-1 When a patient has been admitted, the administrator of a hospital or clinic must have the physician or dentist responsible for their treatment prepare documents describing the following information, deliver them to the relevant patient or their family, and give an appropriate explanation thereof, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that this does not apply where the patient is expected to be discharged from the hospital in a short period of time or where prescribed by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 患者の氏名、生年月日及び性別 art-6-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-1/item-1 the name, date of birth, and gender of the patient; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該患者の診療を主として担当する医師又は歯科医師の氏名 art-6-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-1/item-2 the name of the physician or dentist primarily responsible for the relevant patient's treatment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 入院の原因となつた傷病名及び主要な症状 art-6-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-1/item-3 the name of the illness and major symptoms leading to hospitalization; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 入院中に行われる検査、手術、投薬その他の治療（入院中の看護及び栄養管理を含む。）に関する計画 art-6-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-1/item-4 a plan for examinations, surgeries, medication, and other treatments to be undertaken during hospitalization (including nursing and dietary management during hospitalization); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その他厚生労働省令で定める事項 art-6-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-1/item-5 other particulars as prescribed by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、患者又はその家族の承諾を得て、前項の書面の交付に代えて、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものにより提供することができる。 art-6-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-2 In lieu of delivering the documents as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the administrator of a hospital or clinic, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may provide the particulars that should be stated in the relevant documents by electronic or magnetic means specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, with the consent of the patient or their family. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、患者を退院させるときは、退院後の療養に必要な保健医療サービス又は福祉サービスに関する事項を記載した書面の作成、交付及び適切な説明が行われるよう努めなければならない。 art-6-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-3 When a patient is being discharged from the hospital, the administrator of the relevant hospital or clinic must endeavor to have documents that describe the particulars related to health and medical services or welfare services that will be necessary for their treatment after being discharged from the hospital prepared, delivered, and appropriately explained. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、第一項の書面の作成に当たつては、当該病院又は診療所に勤務する医師、歯科医師、薬剤師、看護師その他の従業者の有する知見を十分に反映させるとともに、当該書面に記載された内容に基づき、これらの者による有機的な連携の下で入院中の医療が適切に提供されるよう努めなければならない。 art-6-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-4 In preparing the documents as set forth in paragraph (1), the administrator of a hospital or clinic must endeavor to properly reflect the opinions of the physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and other employees who work at the relevant hospital or clinic, and to appropriately provide medical care during hospitalization through organic coordination between these parties, based on the contents of the relevant documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、第三項の書面の作成に当たつては、当該患者の退院後の療養に必要な保健医療サービス又は福祉サービスを提供する者との連携が図られるよう努めなければならない。 art-6-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-5 In preparing the documents set forth in paragraph (3), the administrator of a hospital or clinic must endeavor to seek cooperation with providers of the health and medical services or welfare services that are necessary for the relevant patient's treatment after the patient is discharged from the hospital. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-4/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の四第一項 (Article 6-4, paragraph (1)), art-6-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-1 - art-6-4/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の四第一項 (Article 6-4, paragraph (1)), art-6-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-1 - art-6-4/par-5: 第三項 → 医療法 第六条の四第三項 (Article 6-4, paragraph (3)), art-6-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-2 - 医療法 第六条の四第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-4 - 医療法 第六条の四第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4/par-5 - 医療法 第六条の五第三項第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-3/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-3/item-12 - 医療法 附則第四条第一項（入院中の医療に関する書面の作成及び交付等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-4/par-1 --- ## 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