# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の四の二 (Article 6-4-2)

- 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: 第六条の四の二 (Article 6-4-2) — address `art-6-4-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-2
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### 第六条の四の二
<sup>art-6-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-2</sup>

  **第一項**  第三十条の十八の四第二項の規定による確認を受けた病院又は診療所であつて、同項の厚生労働省令で定める要件に該当する体制を有するもの（他の病院又は診療所と相互に連携して同項に規定する当該機能を確保する場合を含む。）の管理者は、同条第一項に規定する継続的な医療を要する者に対して居宅等において必要な医療の提供をする場合その他外来医療を提供するに当たつて説明が特に必要な場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合であつて、当該継続的な医療を要する者又はその家族からの求めがあつたときは、正当な理由がある場合を除き、電磁的方法その他の厚生労働省令で定める方法により、その診療を担当する医師又は歯科医師により、当該継続的な医療を要する者又はその家族に対し、次に掲げる事項の適切な説明が行われるよう努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-6-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-2/par-1</sup>
  The administrator of a hospital or clinic that has received confirmation pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-18-4, paragraph (2) and has a system that meets the requirements specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under that paragraph (including where it ensures the relevant function prescribed in that paragraph in mutual cooperation with another hospital or clinic) must endeavor to ensure that, in the case where it provides necessary medical care at home, etc. to a person requiring continuous medical care prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article, or in any other case specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a case in which an explanation is particularly necessary in providing outpatient medical care, and a request has been made by the person requiring continuous medical care or their family, the physician or dentist in charge of the person's care gives the person requiring continuous medical care or their family an appropriate explanation of the following particulars, by electronic or magnetic means or any other method specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, unless there is a justifiable reason:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  疾患名
    <sup>art-6-4-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the name of the disease;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  治療に関する計画
    <sup>art-6-4-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the plan for treatment;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  当該病院又は診療所の名称、住所及び連絡先
    <sup>art-6-4-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the name, address and contact information of the relevant hospital or clinic; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **四**  その他厚生労働省令で定める事項
    <sup>art-6-4-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
    other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-6-4-2/par-1: 第三十条の十八の四第二項 → 医療法 第三十条の十八の四第二項 (Article 30-18-4, paragraph (2)), art-30-18-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-18-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-4/par-2
- art-6-4-2/par-1: 同条第一項 → 医療法 第三十条の十八の四第一項 (Article 30-18-4, paragraph (1)), art-30-18-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-18-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-4/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T144711-001, translated 2026-10-20
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch medical-care-act-20261019T144711-001, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19