# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の四の三 (Article 6-4-3) - 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: 第六条の四の三 (Article 6-4-3) — address `art-6-4-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3 - 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. --- ### 第六条の四の三 art-6-4-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3 **第一項** 助産所の管理者（出張のみによつてその業務に従事する助産師にあつては当該助産師。次項において同じ。）は、妊婦又は産婦（以下この条及び第十九条第二項において「妊婦等」という。）の助産を行うことを約したときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該妊婦等の助産を担当する助産師により、次に掲げる事項を記載した書面の当該妊婦等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。 art-6-4-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1 The administrator of a birthing center (or in the case of a midwife who only does house calls, the relevant midwife; the same applies in the following paragraph), when the administrator has promised to provide midwifery services to a pregnant woman or a woman in labor (hereinafter referred to as "pregnant woman, etc." in this Article and Article 19, paragraph (2)), must ensure, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that the midwife in charge of providing midwifery services to the relevant pregnant woman, etc. delivers a document stating the following information and provides appropriate explanation to the relevant pregnant woman, etc. or her family: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The administrator of a birthing center (or in the case of a midwife who only does house calls, the relevant midwife; the same applies in the following paragraph), when the administrator has promised to provide midwifery services to a pregnant woman or a woman in labor (hereinafter referred to as "pregnant woman, etc." in this Article and Article 19, paragraph (2)), must ensure, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that the midwife in charge of providing midwifery services to the relevant pregnant woman, etc. delivers a document stating the following information and provides appropriate explanation to the relevant pregnant woman, etc. or her family;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb **一** 妊婦等の氏名及び生年月日 art-6-4-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-1 the name and date of birth of the pregnant woman, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該妊婦等の助産を担当する助産師の氏名 art-6-4-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-2 the name of the midwife who is in charge of providing midwifery services to the relevant pregnant woman, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該妊婦等の助産及び保健指導に関する方針 art-6-4-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-3 policies concerning midwifery and health guidance for the relevant pregnant woman, etc.; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 当該助産所の名称、住所及び連絡先 art-6-4-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-4 the name, address and contact information of the relevant birthing center; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the name, address and contact information of the relevant birthing center.;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb **五** 当該妊婦等の異常に対応する病院又は診療所の名称、住所及び連絡先 art-6-4-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-5 the name, address and contact information of the hospital or clinic that responds to the abnormality of the relevant pregnant woman, etc.; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** その他厚生労働省令で定める事項 art-6-4-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1/item-6 other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第二項** 助産所の管理者は、妊婦等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-6-4-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-2 In lieu of delivering the documents as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the administrator of a birthing center, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, 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 pregnant woman, etc. or her family. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-4-3/par-1: 次項 → 医療法 第六条の四の三第二項 (Article 6-4-3, paragraph (2)), art-6-4-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-2 - art-6-4-3/par-1: この条 → 医療法 第六条の四の三 (Article 6-4-3), art-6-4-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3 - art-6-4-3/par-1: 第十九条第二項 → 医療法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19/par-2 - art-6-4-3/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の四の三第一項 (Article 6-4-3, paragraph (1)), art-6-4-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5/par-1 - 医療法 第六条の四の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-1 - 医療法 第六条の四の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-4-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-4-3/par-2 - 医療法 附則第二条第一項（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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 6-4-3, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 6-4-3, paragraph (1), item (iv) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19