# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の八 (Article 6-8) - 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: 第六条の八 (Article 6-8) — address `art-6-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8 - 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. --- ### 第六条の八 art-6-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8 **第一項** 都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長又は特別区の区長は、医業、歯科医業若しくは助産師の業務又は病院、診療所、助産所若しくはオンライン診療受診施設に関する広告が第六条の五第一項から第三項まで又は前二条の規定に違反しているおそれがあると認めるときは、当該広告をした者に対し、必要な報告を命じ、又は当該職員に、当該広告をした者の事務所に立ち入り、当該広告に関する文書その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-6-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-1 If a prefectural governor, a mayor of a city with a public health center, or a mayor of a special ward of Tokyo finds that there is a risk that an advertisement related to a medical practice, a dental practice, or midwifery services, or to a hospital, clinic, birthing center or facility for receiving online medical care violates the provisions of Article 6-5, paragraphs (1) through (3) or the preceding two Articles, the governor or mayor may order the party that placed the relevant advertisement to report as required, or may have the relevant official enter the offices of the party that placed the relevant advertisement, and inspect documents or other articles related to the relevant advertisement. machine translation, not official **第二項** 都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長又は特別区の区長は、医業、歯科医業若しくは助産師の業務又は病院、診療所、助産所若しくはオンライン診療受診施設に関する広告が第六条の五第二項若しくは第三項、第六条の七第二項若しくは第三項又は前条の規定に違反していると認める場合には、当該広告をした者に対し、期限を定めて、当該広告を中止し、又はその内容を是正すべき旨を命ずることができる。 art-6-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-2 If a prefectural governor, a mayor of a city with a public health center, or a mayor of a special ward of Tokyo finds that an advertisement related to a medical practice, a dental practice, or midwifery services, or to a hospital, clinic, birthing center or facility for receiving online medical care violates the provisions of Article 6-5, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 6-7, paragraph (2) or (3), or the preceding Article, the governor or mayor may order the party that placed the relevant advertisement to discontinue the relevant advertisement or correct its contents by a set deadline. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定によつて立入検査をする当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、かつ、関係人の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-6-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-3 An official who enters and inspects pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must carry a certificate for identification and present it when requested by the concerned parties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 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-6-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-4 The authority granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be construed as being approved for a criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The authority granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not be construed as being approved for a criminal investigation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb --- ## Cites - art-6-8/par-1: 第六条の五第一項から第三項まで → 医療法 第六条の五第一項 (Article 6-5, paragraph (1)), art-6-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-1 - art-6-8/par-1: 第六条の五第一項から第三項まで → 医療法 第六条の五第二項 (Article 6-5, paragraph (2)), art-6-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-2 - art-6-8/par-1: 第六条の五第一項から第三項まで → 医療法 第六条の五第三項 (Article 6-5, paragraph (3)), art-6-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-3 - art-6-8/par-1: 前二条 → 医療法 第六条の七 (Article 6-7), art-6-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7 - art-6-8/par-1: 前二条 → 医療法 第六条の七の二 (Article 6-7-2), art-6-7-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7-2 - art-6-8/par-2: 第六条の五第二項 → 医療法 第六条の五第二項 (Article 6-5, paragraph (2)), art-6-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-2 - art-6-8/par-2: 第三項 → 医療法 第六条の五第三項 (Article 6-5, paragraph (3)), art-6-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-3 - art-6-8/par-2: 第六条の七第二項 → 医療法 第六条の七第二項 (Article 6-7, paragraph (2)), art-6-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-2 - art-6-8/par-2: 第三項 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3)), art-6-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3 - art-6-8/par-2: 前条 → 医療法 第六条の七の二 (Article 6-7-2), art-6-7-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7-2 - art-6-8/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の八第一項 (Article 6-8, paragraph (1)), art-6-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-1 - art-6-8/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の八第一項 (Article 6-8, paragraph (1)), art-6-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六条の八第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-3 - 医療法 第六条の八第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-4 - 医療法 第二十五条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-25/par-5 - 医療法 第六十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-63/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-63/par-2 - 医療法 第七十条の二十第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-20/par-1 - 医療法 第八十七条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-87/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87/par-1/item-3 - 医療法 第八十九条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-89/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-89/par-1/item-2 - 医療法 附則第四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-4/par-2 --- ## 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 6-8, paragraph (4) — 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