# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十条の十八 (Article 70-18) - 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: 第七十条の十八 (Article 70-18) — address `art-70-18` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18 - 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. --- ### 第七十条の十八 art-70-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18 **第一項** 第五十四条の九（第一項及び第二項を除く。）の規定は、地域医療連携推進法人の定款の変更について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「都道府県知事」とあるのは「認定都道府県知事（第七十条の八第三項に規定する認定都道府県知事をいう。次項及び第五項において同じ。）」と、同条第四項中「都道府県知事」とあるのは「認定都道府県知事」と、「第四十五条第一項に規定する事項及び」とあるのは「当該申請に係る地域医療連携推進法人（第七十条の五第一項に規定する地域医療連携推進法人をいう。）の資産が第七十条の十において読み替えて準用する第四十一条の要件に該当しているかどうか及び変更後の定款の内容が法令の規定に違反していないかどうか並びに」と、同条第五項中「都道府県知事」とあるのは「認定都道府県知事」と読み替えるものとする。 art-70-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-1 The provisions of Article 54-9 (excluding paragraphs (1) and (2)) apply mutatis mutandis to the change of the articles of incorporation of a regional medical coordination promotion corporation. In this case, the term "prefectural governor" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is replaced with "prefectural governor having granted approval (meaning the prefectural governor having granted approval prescribed in Article 70-8, paragraph (3); the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (5))", the term "prefectural governor" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is replaced with "prefectural governor having granted approval", the term "particulars prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (1) and" is replaced with "whether the assets of the regional medical coordination promotion corporation (meaning the regional medical coordination promotion corporation prescribed in Article 70-5, paragraph (1)) pertaining to the relevant application meet the requirements set forth in Article 41 as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 70-10, whether the content of the articles of incorporation after change does not violate the provisions of laws and regulations, and", and the term "prefectural governor" in paragraph (5) of the same Article is replaced with "prefectural governor having granted approval". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 認定都道府県知事は、前項において読み替えて準用する第五十四条の九第三項の認可（前条第六号に掲げる事項その他の厚生労働省令で定める重要な事項に係るものに限る。以下この項において同じ。）をし、又は認可をしない処分をするに当たつては、あらかじめ、都道府県医療審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-70-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-2 A prefectural governor having granted approval, when giving the approval set forth in Article 54-9, paragraph (3) (limited to the approval pertaining to the particulars listed in item (vi) of the preceding Article and other important particulars specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms in accordance with the preceding paragraph or making a disposition not to give the approval, must hear the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-70-18/par-1: 第五十四条の九 → 医療法 第五十四条の九 (Article 54-9), art-54-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9 - art-70-18/par-1: 第一項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第一項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (1)), art-54-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-1 - art-70-18/par-1: 第二項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第二項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (2)), art-54-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-2 - art-70-18/par-1: 同条第三項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第三項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (3)), art-54-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-3 - art-70-18/par-1: 第七十条の八第三項 → 医療法 第七十条の八第三項 (Article 70-8, paragraph (3)), art-70-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-3 - art-70-18/par-1: 次項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第四項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (4)), art-54-9/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-4 - art-70-18/par-1: 第五項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第五項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (5)), art-54-9/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-5 - art-70-18/par-1: 第四十五条第一項 → 医療法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-45/par-1 - art-70-18/par-1: 第七十条の五第一項 → 医療法 第七十条の五第一項 (Article 70-5, paragraph (1)), art-70-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5/par-1 - art-70-18/par-1: 第七十条の十 → 医療法 第七十条の十 (Article 70-10), art-70-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-10 - art-70-18/par-1: 第四十一条 → 医療法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-41 - art-70-18/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第七十条の十八第一項 (Article 70-18, paragraph (1)), art-70-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-1 - art-70-18/par-2: 第五十四条の九第三項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第三項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (3)), art-54-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-3 - art-70-18/par-2: 前条第六号 → 医療法 第七十条の十七第一項第六号 (Article 70-17, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-70-17/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-17/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-17/par-1/item-6 - art-70-18/par-2: この項 → 医療法 第七十条の十八第二項 (Article 70-18, paragraph (2)), art-70-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第七十条の十八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-2 - 医療法 第九十三条第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-93/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-93/par-1/item-7 --- ## 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