# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十条の二 (Article 70-2) - 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: 第七十条の二 (Article 70-2) — address `art-70-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十条の二 art-70-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2 **第一項** 前条第一項の認定（以下この章において「医療連携推進認定」という。）を受けようとする一般社団法人は、政令で定めるところにより、医療連携推進方針を添えて、都道府県知事に申請をしなければならない。 art-70-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-1 A general incorporated association that intends to obtain the approval set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "approval for medical coordination promotion" in this Chapter), pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, must apply to the prefectural governor with a medical coordination promotion policy. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 医療連携推進方針には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。 art-70-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2 The medical coordination promotion policy must contain the following particulars: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 医療連携推進区域 art-70-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2/item-1 the medical coordination promotion area; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 参加法人等が医療連携推進区域において開設する病院等（第四項及び第七十条の十一において「参加病院等」という。）相互間の機能の分担及び業務の連携に関する事項 art-70-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2/item-2 particulars concerning the sharing of functions and the coordination of operations among hospitals, etc. established by participating corporations, etc. in the medical coordination promotion area (referred to as "participating hospitals, etc." in paragraph (4) and Article 70-11); machine translation, not official **三** 前号に掲げる事項の目標に関する事項 art-70-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2/item-3 particulars concerning the targets of the particulars listed in the preceding item; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その他厚生労働省令で定める事項 art-70-2/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2/item-4 other particulars specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 医療連携推進区域は、当該医療連携推進区域の属する都道府県の医療計画において定める構想区域を考慮して定めなければならない。 art-70-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-3 A medical coordination promotion area is established by taking into consideration the vision area specified in the medical care plan of the prefecture to which the relevant medical coordination promotion area belongs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 医療連携推進方針には、第二項各号に掲げる事項のほか、参加病院等及び参加介護施設等（参加法人等が医療連携推進区域において開設し、又は管理する介護事業等に係る施設又は事業所をいう。第七十条の十一において同じ。）相互間の業務の連携に関する事項を記載することができる。 art-70-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-4 Beyond the particulars listed in each item of paragraph (2), the medical coordination promotion policy may contain particulars concerning the coordination of operations among participating hospitals, etc. and participating nursing care facilities, etc. (referring to facilities or offices pertaining to nursing care business, etc. established or managed by a participating corporation, etc. in a medical coordination promotion area; the same applies in Article 70-11). machine translation, not official **第五項** 医療連携推進認定の申請に係る医療連携推進区域が二以上の都道府県にわたるときは、当該医療連携推進区域の属する都道府県の知事の協議により、医療連携推進認定に関する事務を行うべき都道府県知事を定めなければならない。この場合において、医療連携推進認定の申請を受けた都道府県知事は、医療連携推進認定の申請をした一般社団法人に対し、医療連携推進認定に関する事務を行う都道府県知事を通知するものとする。 art-70-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-5 When the medical coordination promotion area pertaining to an application for approval for medical coordination promotion extends over two or more prefectures, the prefectural governor who conducts the affairs concerning the approval for medical coordination promotion must be determined through consultation among the governors of the prefectures to which the relevant medical coordination promotion area belongs. In this case, the prefectural governor who has received the application for approval for medical coordination promotion is to notify the general incorporated association that has applied for approval for medical coordination promotion of the prefectural governor who is to conduct the affairs concerning the approval for medical coordination promotion. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-70-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70/par-1 - art-70-2/par-2/item-2: 第四項 → 医療法 第七十条の二第四項 (Article 70-2, paragraph (4)), art-70-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-4 - art-70-2/par-2/item-2: 第七十条の十一 → 医療法 第七十条の十一 (Article 70-11), art-70-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-11 - art-70-2/par-2/item-3: 前号 → 医療法 第七十条の二第二項第二号 (Article 70-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-70-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2/item-2 - art-70-2/par-4: 第二項 → 医療法 第七十条の二第二項 (Article 70-2, paragraph (2)), art-70-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2 - art-70-2/par-4: 第七十条の十一 → 医療法 第七十条の十一 (Article 70-11), art-70-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-11 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六条の五第三項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-3/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-3/item-7 - 医療法 第七十条の二第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2/item-2 - 医療法 第七十条の二第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-2/item-3 - 医療法 第七十条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-4 - 医療法 第七十条の三第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-3/par-1/item-6 - 医療法 第七十条の三第一項第十七号ハ — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-3/par-1/item-17/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-3/par-1/item-17/sub-3 - 医療法 第七十条の八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-1 - 医療法 第七十条の九第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-9/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-008, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19