# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十条の二十三 (Article 70-23) - 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: 第七十条の二十三 (Article 70-23) — address `art-70-23` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-23 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-23 - 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. --- ### 第七十条の二十三 art-70-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-23 **第一項** 第六十六条の二及び第六十七条の規定は、地域医療連携推進法人について準用する。この場合において、第六十六条の二中「第六十四条第一項及び第二項、第六十四条の二第一項、第六十五条並びに前条第一項」とあるのは「第七十条の二十において読み替えて準用する第六十四条第一項及び第二項並びに第七十条の二十一第一項及び第二項」と、「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。第六十七条第一項及び第三項において同じ。）」と、第六十七条第一項中「都道府県知事」とあるのは「認定都道府県知事」と、「第四十四条第一項、第五十五条第六項、第五十八条の二第四項（第五十九条の二において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第六十条の三第四項（第六十一条の三において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）」とあるのは「医療連携推進認定をしない処分若しくは第七十条の十五において読み替えて準用する第五十五条第六項」と、「第六十四条第二項」とあるのは「第七十条の二十において読み替えて準用する第六十四条第二項」と、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」と読み替えるものとする。 art-70-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-23/par-1 The provisions of Article 66-2 and Article 67 apply mutatis mutandis to a regional medical coordination promotion corporation. In this case, the term "Article 64, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 64-2, paragraph (1), Article 65, and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in Article 66-2 is replaced with "Article 64, paragraphs (1) and (2) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 70-20 and Article 70-21, paragraphs (1) and (2) ", and the term "prefectural governor" 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 Article 67, paragraphs (1) and (3))", the term "prefectural governor" in Article 67, paragraph (1) is replaced with "prefectural governor having granted approval", the term "Article 44, paragraph (1), Article 55, paragraph (6), Article 58-2, paragraph (4) (including cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 59-2), or Article 60-3, paragraph (4) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 61-3)" is replaced with "disposition of not granting approval for medical coordination promotion or Article 55, paragraph (6) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 70-15", the term "Article 64, paragraph (2)" is replaced with "Article 64, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 70-20", and the term "prefectural governor" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is replaced with "prefectural governor having granted approval". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-70-23/par-1: 第六十六条の二 → 医療法 第六十六条の二 (Article 66-2), art-66-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66-2 - art-70-23/par-1: 第六十七条 → 医療法 第六十七条 (Article 67), art-67 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67 - art-70-23/par-1: 第六十四条第一項 → 医療法 第六十四条第一項 (Article 64, paragraph (1)), art-64/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-1 - art-70-23/par-1: 第二項 → 医療法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-2 - art-70-23/par-1: 第六十四条の二第一項 → 医療法 第六十四条の二第一項 (Article 64-2, paragraph (1)), art-64-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64-2/par-1 - art-70-23/par-1: 第六十五条 → 医療法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-65 - art-70-23/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66/par-1 - art-70-23/par-1: 第七十条の二十 → 医療法 第七十条の二十 (Article 70-20), art-70-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-20 - art-70-23/par-1: 第七十条の二十一第一項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第一項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (1)), art-70-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1 - art-70-23/par-1: 第二項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第二項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (2)), art-70-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2 - art-70-23/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-70-23/par-1: 第六十七条第一項 → 医療法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-1 - art-70-23/par-1: 第三項 → 医療法 第六十七条第三項 (Article 67, paragraph (3)), art-67/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-3 - art-70-23/par-1: 第四十四条第一項 → 医療法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-1 - art-70-23/par-1: 第五十五条第六項 → 医療法 第五十五条第六項 (Article 55, paragraph (6)), art-55/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-55/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-55/par-6 - art-70-23/par-1: 第五十八条の二第四項 → 医療法 第五十八条の二第四項 (Article 58-2, paragraph (4)), art-58-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-58-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-58-2/par-4 - art-70-23/par-1: 第五十九条の二 → 医療法 第五十九条の二 (Article 59-2), art-59-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-59-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-59-2 - art-70-23/par-1: 第六十条の三第四項 → 医療法 第六十条の三第四項 (Article 60-3, paragraph (4)), art-60-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-60-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-60-3/par-4 - art-70-23/par-1: 第六十一条の三 → 医療法 第六十一条の三 (Article 61-3), art-61-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-61-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-3 - art-70-23/par-1: 第七十条の十五 → 医療法 第七十条の十五 (Article 70-15), art-70-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-15 --- ## 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