# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十条の四 (Article 70-4)

- 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: 第七十条の四 (Article 70-4) — address `art-70-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4
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### 第七十条の四
<sup>art-70-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4</sup>

  **第一項**  次のいずれかに該当する一般社団法人は、医療連携推進認定を受けることができない。
  <sup>art-70-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1</sup>
  A general incorporated association that falls under any of the following is not eligible to receive approval for medical coordination promotion:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  その理事及び監事のうちに、次のいずれかに該当する者があるもの
    <sup>art-70-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1</sup>
    any of its directors and auditors falls under any of the following:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **イ**  地域医療連携推進法人（次条第一項に規定する地域医療連携推進法人をいう。）が第七十条の二十一第一項又は第二項の規定により医療連携推進認定を取り消された場合において、その取消しの原因となつた事実があつた日以前一年内に当該地域医療連携推進法人の業務を行う理事であつた者でその取消しの日から五年を経過しないもの
      <sup>art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-1</sup>
      in the case where a regional medical coordination promotion corporation (which means a regional medical coordination promotion corporation prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article) has had its approval for medical coordination promotion rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 70-21, paragraph (1) or (2), a person who was a director engaged in the operations of the relevant regional medical coordination promotion corporation within one year prior to the day on which the fact that caused the rescission occurred and for whom five years have not yet elapsed from the day of the rescission;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  この法律その他保健医療又は社会福祉に関する法律で政令で定めるものの規定により罰金以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から起算して五年を経過しない者
      <sup>art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-2</sup>
      a person sentenced to a fine or severer punishment pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws concerning healthcare or social welfare that are specified by a Cabinet Order for whom five years have not passed from the day on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the sentence became no longer applicable;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ハ**  拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は刑の執行を受けることがなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者
      <sup>art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-3</sup>
      a person sentenced to imprisonment or severer punishment for whom five years have not passed from the day on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the sentence became no longer applicable;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **ニ**  暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十七号）第二条第六号に規定する暴力団員（以下この号において「暴力団員」という。）又は暴力団員でなくなつた日から五年を経過しない者（第三号において「暴力団員等」という。）
      <sup>art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4</sup>
      a person who is a member of an organized crime group prescribed in item (vi) of Article 2 of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members (Act No. 77 of 1991) (hereinafter referred to as an "organized crime group member" in this item) or a person for whom five years have not passed from the day on which the person ceased to be an organized crime group member (referred to as an "organized crime group member, etc." in item (iii));
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第七十条の二十一第一項又は第二項の規定により医療連携推進認定を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しないもの
    <sup>art-70-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-2</sup>
    a general incorporated association which has had its approval for medical coordination promotion rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 70-21, paragraph (1) or (2) and for which five years have not passed from the date of such rescission; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  暴力団員等がその事業活動を支配するもの
    <sup>art-70-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-3</sup>
    a general incorporated association whose business activities are controlled by an organized crime group member, etc.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-1: 次条第一項 → 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-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-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-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-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-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4: 暴力団員による不当な行為の防止等に関する法律（平成三年法律第七十七号）第二条第六号 → e-Gov law 403AC0000000077, 第二条第一項第六号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-2/par-1/item-6 — not held in this collection
- art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4: この号 → 医療法 第七十条の四第一項第一号 (Article 70-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1
- art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4: 第三号 → 医療法 第七十条の四第一項第三号 (Article 70-4, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-70-4/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-3
- art-70-4/par-1/item-2: 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-70-4/par-1/item-2: 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

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第七十条の四第一項第一号ニ — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-4
- 医療法 第七十条の二十一第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1/item-1

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## 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-20261019T151250-009, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19