# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百四十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 143)

- 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: 第百四十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 143) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-143`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-143
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-143
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### 第百四十三条
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-143 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-143 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-143</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、評価等業務の適正な運営を確保するために必要があると認めるときは、医療機関勤務環境評価センターに対し、評価等業務若しくは資産の状況に関し必要な報告を命じ、又は当該職員に、医療機関勤務環境評価センターの事務所に立ち入り、評価等業務の状況若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-1</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary in order to ensure the proper operation of evaluation services, etc., the minister may order the medical institution work environment evaluation center to make necessary reports on the status of the evaluation services, etc. or assets, or have the relevant officials enter the office of the medical institution work environment evaluation center and inspect the status of the evaluation services, etc. or books, documents or other objects.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第六条の二十四第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の規定による立入検査について準用する。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 6-24, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the entry and inspection under the preceding paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2: 第六条の二十四第二項 → 医療法 第六条の二十四第二項 (Article 6-24, paragraph (2)), art-6-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-2
- suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2: 第三項 → 医療法 第六条の二十四第三項 (Article 6-24, paragraph (3)), art-6-24/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-24/par-3
- suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百四十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 143, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 附則第百四十三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-143/par-2
- 医療法 附則第百四十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-146/par-1
- 医療法 附則第百四十九条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-149/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-149/par-1/item-3

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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-20261019T151250-014, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
