# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第十六条の二 (Article 16-2)

- Law: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 (Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People), 昭和五十七年法律第八十号
- English title "Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People": 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: 第十六条の二 (Article 16-2)（国民保健の向上のための匿名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — address `art-16-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十六条の二（国民保健の向上のための匿名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — (Use or Provision of Anonymized Medical Data to Improve People's Health)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、国民保健の向上に資するため、匿名医療保険等関連情報（医療保険等関連情報に係る特定の被保険者その他の厚生労働省令で定める者（次条において「本人」という。）を識別すること及びその作成に用いる医療保険等関連情報を復元することができないようにするために厚生労働省令で定める基準に従い加工した医療保険等関連情報をいう。以下同じ。）を利用し、又は厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、次の各号に掲げる者であつて、匿名医療保険等関連情報の提供を受けて行うことについて相当の公益性を有すると認められる業務としてそれぞれ当該各号に定めるものを行うものに提供することができる。
  <sup>art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-1</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, in order to contribute to the improvement of national health, use anonymized medical data (meaning medical insurance-related information processed in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare so as to make it impossible to identify a specific insured or other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare pertaining to the medical insurance-related information (referred to as "the person themselves" in the following Article) and to restore the medical insurance-related information used to prepare it; the same applies hereinafter), or may provide it, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to a person listed in the following items who conducts the business specified respectively in those items as business found to have considerable public interest in being conducted upon receiving the provision of anonymized medical data.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  国の他の行政機関及び地方公共団体　適正な保健医療サービスの提供に資する施策の企画及び立案に関する調査
    <sup>art-16-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
    other national administrative organs and local governments:surveys concerning the planning and drafting of policies that contribute to the provision of appropriate health and medical services;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  大学その他の研究機関　疾病の原因並びに疾病の予防、診断及び治療の方法に関する研究その他の公衆衛生の向上及び増進に関する研究
    <sup>art-16-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
    universities and other research institutes:research on the causes of diseases and methods of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, and other research on the improvement and promotion of public health;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  民間事業者その他の厚生労働省令で定める者　医療分野の研究開発に資する分析その他の厚生労働省令で定める業務（特定の商品又は役務の広告又は宣伝に利用するために行うものを除く。）
    <sup>art-16-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
    private business operators and other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:analyses that contribute to research and development in the medical field and other services specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding those carried out for the purpose of using them in the advertisement or promotion of specific goods or services).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による利用又は提供を行う場合には、当該匿名医療保険等関連情報を健康保険法第百五十条の二第一項に規定する匿名診療等関連情報及び介護保険法第百十八条の三第一項に規定する匿名介護保険等関連情報その他の厚生労働省令で定めるものと連結して利用し、又は連結して利用することができる状態で提供することができる。
  <sup>art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-2</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when using or providing information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may use the anonymized medical data, etc. in a way that links it to anonymized medical data, etc. provided for in Article 150-2, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act, anonymized long-term care insurance data, etc. provided for in Article 118-3, paragraph (1), Long-Term Care Insurance Act, and other data specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or provide the anonymized medical data, etc. in a way that allows it to be used in a way that links it to other data.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when using or providing information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may use the anonymized medical data, etc. in a way that links it to anonymized medical data, etc. provided for in Article 150-2, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act, anonymized long-term care insurance data, etc. provided for in Article 118-3, paragraph (1), Long-Term Care Insurance Act, and other data specified by Order of the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or provide the anonymized medical data, etc. in a way that allows it to be used in a way that links it to other data." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb</sup>

  **第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定により匿名医療保険等関連情報を提供しようとする場合には、あらかじめ、社会保障審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
  <sup>art-16-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-3</sup>
  If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to provide anonymized medical data pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister must hear the opinion of the Social Security Council in advance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-16-2/par-1: 次条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の三 (Article 16-3), art-16-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-3
- art-16-2/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), art-16-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-1
- art-16-2/par-2: 健康保険法第百五十条の二第一項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条の二第一項 (Article 150-2, paragraph (1)), art-150-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-1
- art-16-2/par-2: 介護保険法第百十八条の三第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十八条の三第一項 (Article 118-3, paragraph (1)), art-118-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-1
- art-16-2/par-3: 第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), art-16-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 第百十八条の三第二項（国民の保健医療の向上及び福祉の増進のための匿名介護保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-2
- 健康保険法 第百五十条の二第二項（国民保健の向上のための匿名診療等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の二第二項（国民保健の向上のための匿名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の二第三項（国民保健の向上のための匿名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-3
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の三第一項（照合等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-3/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十七条第一項（機構等への委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-17/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十七条の二第一項（手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-17-2/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律, written 2026-10-19
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/357AC0000000080/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 16-2, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T112331-001, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19