# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百六十九条の三 (Article 169-3)

- 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: 第百六十九条の三 (Article 169-3) — address `art-169-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第百六十九条の三
<sup>art-169-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169-3</sup>

**第一項**  法人（法人でない社団又は財団で代表者又は管理人の定めがあるもの（以下この条において「人格のない社団等」という。）を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の代表者（人格のない社団等の管理人を含む。）又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関して、第百六十七条の二、第百六十七条の三、第百六十八条第三項又は第百六十九条第三号の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても、各本条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-169-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169-3/par-1</sup>
If the representatives of a corporation (including an association or foundation that is not a corporation but for which a representative or an administrator has been designated (hereinafter referred to as an "association or foundation without legal personality" in this Article); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) (including the administrator of an association or foundation without legal personality) or the agents, employees, or other workers of a corporation or individual commit a violation of Article 167-2, Article 167-3, Article 168, paragraph (3) or Article 169, item (iii) in connection with the business of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation or individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  人格のない社団等について前項の規定の適用がある場合には、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につき当該人格のない社団等を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
<sup>art-169-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169-3/par-2</sup>
Where the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without juridical personality, its representatives or administrators represent the association or foundation without juridical personality with respect to its procedural act, and the provisions of laws concerning criminal procedure that are applicable in the case where a corporation is accused or suspected apply mutatis mutandis.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-169-3/par-1: この条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十九条の三 (Article 169-3), art-169-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169-3
- art-169-3/par-1: この項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十九条の三第一項 (Article 169-3, paragraph (1)), art-169-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169-3/par-1
- art-169-3/par-1: 第百六十七条の二 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十七条の二 (Article 167-2), art-167-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-167-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-167-2
- art-169-3/par-1: 第百六十七条の三 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十七条の三 (Article 167-3), art-167-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-167-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-167-3
- art-169-3/par-1: 第百六十八条第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十八条第三項 (Article 168, paragraph (3)), art-168/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-168/par-3
- art-169-3/par-1: 第百六十九条第三号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十九条第一項第三号 (Article 169, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-169/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169/par-1/item-3
- art-169-3/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十九条の三第一項 (Article 169-3, paragraph (1)), art-169-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169-3/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十九条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169-3/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十九条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-169-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-169-3/par-2

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## Sources

- 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
- 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
