# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第六十四条 (Article 64)

- Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号
- English title "Health Insurance 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: 第六十四条 (Article 64)（保険医又は保険薬剤師） — address `art-64`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-64
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-64
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### 第六十四条（保険医又は保険薬剤師） — (Physicians Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacists Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-64</sup>

    **第一項**  保険医療機関において健康保険の診療に従事する医師若しくは歯科医師又は保険薬局において健康保険の調剤に従事する薬剤師は、厚生労働大臣の登録を受けた医師若しくは歯科医師（以下「保険医」と総称する。）又は薬剤師（以下「保険薬剤師」という。）でなければならない。
    <sup>art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-64/par-1</sup>
    A physician or dentist engaged in medical treatment covered by health insurance at a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacist engaged in prescription covered by health insurance at a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance must be a physician or dentist registered by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter collectively referred to as a "physician providing health insurance treatment") or a pharmacist registered by the Minister (hereinafter referred to as a "pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions").
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1
- 健康保険法 第五十八条第二項（不正利得の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-58/par-2
- 健康保険法 第六十九条第一項（保険医療機関又は保険薬局のみなし指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-69/par-1
- 健康保険法 第七十一条第一項（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-1
- 健康保険法 第七十一条第二項（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2
- 健康保険法 第七十一条第二項第一号（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-1
- 健康保険法 第七十一条第三項（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-3
- 健康保険法 第七十一条第四項（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-4
- 健康保険法 第八十一条第一項（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-81/par-1
- 健康保険法 第八十二条第二項（社会保険医療協議会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-82/par-2
- 健康保険法 第八十三条第一項（処分に対する弁明の機会の付与） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-83/par-1
- 健康保険法 第八十五条第九項（入院時食事療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-85/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-85/par-9
- 健康保険法 第八十五条の二第五項（入院時生活療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-85-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-85-2/par-5
- 健康保険法 第八十六条第四項（保険外併用療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-86/par-4
- 健康保険法 第百十条第七項（家族療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-110/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-110/par-7
- 健康保険法 第百四十九条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-149/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10
- This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10
