# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七十条 (Article 70) - 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: 第七十条 (Article 70)（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の責務） — address `art-70` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-70 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十条（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の責務） — (Responsibilities of Medical Institutions Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance or Pharmacies Providing Services Covered by Health Insurance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70 **第一項** 保険医療機関又は保険薬局は、当該保険医療機関において診療に従事する保険医又は当該保険薬局において調剤に従事する保険薬剤師に、第七十二条第一項の厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、診療又は調剤に当たらせるほか、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、療養の給付を担当しなければならない。 art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70/par-1 A medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance must put physicians providing health insurance treatment who are engaging in medical care at the institution or pharmacists filling health insurance prescriptions who are engaging in prescription at the pharmacy in charge of medical care or prescription pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 72, paragraph (1) and must be responsible for benefits for medical treatment pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 保険医療機関又は保険薬局は、前項（第八十五条第九項、第八十五条の二第五項、第八十六条第四項、第百十条第七項及び第百四十九条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によるほか、船員保険法、国民健康保険法、国家公務員共済組合法（昭和三十三年法律第百二十八号。他の法律において準用し、又は例による場合を含む。）又は地方公務員等共済組合法（以下「この法律以外の医療保険各法」という。）による療養の給付並びに被保険者及び被扶養者の療養並びに高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律による療養の給付、入院時食事療養費に係る療養、入院時生活療養費に係る療養及び保険外併用療養費に係る療養を担当するものとする。 art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70/par-2 Beyond the provisions of the preceding paragraph (including when applied mutatis mutandis to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (4), Article 110, paragraph (7), and Article 149), a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance is responsible for benefits for medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of the Seamen's Insurance Act, National Health Insurance Act, National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958; including when this is applied mutatis mutandis to other laws and the same rule governs), or Local Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (hereinafter referred to as "medical insurance laws other than this act") as well as medical treatment for insured persons and dependents, benefits for medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, and treatment pertaining to dietary treatment expenses for inpatients, living support expenses for inpatients, and medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond the provisions of the preceding item (including when applied mutatis mutandis to Article 85, paragraph (9), Article 85-2, paragraph (5), Article 86, paragraph (4), Article 110, paragraph (7), and Article 149), a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance is responsible for benefits for medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of the Seamen's Insurance Act, National Health Insurance Act, National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958; including when this is applied mutatis mutandis to other laws and the same rule governs), or Local Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (hereinafter referred to as "medical insurance laws other than this act") as well as medical treatment for insured persons and dependents, benefits for medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, and treatment pertaining to dietary treatment expenses for inpatients, living support expenses for inpatients, and medical expenses combined with treatment outside insurance coverage." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb **第三項** 保険医療機関のうち医療法第四条の二に規定する特定機能病院その他の病院であって厚生労働省令で定めるものは、患者の病状その他の患者の事情に応じた適切な他の保険医療機関を当該患者に紹介することその他の保険医療機関相互間の機能の分担及び業務の連携のための措置として厚生労働省令で定める措置を講ずるものとする。 art-70/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-70/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70/par-3 A medical institution providing services covered by health insurance which is an advanced treatment hospital prescribed by Article 4-2 of the Medial Care Act or otherwise specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is to take measures specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as measures for sharing functions and for operational cooperation between medical institutions providing services covered by health insurance, for instance, by referring patients to medical institutions providing services covered by health insurance appropriate for the patients' symptoms or other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 保険医療機関又は保険薬局は、感染症の予防及び感染症の患者に対する医療に関する法律第六条第七項に規定する新型インフルエンザ等感染症その他の感染症に関する同法第三十七条第一項各号に掲げる医療その他必要な医療の実施について、国又は地方公共団体が講ずる措置に協力するものとする。 art-70/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-70/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70/par-4 A medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance is to cooperate with measures taken by the national government or a local government for the provision of the medical care listed in the items of Article 37, paragraph (1) of that Act and other necessary medical care concerning pandemic influenza or similar infectious disease prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases and other infectious diseases. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-70/par-1: 第七十二条第一項 → 健康保険法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-72/par-1 - art-70/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70/par-1 - art-70/par-2: 第八十五条第九項 → 健康保険法 第八十五条第九項 (Article 85, paragraph (9)), art-85/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-85/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-85/par-9 - art-70/par-2: 第八十五条の二第五項 → 健康保険法 第八十五条の二第五項 (Article 85-2, paragraph (5)), art-85-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-85-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-85-2/par-5 - art-70/par-2: 第八十六条第四項 → 健康保険法 第八十六条第四項 (Article 86, paragraph (4)), art-86/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-86/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-86/par-4 - art-70/par-2: 第百十条第七項 → 健康保険法 第百十条第七項 (Article 110, paragraph (7)), art-110/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-110/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-110/par-7 - art-70/par-2: 第百四十九条 → 健康保険法 第百四十九条 (Article 149), art-149 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-149 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-149 - art-70/par-3: 医療法第四条の二 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000205, 第四条の二 (Article 4-2), art-4-2 — not held in this collection - art-70/par-4: 感染症の予防及び感染症の患者に対する医療に関する法律第六条第七項 → e-Gov law 410AC0000000114, 第六条第七項 (Article 6, paragraph (7)), art-6/par-7 — not held in this collection - art-70/par-4: 同法第三十七条第一項 → e-Gov law 410AC0000000114, 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第七十条第二項（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70/par-2 - 健康保険法 第七十六条第四項（療養の給付に関する費用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-76/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-76/par-4 - 健康保険法 第八十条第一項第三号（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-80/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-80/par-1/item-3 - 健康保険法 第八十二条第一項（社会保険医療協議会への諮問） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-82/par-1 - 健康保険法 第八十四条第一項（保険者が指定する病院等における療養の給付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-84/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 - 健康保険法 附則第十条第一項（郵政会社等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-10/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-4/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-18/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第三条第四項（中央社会保険医療協議会への諮問等に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-3/par-4 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act (健康保険法), Article 70, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-002, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10