# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七十一条 (Article 71) - 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: 第七十一条 (Article 71)（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録） — address `art-71` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十一条（保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録） — (Registration of Physicians Providing Health Insurance Treatment or Pharmacists Providing Health Insurance Prescriptions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71 **第一項** 第六十四条の登録は、医師若しくは歯科医師又は薬剤師の申請により行う。 art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-1 Registration under Article 64 is made upon an application by a physician, dentist or pharmacist. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の申請があった場合において、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第六十四条の登録をしないことができる。 art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2 If an application referred to in the preceding paragraph that corresponds to any of the following items is filed, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may not make a registration under Article 64: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 申請者が、この法律の規定により保険医又は保険薬剤師に係る第六十四条の登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しない者であるとき。 art-71/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-1 the applicant is a person whose registration under Article 64 pertaining to physicians providing health insurance treatment or pharmacists filling health insurance prescriptions pursuant to the provisions of this Act has been rescinded and five years have not elapsed from the date of rescission; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 申請者が、この法律その他国民の保健医療に関する法律で政令で定めるものの規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者であるとき。 art-71/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-2 the applicant has been sentenced to a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws pertaining to citizen's health and medical care which are specified by Cabinet Order, and the execution of the sentence has not yet been completed or the execution of the sentence still applies; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 申請者が、拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者であるとき。 art-71/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-3 the applicant has been sentenced to imprisonment or a severer punishment and the execution of the sentence has not been completed or the execution of the sentence still applies; or machine translation, not official **四** 前三号のほか、申請者が、保険医又は保険薬剤師として著しく不適当と認められる者であるとき。 art-71/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-4 beyond what is provided in the preceding three items, the applicant is deemed extremely inappropriate as a physician providing health insurance treatment or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、保険医又は保険薬剤師に係る第六十四条の登録をしないこととするときは、地方社会保険医療協議会の議を経なければならない。 art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-3 If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare determines not to make a registration referred to in Article 64 pertaining to a physician providing health insurance treatment or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions, the Minister must undergo discussion at the relevant local social insurance medical council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項又は第二項に規定するもののほか、保険医及び保険薬剤師に係る第六十四条の登録に関して必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-4 Beyond what is provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2), necessary matters concerning registration referred to in Article 64 pertaining to physicians providing insurance treatment and pharmacists filling insurance prescriptions are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71/par-1: 第六十四条 → 健康保険法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-64 - art-71/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-1 - art-71/par-2: 第六十四条 → 健康保険法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-64 - art-71/par-2/item-1: 第六十四条 → 健康保険法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-64 - art-71/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 健康保険法 第七十一条第二項第一号 (Article 71, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-71/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-1 - art-71/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 健康保険法 第七十一条第二項第二号 (Article 71, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-71/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-2 - art-71/par-2/item-4: 前三号 → 健康保険法 第七十一条第二項第三号 (Article 71, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-71/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-3 - art-71/par-3: 第六十四条 → 健康保険法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-64 - art-71/par-4: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-1 - art-71/par-4: 第二項 → 健康保険法 第七十一条第二項 (Article 71, paragraph (2)), art-71/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2 - art-71/par-4: 第六十四条 → 健康保険法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-64 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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四号（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-71/par-2/item-4 - 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 附則第十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4101-109/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4101-109/art-17/par-1 --- ## 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 - 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