# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第八十三条 (Article 83)

- 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: 第八十三条 (Article 83)（処分に対する弁明の機会の付与） — address `art-83`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-83
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-83
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### 第八十三条（処分に対する弁明の機会の付与） — (Granting Opportunities to Explain Dispositions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-83</sup>

    **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、保険医療機関に係る第六十三条第三項第一号の指定をしないこととするとき、若しくはその申請に係る病床の全部若しくは一部を除いて指定（指定の変更を含む。）を行おうとするとき、若しくは保険薬局に係る同号の指定をしないこととするとき、又は保険医若しく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、当該医療機関若しくは薬局の開設者又は当該保険医若しくは保険薬剤師に対し、弁明の機会を与えなければならない。この場合においては、あらかじめ、書面で、弁明をすべき日時、場所及びその事由を通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-83/par-1</sup>
    When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare determines not to make a designation referred to in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i) pertaining to a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, determines to make a designation excluding all or some of the beds pertaining to that medical institution's application (including an alternation of such a designation), or determines not to make a designation referred to in the same item pertaining to a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance, or a registration referred to in Article 64 pertaining to a physician providing health insurance treatment or pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions, the Minister must grant the establisher of the medical institution or pharmacy, or the physician or pharmacist, an opportunity to hear an explanation. In this case, the Minister must give notification of the date, time, and place for the explanation and the circumstances thereof in writing, in advance.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-83/par-1: 第六十三条第三項第一号 → 健康保険法 第六十三条第三項第一号 (Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-63/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-63/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-63/par-3/item-1
- art-83/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

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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