# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第一条の三 (Article 1-3)

- Law: 医療法 (Medical Care Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百五号
- English title "Medical Care 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: 第一条の三 (Article 1-3) — address `art-1-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-1-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-3
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### 第一条の三
<sup>art-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-1-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-3</sup>

**第一項**  国及び地方公共団体は、前条に規定する理念に基づき、国民に対し良質かつ適切な医療を効率的に提供する体制が確保されるよう努めなければならない。
<sup>art-1-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-1-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-3/par-1</sup>
The national and local governments must endeavor to ensure a system that will efficiently provide high quality and well-suited medical care to the people based on the concepts provided in the preceding Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-1-3/par-1: 前条 → 医療法 第一条の二 (Article 1-2), art-1-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医療法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19