# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) - 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22) — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条 art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22 **第一項** 地域医療支援病院は、前条第一項（第九号を除く。）に定めるもののほか、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、次に掲げる施設を有し、かつ、記録を備えて置かなければならない。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1 Beyond the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (excluding item (ix)), a regional medical care support hospital is to have the following facilities and must prepare the following records, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 集中治療室 art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-1 an intensive care unit; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 診療に関する諸記録 art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-2 records concerning medical treatment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 病院の管理及び運営に関する諸記録 art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-3 records concerning the management and operation of the hospital; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 化学、細菌及び病理の検査施設 art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-4 chemical, bacteriological, and pathological inspection facilities; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 病理解剖室 art-22/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-5 an autopsy room; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 研究室 art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-6 a laboratory; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 講義室 art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-7 a lecture room; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 図書室 art-22/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-8 a library; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **九** その他厚生労働省令で定める施設 art-22/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22/par-1/item-9 other facilities as prescribed by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-21/par-1 - art-22/par-1: 第九号 → 医療法 第二十一条第一項第九号 (Article 21, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-21/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-21/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-21/par-1/item-9 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-4/par-1/item-5 - 医療法 第四条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-4/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-4/par-1/item-6 - 医療法 第十六条の二第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-16-2/par-1/item-4 - 医療法 第十六条の二第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-16-2/par-1/item-5 - 医療法 第二十二条の二第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22-2/par-1/item-5 - 医療法 第二十二条の三第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22-3/par-1/item-5 - 医療法 第二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-23/par-1 - 医療法 第二十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24/par-1 - 医療法 第八十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-89/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-89/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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