# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十条の十 (Article 30-10) - 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: 第三十条の十 (Article 30-10) — address `art-30-10` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-10 - 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. --- ### 第三十条の十 art-30-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-10 **第一項** 国及び地方公共団体は、医療計画の達成を推進するため、病院又は診療所の不足している地域における病院又は診療所の整備、地域における病床の機能の分化及び連携の推進、医師の確保その他必要な措置を講ずるように努めるものとする。 art-30-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-10/par-1 National government and local governments are to endeavor to undertake any necessary measures, including improving hospitals or clinics in areas with insufficient hospitals or clinics, promoting the differentiation and coordination of the bed functions in the community and ensuring the availability of physicians, in order to promote the fulfillment of medical care plans. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国は、前項に定めるもののほか、都道府県の区域を超えた広域的な見地から必要とされる医療を提供する体制の整備に努めるものとする。 art-30-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-10/par-2 Beyond what is set forth in the preceding paragraph, the national government is to endeavor to improve the system for providing medical care as necessary on a cross-regional level which extends beyond prefectural boundaries. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-30-10/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の十第一項 (Article 30-10, paragraph (1)), art-30-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-10/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第三十条の十第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-10/par-2 --- ## 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