# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十条の十六 (Article 30-16) - 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: 第三十条の十六 (Article 30-16) — address `art-30-16` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-16 - 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. --- ### 第三十条の十六 art-30-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-16 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、医療計画において定める地域医療構想の達成を推進するために必要な事項について、協議の場における協議が調わないときその他の厚生労働省令で定めるときは、構想区域等における医療機関機能等報告対象病院等（第七条の二第一項各号に掲げる者が開設するものに限る。）の開設者又は管理者に対し、都道府県医療審議会の意見を聴いて、病床の機能区分のうち、当該構想区域等に係る構想区域における病床の機能区分に応じた既存の病床数が、医療計画において定める当該構想区域における将来の病床数の必要量に達していないものに係る医療を提供することその他必要な措置をとるべきことを指示することができる。 art-30-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-16/par-1 The prefectural governor, when no agreement is reached through consultation at the place of consultation on particulars necessary to promote the achievement of the regional medical care vision specified in the medical care plan, or when otherwise specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may instruct the establisher or administrator of a hospital, etc. subject to a report on medical institution functions, etc. (limited to those established by the persons listed in the items of Article 7-2, paragraph (1)) in the vision area, etc. to provide medical care pertaining to those of the functional classifications of beds for which the number of existing beds according to the functional classification of beds in the vision area pertaining to the relevant vision area, etc. has not reached the future requirements for the number of beds in the relevant vision area specified in the medical care plan, and to take other necessary measures, after hearing the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定は、医療計画において定める地域医療構想の達成の推進のため特に必要がある場合において、第七条の二第一項各号に掲げる者以外の者が開設する医療機関機能等報告対象病院等について準用する。この場合において、前項中「指示する」とあるのは、「要請する」と読み替えるものとする。 art-30-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-16/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a hospital, etc. subject to a report on medical institution functions, etc. established by a person other than those listed in the items of Article 7-2, paragraph (1), when it is especially necessary for promoting the achievement of the regional medical care vision specified in the medical care plan. In this case, the term "instruct" in the preceding paragraph is replaced with "request". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-30-16/par-1: 第七条の二第一項 → 医療法 第七条の二第一項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1)), art-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-1 - art-30-16/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の十六第一項 (Article 30-16, paragraph (1)), art-30-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-16/par-1 - art-30-16/par-2: 第七条の二第一項 → 医療法 第七条の二第一項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1)), art-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第二十九条第三項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-3/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-3/item-8 - 医療法 第二十九条第四項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-4/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-4/item-8 - 医療法 第三十条の十四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-14/par-1 - 医療法 第三十条の十六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-16/par-2 - 医療法 第三十条の十七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-17/par-1 - 医療法 第三十条の十八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18/par-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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-005, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T220618-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19