# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十条の十八の二 (Article 30-18-2)

- 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: 第三十条の十八の二 (Article 30-18-2) — address `art-30-18-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三十条の十八の二
<sup>art-30-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2</sup>

  **第一項**  医療機関機能等報告対象病院等であつて外来医療を提供するもの（以下この条において「外来機能報告対象病院等」という。）の管理者は、地域における外来医療に係る病院及び診療所の機能の分化及び連携の推進のため、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事項を当該外来機能報告対象病院等の所在地の都道府県知事に報告しなければならない。
  <sup>art-30-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1</sup>
  The administrator of a hospital, etc. subject to a report on medical institution functions, etc. that provides outpatient medical care (hereinafter referred to as a "hospital, etc. subject to a report on outpatient functions" in this Article) must, in order to promote the differentiation and coordination of the functions of hospitals and clinics relating to outpatient medical care in the region, report the following particulars to the prefectural governor of the location of the hospital, etc. subject to a report on outpatient functions, pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  当該外来機能報告対象病院等において提供する外来医療のうち、その提供に当たつて医療従事者又は医薬品、医療機器その他の医療に関する物資を重点的に活用するものとして厚生労働省令で定める外来医療に該当するものの内容
    <sup>art-30-18-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the details of the outpatient medical care provided at the hospital, etc. subject to a report on outpatient functions that falls under the outpatient medical care specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as medical care in providing which medical care professionals or pharmaceuticals, medical devices and other supplies related to medical care are intensively utilized;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  当該外来機能報告対象病院等が地域において前号の厚生労働省令で定める外来医療を提供する基幹的な病院又は診療所としての役割を担う意向を有する場合は、その旨
    <sup>art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
    in the case where the hospital, etc. subject to a report on outpatient functions intends to play, in the region, the role of a core hospital or clinic that provides the outpatient medical care specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under the preceding item, that fact; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  その他厚生労働省令で定める事項
    <sup>art-30-18-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
    other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  都道府県知事は、外来機能報告対象病院等の管理者が前項（第二号に係る部分を除く。）の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたときは、期間を定めて、当該外来機能報告対象病院等の開設者に対し、当該管理者をしてその報告を行わせ、又はその報告の内容を是正させることを命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-30-18-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-2</sup>
  If the administrator of a hospital, etc. subject to a report on outpatient functions fails to make a report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (excluding the part pertaining to item (ii)) or has made a false report, the prefectural governor may order the establisher of the relevant hospital, etc. subject to a report on outpatient functions to have the relevant administrator give the relevant report or correct the details of the relevant report within a period that the governor prescribes.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  第三十条の十三第三項、第四項及び第六項の規定は、第一項の規定による報告について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「医療機関機能等報告対象病院等」とあるのは「外来機能報告対象病院等」と、同条第六項中「前項」とあるのは「第三十条の十八の二第二項」と、「医療機関機能等報告対象病院等」とあるのは「外来機能報告対象病院等」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-30-18-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 30-13, paragraphs (3), (4) and (6) apply mutatis mutandis to a report under the provisions of paragraph (1). In this case, the term "hospital, etc. subject to a report on medical institution functions, etc." in paragraph (3) of that Article is replaced with "hospital, etc. subject to a report on outpatient functions", and the term "preceding paragraph" in paragraph (6) of that Article is replaced with "Article 30-18-2, paragraph (2)", and "hospital, etc. subject to a report on medical institution functions, etc." with "hospital, etc. subject to a report on outpatient functions".
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-30-18-2/par-1: この条 → 医療法 第三十条の十八の二 (Article 30-18-2), art-30-18-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2
- art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第一項第一号 (Article 30-18-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-30-18-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-1
- art-30-18-2/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第一項 (Article 30-18-2, paragraph (1)), art-30-18-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1
- art-30-18-2/par-2: 第二号 → 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第一項第二号 (Article 30-18-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2
- art-30-18-2/par-3: 第三十条の十三第三項 → 医療法 第三十条の十三第三項 (Article 30-13, paragraph (3)), art-30-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-13/par-3
- art-30-18-2/par-3: 第四項 → 医療法 第三十条の十三第四項 (Article 30-13, paragraph (4)), art-30-13/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-13/par-4
- art-30-18-2/par-3: 第六項 → 医療法 第三十条の十三第六項 (Article 30-13, paragraph (6)), art-30-13/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-13/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-13/par-6
- art-30-18-2/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第一項 (Article 30-18-2, paragraph (1)), art-30-18-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1
- art-30-18-2/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の十三第五項 (Article 30-13, paragraph (5)), art-30-13/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-13/par-5
- art-30-18-2/par-3: 第三十条の十八の二第二項 → 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第二項 (Article 30-18-2, paragraph (2)), art-30-18-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-2

## Cited by

11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第二十九条第三項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-3/item-3
- 医療法 第二十九条第四項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-4/item-3
- 医療法 第三十条の三の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-3-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-3-2/par-2
- 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1
- 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-1/item-2
- 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-2
- 医療法 第三十条の十八の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-2/par-3
- 医療法 第三十条の十八の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-3/par-1/item-1
- 医療法 第三十条の十八の三第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-3/par-1/item-2
- 医療法 第三十条の十八の五第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-5/par-1/item-2
- 医療法 第九十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-92/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-005, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
