# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十条の七 (Article 30-7)

- 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: 第三十条の七 (Article 30-7) — address `art-30-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7
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### 第三十条の七
<sup>art-30-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7</sup>

  **第一項**  医療提供施設の開設者、管理者及び設置者は、医療計画の達成の推進に資するため、医療連携体制の構築のために必要な協力をするよう努めるものとする。
  <sup>art-30-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-1</sup>
  Establishers, administrators and founders of medical institutions are to endeavor to cooperate as necessary in the construction of the medical care coordination system, in order to contribute to the implementation of the medical care plan.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  医療提供施設のうち次の各号に掲げるものの開設者及び管理者は、前項の必要な協力をするに際しては、良質かつ適切な医療を効率的に提供するため、他の医療提供施設との業務の連携を図りつつ、それぞれ当該各号に定める役割を果たすよう努めるものとする。
  <sup>art-30-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-2</sup>
  Establishers and administrators of medical institutions listed in the following items, when providing the necessary cooperation set forth in the preceding paragraph, are to endeavor to fulfill the roles prescribed in the respective items, while coordinating their operations with those of other medical institutions, in order to efficiently provide high-quality and appropriate medical care:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Organizers and administrators of medical institutions listed in the following items, when providing the necessary cooperation set forth in the preceding paragraph, are to endeavor to fulfill the roles prescribed in the respective items, while coordinating their operations with those of other medical institutions, in order to efficiently provide high-quality and appropriate medical care:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

    **一**  病院　病床の機能に応じ、地域における病床の機能の分化及び連携の推進に協力し、地域において必要な医療を確保すること。
    <sup>art-30-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-2/item-1</sup>
    hospitals:To secure necessary medical care in the community by cooperating in the promotion of differentiation and coordination of the bed functions in the community, according to the bed functions; and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  病床を有する診療所　その提供する医療の内容に応じ、患者が住み慣れた地域で日常生活を営むことができるよう、次に掲げる医療の提供その他の地域において必要な医療を確保すること。
    <sup>art-30-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-2/item-2</sup>
    clinics with beds:To provide the following medical care and ensure other necessary medical care in the community so that patients can lead their daily lives in their familiar communities, according to the content of the medical care they provide:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "clinics with beds:To provide the following medical care and ensure other necessary medical care in the community so that patients can lead their daily lives in their familiar communities, according to the content of the medical care they provide;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

      **イ**  病院を退院する患者が居宅等における療養生活に円滑に移行するために必要な医療を提供すること。
      <sup>art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-1</sup>
      to provide medical care necessary for patients discharged from hospitals to make a smooth transition to in-home medical treatment;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ロ**  居宅等において必要な医療を提供すること。
      <sup>art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-2</sup>
      to provide necessary in-home medical care; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **ハ**  患者の病状が急変した場合その他入院が必要な場合に入院させ、必要な医療を提供すること。
      <sup>art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-2/item-2/sub-3</sup>
      to hospitalize patients and provide them with necessary medical care when their condition suddenly changes or otherwise when hospitalization is necessary.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  病院又は診療所の管理者は、医療計画の達成の推進に資するため、居宅等において医療を提供し、又は福祉サービスとの連携を図りつつ、居宅等における医療の提供に関し必要な支援を行うよう努めるものとする。
  <sup>art-30-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-3</sup>
  Administrators of hospitals or clinics are to provide in-home medical care, and are to seek cooperation with welfare services and endeavor to give the necessary support for the provision of in-home medical care, in order to contribute to the implementation of the medical care plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Organizers and administrators of hospitals are to provide in-home medical care, and are to seek cooperation with welfare services and endeavor to give the necessary support for the provision of in-home medical care, in order to contribute to the implementation of the medical care plan." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

  **第四項**  病院の開設者及び管理者は、医療計画の達成の推進に資するため、当該病院の医療業務に差し支えない限り、その建物の全部又は一部、設備、器械及び器具を当該病院に勤務しない医師、歯科医師又は薬剤師の診療、研究又は研修のために利用させるように努めるものとする。
  <sup>art-30-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-4</sup>
  Establishers and administrators of hospitals are to endeavor to allow the use of all or parts of the hospital's buildings, equipment, instruments, and tools by physicians, dentists, or pharmacists who do not work at the relevant hospital in their practice, research, or training, provided there is no hindrance to the medical care services of the relevant hospital, in order to contribute to the implementation of the medical care plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Organizers and administrators of hospitals are to endeavor to allow the use of all or parts of the hospital's buildings, equipment, instruments, and tools by physicians, dentists, or pharmacists who do not work at the relevant hospital in their practice, research, or training, provided there is no hindrance to the medical care services of the relevant hospital, in order to contribute to the implementation of the medical care plan." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-30-7/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の七第一項 (Article 30-7, paragraph (1)), art-30-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 第三十条の七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7/par-2
- 医療法 附則第三条第二項（診療所の療養病床以外の病床に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 30-7, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 30-7, paragraph (2), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 30-7, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 30-7, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-003, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19