# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条 (Article 6)

- 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: 第六条 (Article 6) — address `art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6
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### 第六条
<sup>art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  国の開設する病院、診療所及び助産所並びに国の設置するオンライン診療受診施設に関しては、この法律の規定の適用について、政令で特別の定めをすることができる。
<sup>art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6/par-1</sup>
The applicability of the provisions of this Act to hospitals, clinics, and birthing centers established by the national government and to facilities for receiving online medical care founded by the national government may be prescribed separately by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch medical-care-act-20261019T144711-001, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19