# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の十七 (Article 6-17) - 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: 第六条の十七 (Article 6-17) — address `art-6-17` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17 - 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. --- ### 第六条の十七 art-6-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17 **第一項** 医療事故調査・支援センターは、医療事故が発生した病院等の管理者又は遺族から、当該医療事故について調査の依頼があつたときは、必要な調査を行うことができる。 art-6-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-1 The medical accident investigation and support center may conduct necessary investigations when the administrator of a hospital, etc. where a medical accident has occurred or a bereaved family requests an investigation of the relevant medical accident. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 医療事故調査・支援センターは、前項の調査について必要があると認めるときは、同項の管理者に対し、文書若しくは口頭による説明を求め、又は資料の提出その他必要な協力を求めることができる。 art-6-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-2 When the medical accident investigation and support center finds it necessary to conduct the investigation set forth in the preceding paragraph, it may request the administrator set forth in the same paragraph to provide written or oral explanations or submit materials or other forms of necessary cooperation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の管理者は、医療事故調査・支援センターから前項の規定による求めがあつたときは、これを拒んではならない。 art-6-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-3 The administrator prescribed in paragraph (1) must not refuse a request made by the medical accident investigation and support center pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 医療事故調査・支援センターは、第一項の管理者が第二項の規定による求めを拒んだときは、その旨を公表することができる。 art-6-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-4 When the administrator prescribed in paragraph (1) refuses a request under the provisions of paragraph (2), the medical accident investigation and support center may make a public announcement to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 医療事故調査・支援センターは、第一項の調査を終了したときは、その調査の結果を同項の管理者及び遺族に報告しなければならない。 art-6-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-5 When the medical accident investigation and support center has completed the investigation under paragraph (1), it must report the results of the investigation to the administrator and the bereaved family prescribed in the same paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-17/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の十七第一項 (Article 6-17, paragraph (1)), art-6-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-1 - art-6-17/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の十七第一項 (Article 6-17, paragraph (1)), art-6-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-1 - art-6-17/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の十七第二項 (Article 6-17, paragraph (2)), art-6-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-2 - art-6-17/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の十七第一項 (Article 6-17, paragraph (1)), art-6-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-1 - art-6-17/par-4: 第二項 → 医療法 第六条の十七第二項 (Article 6-17, paragraph (2)), art-6-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-2 - art-6-17/par-5: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の十七第一項 (Article 6-17, paragraph (1)), art-6-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六条の十六第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-16/par-1/item-3 - 医療法 第六条の十七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-2 - 医療法 第六条の十七第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-3 - 医療法 第六条の十七第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-4 - 医療法 第六条の十七第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-17/par-5 --- ## 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