# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の二十三 (Article 6-23)

- 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: 第六条の二十三 (Article 6-23) — address `art-6-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-23
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### 第六条の二十三
<sup>art-6-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-23</sup>

  **第一項**  医療事故調査・支援センターは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、帳簿を備え、調査等業務に関し厚生労働省令で定める事項を記載し、これを保存しなければならない。
  <sup>art-6-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-23/par-1</sup>
  The medical accident investigation and support center, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must keep books, describe particulars specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning the investigation services, etc. therein, and store them.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第八十八条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-88/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-88/par-1/item-2

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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
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
