# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の七 (Article 6-7) - 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: 第六条の七 (Article 6-7) — address `art-6-7` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7 - 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. --- ### 第六条の七 art-6-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7 **第一項** 何人も、助産師の業務又は助産所に関して、文書その他いかなる方法によるを問わず、広告をする場合には、虚偽の広告をしてはならない。 art-6-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-1 No party, when placing any advertisement with regard to midwifery services or birthing centers, is to run false advertisement, regardless of whether it is made in writing or by any other means. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合には、医療を受ける者による医療に関する適切な選択を阻害することがないよう、広告の内容及び方法が、次に掲げる基準に適合するものでなければならない。 art-6-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-2 In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the contents and methods of the advertisement must conform to the following standards so as not to hinder appropriate selection of medical care by medical care recipients: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 他の助産所と比較して優良である旨の広告をしないこと。 art-6-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-2/item-1 no advertisement is to be placed to the effect that the birthing center is superior to other birthing centers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 誇大な広告をしないこと。 art-6-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-2/item-2 no exaggerated advertisement is to be placed; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 公の秩序又は善良の風俗に反する内容の広告をしないこと。 art-6-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-2/item-3 no advertisement that undermines public order or corrupt good morals is to be placed; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** その他医療に関する適切な選択に関し必要な基準として厚生労働省令で定める基準 art-6-7/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-2/item-4 other standards specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for appropriate selection of medical care. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項に規定する場合において、次に掲げる事項以外の広告がされても医療を受ける者による医療に関する適切な選択が阻害されるおそれが少ない場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合を除いては、次に掲げる事項以外の広告をしてはならない。 art-6-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3 In the case prescribed in paragraph (1), no advertisement of particulars other than those listed below are to be placed, except in cases specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as cases where there is little risk of hindering appropriate selection of medical care by medical care recipients even if advertisement of particulars other than those listed below is placed: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 助産師である旨 art-6-7/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-1 that the person is a midwife; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該助産所の名称、電話番号及び所在の場所を表示する事項並びに当該助産所の管理者の氏名 art-6-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-2 the name, telephone number, information that indicates the location of the birthing center, and the name of the administrator of the birthing center; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 就業の日時又は予約による業務の実施の有無 art-6-7/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-3 business days and hours or whether services can be booked; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 入所施設の有無若しくはその定員、助産師その他の従業者の員数その他の当該助産所における施設、設備又は従業者に関する事項 art-6-7/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-4 whether there are in-patient facilities, the admission capacity, number of midwives and other employees, and other particulars related to the facilities, equipment or employees of the relevant birthing center; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 当該助産所において業務に従事する助産師の氏名、年齢、役職、略歴その他の助産師に関する事項であつて医療を受ける者による医療に関する適切な選択に資するものとして厚生労働大臣が定めるもの art-6-7/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-5 the names, ages, positions, and brief personal records of the midwives engaged in services at the relevant birthing center, and other particulars related to midwives, as prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as particulars that contribute to recipients of medical care making appropriate choices with regard to their medical care; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 患者又はその家族からの医療に関する相談に応ずるための措置、医療の安全を確保するための措置、個人情報の適正な取扱いを確保するための措置その他の当該助産所の管理又は運営に関する事項 art-6-7/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-6 measures for responding to queries on medical care from patients or their families, measures to ensure the safety of medical care, measures to ensure the appropriate handling of personal information, and other particulars related to the management or operation of the relevant birthing center; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 第十九条第一項に規定する嘱託する医師の氏名又は病院若しくは診療所の名称その他の当該助産所の業務に係る連携に関する事項 art-6-7/par-3/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-7 particulars related to cooperation with the services of the relevant birthing center, such as the names of the contract physicians provided for in Article 19, paragraph (1), or the names of hospitals or clinics; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 助産録に係る情報の提供その他の当該助産所における医療に関する情報の提供に関する事項 art-6-7/par-3/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-8 particulars related to the provision of information on birth records and the provision of information on medical care at the relevant birthing center; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **九** その他前各号に掲げる事項に準ずるものとして厚生労働大臣が定める事項 art-6-7/par-3/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-9 other particulars prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent to the particulars listed in each of the previous items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-7/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の七第一項 (Article 6-7, paragraph (1)), art-6-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-1 - art-6-7/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の七第一項 (Article 6-7, paragraph (1)), art-6-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-1 - art-6-7/par-3/item-7: 第十九条第一項 → 医療法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19/par-1 - art-6-7/par-3/item-9: 前各号 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項第一号 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-6-7/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-1 - art-6-7/par-3/item-9: 前各号 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項第二号 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-6-7/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-2 - art-6-7/par-3/item-9: 前各号 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項第三号 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-6-7/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-3 - art-6-7/par-3/item-9: 前各号 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項第四号 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3), item (iv)), art-6-7/par-3/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-4 - art-6-7/par-3/item-9: 前各号 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項第五号 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3), item (v)), art-6-7/par-3/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-5 - art-6-7/par-3/item-9: 前各号 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項第六号 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3), item (vi)), art-6-7/par-3/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-6 - art-6-7/par-3/item-9: 前各号 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項第七号 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3), item (vii)), art-6-7/par-3/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-7 - art-6-7/par-3/item-9: 前各号 → 医療法 第六条の七第三項第八号 (Article 6-7, paragraph (3), item (viii)), art-6-7/par-3/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-8 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5/par-1 - 医療法 第六条の七第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-2 - 医療法 第六条の七第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3 - 医療法 第六条の七第三項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-3/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-3/item-9 - 医療法 第六条の八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-1 - 医療法 第六条の八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-2 - 医療法 第八十七条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-87/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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