# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六十九条の二 (Article 69-2)

- 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: 第六十九条の二 (Article 69-2) — address `art-69-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第六十九条の二
<sup>art-69-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2</sup>

  **第一項**  都道府県知事は、地域において必要とされる医療を確保するため、当該都道府県の区域内に主たる事務所を有する医療法人の活動の状況その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項について、調査及び分析を行い、その内容を公表するよう努めるものとする。
  <sup>art-69-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-1</sup>
  In order to secure the medical care needed in the community, a prefectural governor is to endeavor to conduct surveys and analysis concerning the state of activities of medical corporations that have their principal offices within the boundaries of the relevant prefecture and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and to publish their content.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  医療法人（厚生労働省令で定める者を除く。）は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該医療法人が開設する病院又は診療所ごとに、その収益及び費用その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を都道府県知事に報告しなければならない。
  <sup>art-69-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-2</sup>
  A medical corporation (excluding those specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, report to the prefectural governor its revenues and expenses and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for each hospital or clinic that it establishes.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、医療法人の活動の状況その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項に関する情報を収集し、整理し、及び当該整理した情報（以下「医療法人情報」という。）の分析の結果を国民にインターネットその他の高度情報通信ネットワークの利用を通じて迅速に提供することができるよう必要な施策を実施するものとする。
  <sup>art-69-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-3</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to implement the measures necessary to collect and organize information on the state of activities of medical corporations and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and to be able to promptly provide the public, through the use of the Internet and other advanced information and communications networks, with the results of the analysis of the organized information (hereinafter referred to as "medical corporation information").
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第四項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の施策を実施するため必要があると認めるときは、都道府県知事に対し、当該都道府県の区域内に主たる事務所を有する医療法人の活動の状況その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項に関する情報の提供を求めることができる。
  <sup>art-69-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-4</sup>
  When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary to implement the measures set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister may request a prefectural governor to provide information on the state of activities of medical corporations that have their principal offices within the boundaries of the relevant prefecture and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第五項**  都道府県知事は、前項の規定による厚生労働大臣の求めに応じて情報を提供するときは、電磁的方法その他の厚生労働省令で定める方法によるものとする。
  <sup>art-69-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-5</sup>
  A prefectural governor, when providing information in response to the request of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, is to do so by electronic or magnetic means or other methods specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-69-2/par-4: 前項 → 医療法 第六十九条の二第三項 (Article 69-2, paragraph (3)), art-69-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-3
- art-69-2/par-5: 前項 → 医療法 第六十九条の二第四項 (Article 69-2, paragraph (4)), art-69-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-4

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 第六十九条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-4
- 医療法 第六十九条の二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-2/par-5
- 医療法 第六十九条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-69-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-69-7/par-1
- 医療法 附則第十三条第一項（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-13/par-1

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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 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-008, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
