# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十条の二十一 (Article 70-21)

- 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: 第七十条の二十一 (Article 70-21) — address `art-70-21`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21
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### 第七十条の二十一
<sup>art-70-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21</sup>

  **第一項**  認定都道府県知事は、地域医療連携推進法人が、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、その医療連携推進認定を取り消さなければならない。
  <sup>art-70-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1</sup>
  In the case where a regional medical coordination promotion corporation falls under any of the following items, the prefectural governor having granted approval must rescind the approval for medical coordination promotion:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第七十条の四第一号又は第三号に該当するに至つたとき。
    <sup>art-70-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1/item-1</sup>
    when the regional medical coordination promotion corporation has come to fall under Article 70-4, item (i) or (iii); or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  偽りその他不正の手段により医療連携推進認定を受けたとき。
    <sup>art-70-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1/item-2</sup>
    when the regional medical coordination promotion corporation has received the approval for medical coordination promotion by deception or other wrongful means.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  認定都道府県知事は、地域医療連携推進法人が、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、その医療連携推進認定を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-70-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2</sup>
  In the case where a regional medical coordination promotion corporation falls under any of the following items, the prefectural governor having granted approval may rescind the approval for medical coordination promotion:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第七十条の三第一項各号に掲げる基準のいずれかに適合しなくなつたとき。
    <sup>art-70-21/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2/item-1</sup>
    when the regional medical coordination promotion corporation no longer conforms to any of the standards listed in each item of Article 70-3, paragraph (1);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  地域医療連携推進法人から医療連携推進認定の取消しの申請があつたとき。
    <sup>art-70-21/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2/item-2</sup>
    when the regional medical coordination promotion corporation has filed an application for revocation of the approval for medical coordination promotion; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  この法律若しくはこの法律に基づく命令又はこれらに基づく処分に違反したとき。
    <sup>art-70-21/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2/item-3</sup>
    when the regional medical coordination promotion corporation has violated this Act or any order under this Act or any disposition thereunder.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  認定都道府県知事は、前二項の規定により医療連携推進認定を取り消すに当たつては、あらかじめ、都道府県医療審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
  <sup>art-70-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-3</sup>
  A prefectural governor having granted approval, when rescinding the approval for medical coordination promotion pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, must hear the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities in advance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  認定都道府県知事は、第一項又は第二項の規定により医療連携推進認定を取り消したときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その旨を公示しなければならない。
  <sup>art-70-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-4</sup>
  A prefectural governor having granted approval who rescinded the approval for medical coordination promotion pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) must make a public announcement to that effect in accordance with an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第五項**  第一項又は第二項の規定による医療連携推進認定の取消しの処分を受けた地域医療連携推進法人は、その名称中の地域医療連携推進法人という文字を一般社団法人と変更する定款の変更をしたものとみなす。
  <sup>art-70-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-5</sup>
  A reginal medical coordination promotion corporation that has received a disposition of rescission of the approval for medical coordination promotion pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is deemed to have amended its articles of incorporation to change the words "regional medical coordination promotion corporation" in its name to "general incorporated association".
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第六項**  認定都道府県知事は、第一項又は第二項の規定による医療連携推進認定の取消しをしたときは、遅滞なく、当該地域医療連携推進法人の主たる事務所の所在地を管轄する登記所に当該地域医療連携推進法人の名称の変更の登記を嘱託しなければならない。
  <sup>art-70-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-6</sup>
  A prefectural governor having granted approval who rescinded the approval for medical coordination promotion pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) must immediately commission the registration of the change of the name of the relevant regional medical coordination promotion corporation to the registration office having jurisdiction over the location of the principal office of the relevant regional medical coordination promotion corporation.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第七項**  前項の規定による名称の変更の登記の嘱託書には、当該登記の原因となる事由に係る処分を行つたことを証する書面を添付しなければならない。
  <sup>art-70-21/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-7</sup>
  The written commission for registration of the change of the name pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be accompanied by a document certifying that the disposition pertaining to the cause of the relevant registration has been made.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-70-21/par-1/item-1: 第七十条の四第一号 → 医療法 第七十条の四第一項第一号 (Article 70-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1
- art-70-21/par-1/item-1: 第三号 → 医療法 第七十条の四第一項第三号 (Article 70-4, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-70-4/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-3
- art-70-21/par-2/item-1: 第七十条の三第一項 → 医療法 第七十条の三第一項 (Article 70-3, paragraph (1)), art-70-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-3/par-1
- art-70-21/par-3: 前二項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第一項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (1)), art-70-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1
- art-70-21/par-3: 前二項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第二項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (2)), art-70-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2
- art-70-21/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第一項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (1)), art-70-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1
- art-70-21/par-4: 第二項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第二項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (2)), art-70-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2
- art-70-21/par-5: 第一項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第一項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (1)), art-70-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1
- art-70-21/par-5: 第二項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第二項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (2)), art-70-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2
- art-70-21/par-6: 第一項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第一項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (1)), art-70-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-1
- art-70-21/par-6: 第二項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第二項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (2)), art-70-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-2
- art-70-21/par-7: 前項 → 医療法 第七十条の二十一第六項 (Article 70-21, paragraph (6)), art-70-21/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-6

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 第七十条の三第一項第十九号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-3/par-1/item-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-3/par-1/item-19
- 医療法 第七十条の四第一項第一号イ — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-1/sub-1
- 医療法 第七十条の四第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-4/par-1/item-2
- 医療法 第七十条の二十一第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-3
- 医療法 第七十条の二十一第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-4
- 医療法 第七十条の二十一第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-5
- 医療法 第七十条の二十一第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-6
- 医療法 第七十条の二十一第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-21/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-21/par-7
- 医療法 第七十条の二十二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-22/par-1
- 医療法 第七十条の二十三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-23/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-20261019T151250-009, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
