# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十条の五 (Article 70-5) - 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: 第七十条の五 (Article 70-5) — address `art-70-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5 - 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. --- ### 第七十条の五 art-70-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5 **第一項** 医療連携推進認定を受けた一般社団法人（以下「地域医療連携推進法人」という。）は、その名称中に地域医療連携推進法人という文字を用いなければならない。 art-70-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5/par-1 A general incorporated association that has obtained approval for medical coordination promotion (hereinafter referred to as a "regional medical coordination promotion corporation") must use the words "regional medical coordination promotion corporation" in its name. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 地域医療連携推進法人は、その名称中の一般社団法人の文字を地域医療連携推進法人と変更する定款の変更をしたものとみなす。 art-70-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5/par-2 A regional medical coordination promotion corporation is deemed to have amended its articles of incorporation to change the words "general incorporated association" in its name to "regional medical coordination promotion corporation". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の規定による名称の変更の登記の申請書には、医療連携推進認定を受けたことを証する書面を添付しなければならない。 art-70-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5/par-3 A written application for registration of the change of name pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is accompanied by a document certifying that the corporation has obtained approval for medical coordination promotion. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 地域医療連携推進法人でない者は、その名称又は商号中に、地域医療連携推進法人であると誤認されるおそれのある文字を用いてはならない。 art-70-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5/par-4 A person who is not a regional medical coordination promotion corporation must not use the words in its name or trade name that may be misunderstood as a regional medical coordination promotion corporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 地域医療連携推進法人は、不正の目的をもつて、他の地域医療連携推進法人であると誤認されるおそれのある名称又は商号を使用してはならない。 art-70-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5/par-5 A regional medical coordination promotion corporation must not use a name or trade name that may be misunderstood as another regional medical coordination promotion corporation for wrongful purposes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-70-5/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第七十条の五第二項 (Article 70-5, paragraph (2)), art-70-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六条の五第三項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-3/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-3/item-7 - 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 第七十条の五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-5/par-3 - 医療法 第七十条の十第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-10/par-1 - 医療法 第七十条の十八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-1 - 医療法 第九十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-94/par-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