# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十条の七 (Article 70-7)

- 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: 第七十条の七 (Article 70-7) — address `art-70-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-7
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### 第七十条の七
<sup>art-70-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-7</sup>

  **第一項**  地域医療連携推進法人は、自主的にその運営基盤の強化を図るとともに、その医療連携推進区域において病院等を開設し、又は介護事業等に係る施設若しくは事業所を開設し、若しくは管理する参加法人等の業務の連携の推進及びその運営の透明性の確保を図り、地域医療構想の達成及び地域包括ケアシステムの構築に資する役割を積極的に果たすよう努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-70-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-7/par-1</sup>
  A regional medical coordination promotion corporation must voluntarily strengthen its operational base, promote coordination of operations of participating corporations, etc. that establish hospitals, etc. or establish or manage facilities or offices pertaining to nursing care business, etc. in the medical coordination promotion area, and ensure transparency of the management thereof, thereby endeavoring to play an active role that contributes to the achievement of the regional medical care vision and the establishment of the community-based integrated care system.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 第三十条の十八の五第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-18-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-18-5/par-4

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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
