# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十条の八 (Article 70-8) - 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: 第七十条の八 (Article 70-8) — address `art-70-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十条の八 art-70-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8 **第一項** 地域医療連携推進法人は、医療連携推進方針において、第七十条の二第四項に規定する事項を記載した場合に限り、参加法人等が開設する病院等及び参加法人等が開設し、又は管理する介護事業等に係る施設又は事業所に係る業務について、医療連携推進方針に沿つた連携の推進を図ることを目的とする業務を行うことができる。 art-70-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-1 A regional medical coordination promotion corporation, only when the particulars prescribed in Article 70-2, paragraph (4) are stated in the medical coordination promotion policy, in accordance with the medical coordination promotion policy, may conduct business aimed at promoting coordination of operations of hospitals, etc. established by participating corporations, etc. and those of facilities or offices established or managed by participating corporations, etc. and engaged in nursing care business, etc. machine translation, not official **第二項** 地域医療連携推進法人（その定款に第七十条第二項第三号に掲げる業務及び出資を行わない旨を定めている地域医療連携推進法人を除く。）は、次に掲げる要件に該当する場合に限り、出資を行うことができる。 art-70-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-2 A regional medical coordination promotion corporation (excluding a regional medical coordination promotion corporation whose articles of incorporation stipulate that it does not carry out the operations and investments set forth in Article 70, paragraph (2), item (iii)) may make investments only where it falls under the following requirements: machine translation, not official **一** 出資を受ける事業者が医療連携推進区域における医療連携推進業務と関連する事業を行うものであること。 art-70-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-2/item-1 the business operator receiving the investment is engaged in a business related to the medical coordination promotion operations in the medical coordination promotion area; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 出資に係る収益を医療連携推進業務に充てるものであること。 art-70-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-2/item-2 the investment profit is to be used in the medical coordination promotion operations; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その他医療連携推進業務の実施に支障を及ぼすおそれがないものとして厚生労働省令で定める要件に該当するものであること。 art-70-8/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-2/item-3 other requirements specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as unlikely to hinder the implementation of the medical coordination promotion operations are met. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 地域医療連携推進法人が、病院等を開設（地方自治法第二百四十四条の二第三項に規定する指定管理者として行う公の施設である病院等の管理を含む。）し、又は介護事業等に係る施設若しくは事業所であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものを開設し、若しくは管理しようとするときは、あらかじめ、医療連携推進業務の実施に支障のないことについて、医療連携推進認定をした都道府県知事（以下この章において「認定都道府県知事」という。）の確認を受けなければならない。 art-70-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-3 When a regional medical coordination promotion corporation intending to establish a hospital, etc. (including management of a public hospital, etc. conducted as a designated administrator as set forth in Article 244-2, paragraph (3) of the Local Autonomy Act), or establish or manage a facility or office specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and engaged in nursing care business, etc., must receive prior confirmation from the prefectural governor who has granted approval for medical coordination promotion (hereinafter referred to as the "prefectural governor having granted approval" in this Chapter) that it will pose no obstacle to the implementation of the medical coordination promotion operations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 地域医療連携推進法人は、前項の確認を受けなければ、病院の開設の許可の申請、社会福祉法第六十二条第二項の許可（厚生労働省令で定める施設の設置に係るものに限る。）の申請その他の厚生労働省令で定める申請をすることができない。 art-70-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-4 A regional medical coordination promotion corporation may not apply for permission to establish a hospital, permission under Article 62, paragraph (2) of the Social Welfare Act (limited to that pertaining to the establishment of facilities specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), or any other permission specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare without receiving the confirmation set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 認定都道府県知事は、第三項の確認をし、又は確認をしない処分をするに当たつては、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。 art-70-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-5 Prior to making a disposition with regards to making the confirmation or not under paragraph (3), the prefectural governor must hear the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-70-8/par-1: 第七十条の二第四項 → 医療法 第七十条の二第四項 (Article 70-2, paragraph (4)), art-70-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-2/par-4 - art-70-8/par-2: 第七十条第二項第三号 → 医療法 第七十条第二項第三号 (Article 70, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-70/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70/par-2/item-3 - art-70-8/par-3: 地方自治法第二百四十四条の二第三項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百四十四条の二第三項 (Article 244-2, paragraph (3)), art-244-2/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-70-8/par-4: 前項 → 医療法 第七十条の八第三項 (Article 70-8, paragraph (3)), art-70-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-3 - art-70-8/par-4: 社会福祉法第六十二条第二項 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000045, 第六十二条第二項 (Article 62, paragraph (2)), art-62/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-70-8/par-5: 第三項 → 医療法 第七十条の八第三項 (Article 70-8, paragraph (3)), art-70-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-3 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第七十条の八第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-4 - 医療法 第七十条の八第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-8/par-5 - 医療法 第七十条の十二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-12/par-2 - 医療法 第七十条の十四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-14/par-1 - 医療法 第七十条の十五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-15/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 第七十条の二十第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-20/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 --- ## 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