# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) — address `suppl-4041-89/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4041-89/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>suppl-4041-89/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4041-89/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、医療を提供する施設の機能の体系化を推進するに当たっては、国民の必要かつ適切な受診が抑制されることのないよう配慮するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4041-89/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4041-89/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4041-89/art-4/par-1</sup>
In promoting the systematization of the functions of facilities that provide medical care, the government is to give consideration so that the necessary and appropriate receipt of medical examinations by the people is not restrained.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261019T151250-017, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 211 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19