# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第五十二条 (Article 52) - Law: 生活保護法 (Public Assistance Act), 昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号 - English title "Public Assistance 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: 第五十二条 (Article 52)（診療方針及び診療報酬） — address `art-52` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-52 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-52 - 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. --- ### 第五十二条（診療方針及び診療報酬） — (Medical Treatment Policy and Medical Treatment Fees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-52 **第一項** 指定医療機関の診療方針及び診療報酬は、国民健康保険の診療方針及び診療報酬の例による。 art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-52/par-1 The medical treatment policy and the medical treatment fees of a designated medical care provider shall be in accordance with the medical treatment policy and the medical treatment fees of the National Health Insurance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する診療方針及び診療報酬によることのできないとき、及びこれによることを適当としないときの診療方針及び診療報酬は、厚生労働大臣の定めるところによる。 art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-52/par-2 In the case where the medical treatment policy and the medical treatment fees prescribed in the preceding paragraph cannot be adopted or are considered inappropriate, the medical treatment policy and the medical treatment fees shall be in accordance with the rules provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-52/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-52/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 生活保護法 第五十一条第二項第三号（指定の辞退及び取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-51/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-51/par-2/item-3 - 生活保護法 第五十二条第二項（診療方針及び診療報酬） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-52/par-2 - 生活保護法 第五十三条第一項（医療費の審査及び支払） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-53/par-1 - 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第五項（介護機関の指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-5 - 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第六項（介護機関の指定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-54-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-54-2/par-6 - 生活保護法 第五十五条の二第一項（医療保護施設への準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-55-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-55-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 生活保護法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000144/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Public Assistance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/24/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 生活保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19