LAW FOR HEALTH PROTECTION AND MEDICAL SECURITY
FOR A-BOMB SUFFERERS
(Law No. 41, Mar. 31, 1957)
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Amendment :
(1)
Law No. 136, Aug. 1, 1960
(2)
Law No. 161, Sept. 15, 1962
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
CHAPTER
CHAPTER
CHAPTER
I
II
III
IV
CHAPTER
V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL TREATMENT
A-BOMB SUFFERERS MEDICAL
COUNCIL
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
(Articles 1, 2)
(Articles 3--6)
(Articles 7-~14-8)
(Articles 15--17)
(Articles 18--24)
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
‘CHAPTER
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I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Purpose of this Law)
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Article 1.
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The purpose of this Law is, in view of the
special health conditions in which the sufferers of A~bomb
dropped to Hiroshima City and Nagasaki City are left even
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now, to maintain and improve their health by means of
physical check-up and medical treatments for the sufferers,
performed by the State.
(Definitions)
Article 2.
The term "sufferers" is this Law shall mean
the persons falling under any one of the following respective
items who are given the sufferers’ health note book:
(1) Those who were, at the time of the dropping of A-bomb,
located in the area of Hiroshima City or Nagasaki City
at that date or in the adjacent areas as prescribed by
Cabinet Order;
.
Those who were, in the period as prescribed by Cabinet
Order counting from the time of the dropping of A-bomb,
among the areas provided for in the preceding item;
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