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Medical Practitioners' Act

医師法(いしほう)

Every term this law . Its definitions bind only this law — each entry says where the definition applies and links to the sentence that settles it. 24 terms: 3 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 21 in our translation, marked as such.

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clinical trainee

研修医(けんしゅうい)

A doctor receiving clinical training (臨床研修) at a hospital the prefectural governor (都道府県知事) has designated for it under Article 16-2, paragraph (1); the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare sets a quota of them for each prefecture every fiscal year.

臨床研修病院(前条第一項に規定する都道府県知事の指定する病院をいう。第三項及び次条第一項において同じ。)において臨床研修を受ける医師

Article 16-3, paragraph (1)
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university

大学(だいがく)

A university under the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947).

Article 1-2, paragraph (1)
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regional medical care measures council

地域医療対策協議会(ちいきいりょうたいさくきょうぎかい)

The forum each prefecture (都道府県) sets up under Article 30-23, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act, where the managers of the hospitals and other bodies listed there and other parties concerned consult on what is needed to carry out the matters on securing doctors set in the prefecture's medical care plan; under this Act the prefectural governor (都道府県知事) must hear its opinion before designating a hospital for clinical training (臨床研修) or revoking that designation.

Article 16-2, paragraph (6)
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former Act

旧法(きゅうほう)

The 1942 law on national medical care (国民医療法, Act No. 70 of 1942), which Article 35 of this Act's original supplementary provisions (附則) repeals.

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reeducation training

再教育研修(さいきょういくけんしゅう)

Training, specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省令), on keeping to a doctor's ethics or on the knowledge and skills a doctor should have, which the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order a doctor who has received a reprimand or a suspension from medical practice under Article 7, paragraph (1), or a person seeking a new license under Article 7, paragraph (2), to undergo.

Article 7-2, paragraph (1)
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former Medical Practitioners' Act

旧医師法(きゅういしほう)

In Article 36 of this Act's original supplementary provisions (附則), the 1906 law of the same Japanese name, 医師法 (Act No. 47 of 1906): a medical license (医師免許) received under it, or under the 1942 law on national medical care (国民医療法), counts as one received under this Act.

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clinical training hospital

臨床研修病院(りんしょうけんしゅうびょういん)

A hospital the prefectural governor (都道府県知事) has designated under Article 16-2, paragraph (1) as one where doctors who intend to practise medicine receive their clinical training (臨床研修) of two years or more.

前条第一項に規定する都道府県知事の指定する病院

Article 16-3, paragraph (1)
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item (ii) New Medical Practitioners' Act

第二号新医師法(だいにごうしんいしほう)

This Act as amended by Article 5 of Act No. 79 of 2018.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)
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common examination

共用試験(きょうようしけん)

An examination that universities use in common, specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省令), to assess whether a medical student has the knowledge and skills a student should have before starting clinical practice (臨床実習); a medical graduate must have passed it to sit the national examination for medical practitioners under Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i), and a student who has passed it may practise medicine under a doctor's supervision in the university's clinical practice under Article 17-2.

Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i)
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medical care provision system

医療提供体制(いりょうていきょうたいせい)

The system for providing good-quality, appropriate medical care efficiently, as Article 30-3, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act defines it; this Act asks those involved in doctors' training to take account of how the training affects securing that system.

医療法第三十条の三第一項に規定する医療提供体制

Article 16-9, paragraph (1)
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affairs of the State, etc.

国等の事務(くにとうのじむ)

In the supplementary provisions of Act No. 87 of 1999, work of the State, of another local government or of another public body that an organ of a local government managed or carried out under an Act (法律) or a Cabinet Order (政令) before that Act comes into effect, which the local government then handles as its own affairs.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 159, paragraph (1)
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higher administrative agency

上級行政庁(じょうきゅうぎょうせいちょう)

The government agency ranking above the one that made a decision, which hears administrative appeals against that decision.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 161, paragraph (1)
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university

大学(だいがく)

A university under the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947).

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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item (ii) former Medical Practitioners' Act

第二号旧医師法(だいにごうきゅういしほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 5 of Act No. 79 of 2018 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)
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disposition or other act

処分等の行為(しょぶんとうのこうい)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 87 of 1999, a permission or other disposition (処分), or another act, done under a law's provisions. Article 160 treats such an act done under the laws as they stood before that Act came into effect, where the official who is to handle the matter changes on the day that Act comes into effect, as done under the corresponding provisions of the laws as that Act amended them, except as Articles 2 to 159 of its supplementary provisions or the transitional provisions of the amended laws, including orders made under them, provide otherwise.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 160, paragraph (1)
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application or other act

申請等の行為(しんせいとうのこうい)

In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 87 of 1999, an application for a permission or the like, or another act, made under a law's provisions. Article 160 treats such an application or act made under the laws as they stood before that Act and still pending when it came into effect, where the official who is to handle the matter changes on the day that Act comes into effect, as done under the corresponding provisions of the laws as that Act amended them, except as Articles 2 to 159 of its supplementary provisions or the transitional provisions of the amended laws, including orders made under them, provide otherwise.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 160, paragraph (1)
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the agency that made the disposition

処分庁(しょぶんちょう)

The administrative agency that issued the decision being appealed.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 161, paragraph (1)
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ground of revocation for which a new license may be granted

再免許が与えられる免許の取消事由(さいめんきょがあたえられるめんきょのとりけしじゆう)

In Article 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 87 of 2001, which amended this Act and other laws, a ground for revoking a license under which each law as that Act amended it allows a new license to be granted; a person whose license was revoked on a corresponding ground under the laws as they stood before is treated as revoked on such a ground, so that the amended laws' rules on a new license apply to them.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)
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the respective Acts as amended

改正後の各法律(かいせいごのかくほうりつ)

Each of the laws as amended by the amending Act these supplementary provisions belong to.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (3)
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disposition or other act

処分等の行為(しょぶんとうのこうい)

In Article 7 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 79 of 2018, a designation or other disposition (処分), or another act, done under a provision of this Act. Article 7 treats such an act done under Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of this Act as it stood before Article 5 of that Act amended it, ahead of the date the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of those supplementary provisions come into effect, where the official who is to handle the matter changes on that date, as done from then on under the corresponding provisions of this Act as so amended.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)
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application or other act

申請等の行為(しんせいとうのこうい)

In Article 7 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 79 of 2018, an application for a designation or the like, or another act, made under a provision of this Act. Article 7 treats such an application or act made under this Act as it stood before Article 5 of that Act amended it and still pending when the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of those supplementary provisions come into effect, where the official who is to handle the matter changes on that date, as made from then on under the corresponding provisions of this Act as so amended.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)
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the respective Acts as amended

改正後の各法律(かいせいごのかくほうりつ)

Each of the laws as amended by the amending Act these supplementary provisions belong to.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
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former Medical Practitioners' Act

旧医師法(きゅういしほう)

This Act as it stood before Article 6 of Act No. 49 of 2021 amended it.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (1)
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the respective Acts as amended

改正後の各法律(かいせいごのかくほうりつ)

Each of the laws as amended by the amending Act these supplementary provisions belong to.

Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)
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