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Article 20

第二十条

A hospital, clinic, or birthing center is to be maintained in a clean state, and its buildings and equipment must be recognizable as being safe in terms of sanitation, fire safety, and security.

病院、診療所又は助産所は、清潔を保持するものとし、その構造設備は、衛生上、防火上及び保安上安全と認められるようなものでなければならない。

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hospital
病院（びょういん）
A place where a doctor or dentist practises medicine or dentistry for the public or for a particular group of many people and which has facilities for admitting 20 or more inpatients, as Article 1-5, paragraph (1) defines it.
医師又は歯科医師が、公衆又は特定多数人のため医業又は歯科医業を行う場所であつて、二十人以上の患者を入院させるための施設を有するもの
Article 1-5, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary
clinic
診療所（しんりょうじょ）
A place where a doctor or dentist practises medicine or dentistry for the public or for a particular group of many people, which either has no facilities for admitting inpatients (and is not a facility for receiving online medical care (オンライン診療受診施設)) or has facilities for 19 or fewer, as Article 1-5, paragraph (2) defines it.
医師又は歯科医師が、公衆又は特定多数人のため医業又は歯科医業を行う場所であつて、患者を入院させるための施設を有しないもの（オンライン診療受診施設であるものを除く。）又は十九人以下の患者を入院させるための施設を有するもの
Article 1-5, paragraph (2)See it in the glossary
birthing center
助産所（じょさんじょ）
A place where a midwife (助産師) does her work for the public or for a particular group of many people, other than work done in a hospital or clinic.
助産師が公衆又は特定多数人のためその業務（病院又は診療所において行うものを除く。）を行う場所
Article 2, paragraph (1)See it in the glossary

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as amended by Act Partially Amending the Medical Care Act, etc. (Act No. 87 of 2025)医療法等の一部を改正する法律

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