When the distribution of personnel in a hospital or in a clinic with long-term care beds is significantly lacking in terms of the standards prescribed by the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or prefectural ordinances set forth in Article 21, paragraph (1) (limited to the parts pertaining to item (i)) or paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)), and falls under cases prescribed by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as cases that cause a significant impediment to the suitable provision of medical care, the prefectural governor may order the establisher to increase the number of personnel by a set deadline, or may suspend all or a part of its operations for a period that the governor prescribes.
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