A medical practitioner who seeks to engage in medical practice must undergo clinical training for a period of two years or more at a hospital designated by the prefectural governor or at a hospital in a foreign country designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
診療に従事しようとする医師は、二年以上、都道府県知事の指定する病院又は外国の病院で厚生労働大臣の指定するものにおいて、臨床研修を受けなければならない。
A designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is made upon application by the establisher of the hospital that seeks to conduct clinical training.
前項の規定による指定は、臨床研修を行おうとする病院の開設者の申請により行う。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor must not make a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) unless the Minister or governor finds that the hospital that is the subject of the application under the preceding paragraph satisfies the following standards:
the hospital has the medical departments necessary for conducting clinical training;
臨床研修を行うために必要な診療科を置いていること。
the hospital has the facilities and equipment necessary for the implementation of clinical training;
臨床研修の実施に関し必要な施設及び設備を有していること。
the content of the clinical training is such that basic clinical competence can be acquired through training at appropriate medical departments; and
臨床研修の内容が、適切な診療科での研修の実施により、基本的な診療能力を身に付けることのできるものであること。
in addition to what is set forth in the preceding three items, the hospital conforms to the standards concerning the implementation of clinical training specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
前三号に掲げるもののほか、臨床研修の実施に関する厚生労働省令で定める基準に適合するものであること。
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor subsequently finds that it is inappropriate for the hospital designated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to conduct clinical training, the Minister or governor may revoke the designation.
厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、第一項の規定により指定した病院が臨床研修を行うについて不適当であると認めるに至つたときは、その指定を取り消すことができる。
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to make a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or to revoke a designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or seeks to prepare a draft for the establishment, amendment or abolition of the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (3), item (iv), the Minister must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance.
When a prefectural governor seeks to make a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or to revoke a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4), the governor must hear in advance the opinions of the regional medical care measures council prescribed in Article 30-23, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act (Act No. 205 of 1948) (hereinafter referred to as the "regional medical care measures council").
When a prefectural governor has heard the opinions of the regional medical care measures council pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the governor must endeavor to reflect those opinions in making a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or in revoking a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4).