The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to, each fiscal year, determine the quota of clinical trainees (meaning medical practitioners who undergo clinical training at clinical training hospitals (meaning hospitals designated by the prefectural governor as prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; the same applies in paragraph (3) and paragraph (1) of the following Article); hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 16-8) for each prefecture.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to determine the quota of clinical trainees pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance.
A prefectural governor is to, each fiscal year, within the scope of the quota of clinical trainees for each prefecture determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), determine the quota of clinical trainees for each clinical training hospital located within the area of the prefecture.
When a prefectural governor seeks to determine the quota of clinical trainees pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the governor must give consideration to the status of the number of medical practitioners in the areas where securing medical practitioners should be particularly pursued, as prescribed in Article 5-2, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act.
When a prefectural governor seeks to determine the quota of clinical trainees pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), the governor must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of its content in advance.
When a prefectural governor seeks to give the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the governor must hear the opinions of the regional medical care measures council in advance.
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 determining the quota of clinical trainees pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3).