Licensing is carried out by registration of the license in the register of medical practitioners upon application by a person who has passed the national examination for medical practitioners.
免許は、医師国家試験に合格した者の申請により、医籍に登録することによつて行う。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare delivers a certificate of the medical practitioner's license when the Minister has granted a license.
厚生労働大臣は、免許を与えたときは、医師免許証を交付する。
A medical practitioner must notify their name, address (and the address of the place the person engages in medical practice), and any other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as of December 31 of every second year as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare through the prefectural governor for the residential location, by January 15 of the following year. However, when the notification is made, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002), using the electronic data processing system prescribed in that paragraph, it is not required to go through the prefectural governor.
医師は、厚生労働省令で定める二年ごとの年の十二月三十一日現在における氏名、住所（医業に従事する者については、更にその場所）その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を、当該年の翌年一月十五日までに、その住所地の都道府県知事を経由して厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。ただし、情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号）第六条第一項の規定により当該届出を同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用して行うときは、都道府県知事を経由することを要しない。