The administrator of a hospital that carries out a medical practice must have a physician on night duty in the hospital; provided, however, that this does not apply to the case where the physicians of the relevant hospital stand by at a place adjacent to the relevant hospital or other cases specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as those where a system is in place which ensures that the physicians of the relevant hospital promptly provide medical treatment in the event of a sudden change in the medical condition of an inpatient of the relevant hospital.
医業を行う病院の管理者は、病院に医師を宿直させなければならない。ただし、当該病院の医師が当該病院に隣接した場所に待機する場合その他当該病院の入院患者の病状が急変した場合においても当該病院の医師が速やかに診療を行う体制が確保されている場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合は、この限りでない。
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