The prefectural governor, where it is specifically necessary in order to promote the fulfillment of the medical care plan, may hear the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities, and recommend that a person who wishes to establish a hospital or clinic, or an establisher or administrator of a hospital or clinic, establish a hospital, increase a hospital's number of beds, or change its bed classifications, or recommend that such a person establish beds in a clinic or increase the number of beds in a clinic.
When a person who wishes to establish a hospital or clinic, or the establisher or administrator of a hospital or clinic, who has received a recommendation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph does not comply with it, the prefectural governor is to notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to that effect.
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