The establisher of a hospital, clinic or birthing center, or the founder of a facility for receiving online medical care, must not suspend the operation of the relevant hospital, clinic, birthing center or facility for receiving online medical care for more than one year without justifiable grounds; provided, however, that this does not apply to the establisher of a clinic or birthing center of which the prefectural governor was notified and that was established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
病院、診療所若しくは助産所の開設者又はオンライン診療受診施設の設置者は、正当の理由がないのに、その病院、診療所、助産所又はオンライン診療受診施設を一年を超えて休止してはならない。ただし、前条第一項の規定による届出をして開設した診療所又は助産所の開設者については、この限りでない。
When the establisher of a hospital, clinic or birthing center, or the founder of a facility for receiving online medical care, suspends the operation of the relevant hospital, clinic, birthing center or facility for receiving online medical care, they must notify the prefectural governor (in the case of a clinic, birthing center or facility for receiving online medical care, where its location is within the area of a city with a public health center or a special ward of Tokyo, the mayor of the city with a public health center or the mayor of the special ward; the same applies in the following Article, Article 24-2, Article 29, paragraph (1), Article 29-2 and Article 30) within ten days. The same applies when they resume the operation of a suspended hospital, clinic, birthing center or facility for receiving online medical care.
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