# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第一条の四 (Article 1-4) - Law: 医療法 (Medical Care Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百五号 - English title "Medical Care Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第一条の四 (Article 1-4) — address `art-1-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-4 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条の四 art-1-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-4 **第一項** 医師、歯科医師、薬剤師、看護師その他の医療の担い手は、第一条の二に規定する理念に基づき、医療を受ける者に対し、良質かつ適切な医療を行うよう努めなければならない。 art-1-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-4/par-1 Physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and other medical care professionals must endeavor to deliver high quality and well-suited medical care to medical care recipients, based on the concepts provided for in Article 1-2. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 医師、歯科医師、薬剤師、看護師その他の医療の担い手は、医療を提供するに当たり、適切な説明を行い、医療を受ける者の理解を得るよう努めなければならない。 art-1-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-4/par-2 In providing medical care, a physician, dentist, pharmacist, nurse or other medical care professional must give proper explanations and endeavor to foster understanding in medical care recipients. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 医療提供施設において診療に従事する医師及び歯科医師は、医療提供施設相互間の機能の分担及び業務の連携に資するため、必要に応じ、医療を受ける者を他の医療提供施設に紹介し、その診療に必要な限度において医療を受ける者の診療又は調剤に関する情報を他の医療提供施設において診療又は調剤に従事する医師若しくは歯科医師又は薬剤師に提供し、及びその他必要な措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-1-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-4/par-3 Physicians and dentists practicing at a medical institution, when necessary, must refer medical care recipients to other medical institutions, provide information concerning diagnoses or prescriptions as required for the treatment of medical care recipients to physicians, dentists, or pharmacists engaged in diagnoses or prescriptions at other medical institutions, and must undertake other measures as required to contribute to a sharing of functions and cooperation among medical institutions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、当該病院又は診療所を退院する患者が引き続き療養を必要とする場合には、保健医療サービス又は福祉サービスを提供する者との連携を図り、当該患者が適切な環境の下で療養を継続することができるよう配慮しなければならない。 art-1-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-4/par-4 In the case that a patient leaving a hospital or clinic continues to require medical treatment, the administrator of the relevant hospital or clinic must seek cooperation with providers of health and medical services or welfare services, and have the consideration to enable the relevant patient to continue receiving medical treatment in an appropriate environment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 医療提供施設の開設者及び管理者は、医療技術の普及及び医療の効率的な提供に資するため、当該医療提供施設の建物又は設備を、当該医療提供施設に勤務しない医師、歯科医師、薬剤師、看護師その他の医療の担い手の診療、研究又は研修のために利用させるよう配慮しなければならない。 art-1-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-4/par-5 The establishers and administrators of a medical institution must have consideration to allow physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and other medical care professionals who do not work at the relevant medical institution to use the buildings or equipment thereof in order to carry out their practices, research, or training, to foster the dissemination of medical care techniques, and to efficiently provide medical care. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The organizers and administrators of a medical institution must have consideration to allow physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and other medical care professionals who do not work at the relevant medical institution to use the buildings or equipment thereof in order to carry out their practices, research, or training, to foster the dissemination of medical care techniques, and to efficiently provide medical care." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb --- ## Cites - art-1-4/par-1: 第一条の二 → 医療法 第一条の二 (Article 1-2), art-1-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医療法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 1-4, paragraph (5) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19