# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第十条 (Article 10) - 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: 第十条 (Article 10) — address `art-10` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十条 art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10 **第一項** 病院（第三項の厚生労働省令で定める病院を除く。次項において同じ。）又は診療所の開設者は、その病院又は診療所が医業をなすものである場合は臨床研修等修了医師に、歯科医業をなすものである場合は臨床研修等修了歯科医師に、これを管理させなければならない。 art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10/par-1 The establisher of a hospital (excluding hospitals specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (3); the same applies in the following paragraph) or clinic is to have it managed by a clinically trained physician where a medical practice is operated at the relevant hospital or clinic, or must have it managed by a clinically trained dentist where a dental practice is operated at the relevant hospital or clinic. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The organizer of a hospital (excluding hospitals specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (3); the same applies in the following paragraph) or clinic is to have it managed by a clinically trained physician where a medical practice is operated at the relevant hospital or clinic, or must have it managed by a clinically trained dentist where a dental practice is operated at the relevant hospital or clinic." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb **第二項** 病院又は診療所の開設者は、その病院又は診療所が、医業及び歯科医業を併せ行うものである場合は、それが主として医業を行うものであるときは臨床研修等修了医師に、主として歯科医業を行うものであるときは臨床研修等修了歯科医師に、これを管理させなければならない。 art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10/par-2 Where both a medical practice and dental practice are operated at a hospital or clinic, the establisher of the relevant hospital or clinic is to have it managed by a clinically trained physician where it is primarily for the operation of a medical practice, or must have it managed by a clinically trained dentist where it is primarily for the operation of a dental practice. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Where both a medical practice and dental practice are operated at a hospital or clinic, the organizer of the relevant hospital or clinic is to have it managed by a clinically trained physician where it is primarily for the operation of a medical practice, or must have it managed by a clinically trained dentist where it is primarily for the operation of a dental practice." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb **第三項** 医師の確保を特に図るべき区域における医療の確保のために必要な支援を行う病院その他の厚生労働省令で定める病院の開設者は、その病院が医業をなすものである場合又は医業及び歯科医業を併せ行うものであつて主として医業を行うものである場合は、臨床研修等修了医師であつて第五条の二第一項の認定を受けたものに、これを管理させなければならない。ただし、地域における医療の提供に影響を与える場合その他の厚生労働省令で定める場合は、臨床研修等修了医師であつて当該認定を受けていないものに、これを管理させることができる。 art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10/par-3 The establisher of a hospital that provides necessary support for securing medical care in an acute physician shortage area or other hospitals specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in the case that the hospital is engaged in medical practice or in the case that the hospital is engaged in both medical practice and dental practice and mainly engages in medical practice, may have it managed by a clinically trained physician certified under Article 5-2, paragraph (1); provided, however, that in the case that affects the provision of medical care in the region or in other cases specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the hospital may be managed by a clinically trained physician who has not been certified under Article 5-2, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The organizer of a hospital that provides necessary support for securing medical care in an acute physician shortage area or other hospitals specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in the case that the hospital is engaged in medical practice or in the case that the hospital is engaged in both medical practice and dental practice and mainly engages in medical practice, may have it managed by a clinically trained physician certified under Article 5-2, paragraph (1); provided, however, that in the case that affects the provision of medical care in the region or in other cases specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the hospital may be managed by a clinically trained physician who has not been certified under Article 5-2, paragraph (1)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb --- ## Cites - art-10/par-1: 第三項 → 医療法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10/par-3 - art-10/par-1: 次項 → 医療法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10/par-2 - art-10/par-3: 第五条の二第一項 → 医療法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法施行規則 附則第六十九条の三第二項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-69-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-69-3/par-2/item-2 - 医療法 第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10/par-1 - 医療法 第十条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-10-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10-2/par-1 - 医療法 第八十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-89/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-89/par-1/item-1 - 医療法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4301-79/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4301-79/art-6/par-1 --- ## 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 10, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 10, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 10, paragraph (3) — 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