# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第十五条 (Article 15) - 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: 第十五条 (Article 15) — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-15 - 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. --- ### 第十五条 art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-15 **第一項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、この法律に定める管理者の責務を果たせるよう、当該病院又は診療所に勤務する医師、歯科医師、薬剤師その他の従業者を監督し、その他当該病院又は診療所の管理及び運営につき、必要な注意をしなければならない。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-15/par-1 The administrator of a hospital or clinic must supervise the physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and other employees working at the relevant hospital or clinic, and must take other necessary precautions for the management and operation of the relevant hospital or clinic, so that they can fulfill their responsibilities prescribed in this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 助産所の管理者は、この法律に定める管理者の責務を果たせるよう、当該助産所に勤務する助産師その他の従業者を監督し、その他当該助産所の管理及び運営につき、必要な注意をしなければならない。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-15/par-2 The administrator of a birthing center must supervise the midwives and other employees working at the relevant birthing center, and must take other necessary precautions for the management and operation of the relevant birthing center, so that they can fulfill their responsibilities prescribed in this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、病院又は診療所に診療の用に供するエックス線装置を備えたときその他厚生労働省令で定める場合においては、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、病院又は診療所所在地の都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。 art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-15/par-3 The administrator of a hospital or clinic must notify the prefectural governor of the area in which the hospital or clinic is situated, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, where the relevant hospital or clinic has an x-ray unit for medical treatment, or in other cases prescribed by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第百五条第一項（医療法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-105/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-105/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百十四条の八第一項（医療法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-114-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-114-8/par-1 - 医療法 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-1 - 医療法 第十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-17/par-1 --- ## Sources - 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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19