# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第十七条 (Article 17)

- 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: 第十七条 (Article 17) — address `art-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-17
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-17
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### 第十七条
<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-17</sup>

  **第一項**  第六条の十から第六条の十二まで、第十三条から第十四条の二まで、第十四条の四及び第十五条から前条までに定めるもののほか、病院、診療所又は助産所の管理者が、その構造設備、医薬品その他の物品の管理並びに患者、妊婦、産婦及びじよく婦の入院又は入所につき遵守すべき事項については、厚生労働省令で定める。
  <sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-17/par-1</sup>
  Beyond the provisions of Article 6-10 through Article 6-12, Article 13 through Article 14-2, Article 14-4, and Article 15 through the preceding Article, particulars that should be observed by the administrator of a hospital, clinic, or birthing center in the management of their buildings and equipment, pharmaceuticals, and other articles, and in the hospitalization or admission of patients, pregnant women, women in labor, and women resting after childbirth, are to be as prescribed by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-17/par-1: 第六条の十から第六条の十二まで → 医療法 第六条の十 (Article 6-10), art-6-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-10
- art-17/par-1: 第六条の十から第六条の十二まで → 医療法 第六条の十一 (Article 6-11), art-6-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-11
- art-17/par-1: 第六条の十から第六条の十二まで → 医療法 第六条の十二 (Article 6-12), art-6-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-12
- art-17/par-1: 第十三条から第十四条の二まで → 医療法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-13
- art-17/par-1: 第十三条から第十四条の二まで → 医療法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-14
- art-17/par-1: 第十三条から第十四条の二まで → 医療法 第十四条の二 (Article 14-2), art-14-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-14-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-14-2
- art-17/par-1: 第十四条の四 → 医療法 第十四条の四 (Article 14-4), art-14-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-14-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-14-4
- art-17/par-1: 第十五条から前条まで → 医療法 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-15
- art-17/par-1: 第十五条から前条まで → 医療法 第十五条の二 (Article 15-2), art-15-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-15-2
- art-17/par-1: 第十五条から前条まで → 医療法 第十五条の三 (Article 15-3), art-15-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-15-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-15-3
- art-17/par-1: 第十五条から前条まで → 医療法 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-16
- art-17/par-1: 第十五条から前条まで → 医療法 第十六条の二 (Article 16-2), art-16-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-16-2
- art-17/par-1: 第十五条から前条まで → 医療法 第十六条の三 (Article 16-3), art-16-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-16-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-16-3
- art-17/par-1: 第十五条から前条まで → 医療法 第十六条の四 (Article 16-4), art-16-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-16-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-16-4

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-001, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19