# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第十九条の二 (Article 19-2)

- 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: 第十九条の二 (Article 19-2) — address `art-19-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-19-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19-2
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### 第十九条の二
<sup>art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19-2</sup>

  **第一項**  特定機能病院の開設者は、当該特定機能病院の管理者による当該特定機能病院の管理及び運営に関する業務が適切に遂行されるよう、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる措置を講じなければならない。
  <sup>art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19-2/par-1</sup>
  The establisher of an advanced treatment hospital, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must take the following measures to ensure that the administrator of the relevant advanced treatment hospital properly executes the management and operation of the relevant advanced treatment hospital:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The organizer of an advanced treatment hospital, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must take the following measures to ensure that the administrator of the relevant advanced treatment hospital properly executes the management and operation of the relevant advanced treatment hospital:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

    **一**  当該特定機能病院の管理及び運営について当該管理者が有する権限を明らかにすること。
    <sup>art-19-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-19-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
    to clarify the authority that the relevant administrator has for the management and operation of the relevant advanced treatment hospital;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  医療の安全の確保に関する監査委員会を設置すること。
    <sup>art-19-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-19-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
    to set up an audit committee for ensuring the safety of medical care.;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  当該管理者の業務の執行が法令に適合することを確保するための体制、当該開設者による当該特定機能病院の業務の監督に係る体制その他の当該特定機能病院の業務の適正を確保するために必要なものとして厚生労働省令で定める体制を整備すること。
    <sup>art-19-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-19-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
    to establish a system to ensure that the execution of the duties of the relevant administrator complies with laws and regulations, a system pertaining to the supervision of the business of the relevant advanced treatment hospital by the relevant establisher, and other systems specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary to ensure the appropriateness of the business of the relevant advanced treatment hospital: and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "to establish a system to ensure that the execution of the duties of the relevant administrator complies with laws and regulations, a system pertaining to the supervision of the business of the relevant advanced treatment hospital by the relevant organizer, and other systems specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary to ensure the appropriateness of the business of the relevant advanced treatment hospital: and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

    **四**  その他当該管理者による当該特定機能病院の管理及び運営に関する業務の適切な遂行に必要なものとして厚生労働省令で定める措置
    <sup>art-19-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-19-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-19-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
    other measures specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for the proper execution of the management and operation of the relevant advanced treatment hospital by the relevant administrator.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第二十九条第四項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-29/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-4/item-2

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## 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 19-2, 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 19-2, paragraph (1), item (iii) — 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