# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第二十五条の二 (Article 25-2)

- 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: 第二十五条の二 (Article 25-2) — address `art-25-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-25-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-25-2
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### 第二十五条の二
<sup>art-25-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-25-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-25-2</sup>

  **第一項**  保健所を設置する市の市長及び特別区の区長は、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、診療所、助産所及びオンライン診療受診施設に関し、厚生労働省令で定める事項を都道府県知事に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-25-2/par-1</sup>
  The mayors of cities with a public health center and the mayors of special wards of Tokyo must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, give notice to the prefectural governor of the particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning clinics, birthing centers and facilities for receiving online medical care.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261019T164002-001, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19