# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十条の十二 (Article 30-12) - 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: 第三十条の十二 (Article 30-12) — address `art-30-12` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12 - 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. --- ### 第三十条の十二 art-30-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12 **第一項** 第七条の二第三項から第五項までの規定は、医療計画の達成の推進のため特に必要がある場合において、同条第一項各号に掲げる者以外の者が開設する病院（療養病床又は一般病床を有するものに限る。）又は診療所（第七条第三項の許可を得て病床を設置するものに限る。）について準用する。この場合において、第七条の二第三項中「命ずる」とあるのは「要請する」と、同条第四項中「前三項」とあるのは「前項」と、「病床数及び当該申請に係る病床数」とあるのは「病床数」と、同条第五項中「第一項若しくは第二項の規定により前条第一項から第三項までの許可を与えない処分をし、又は第三項」とあるのは「第三項」と、「命令しよう」とあるのは「要請しよう」と読み替えるものとする。 art-30-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12/par-1 The provisions of Article 7-2, paragraphs (3) through (5) apply mutatis mutandis to hospitals established by persons other than those listed in each item of paragraph (1) of the same Article (limited to those having long-term care beds or general beds) or clinics (limited to those setting up beds with permission under Article 7, paragraph (3)), when it is especially necessary for promoting the achievement of the medical care plan. In this case, the term "order" in Article 7-2, paragraph (3) is replaced with "request", the term "preceding three paragraphs" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is replaced with "preceding paragraph", the term "the number of beds, and the number of beds to which the relevant application relates" is replaced with "the number of beds", the terms "refuse permission as set forth in paragraphs (1) through (3) of the preceding Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2), or paragraph (3)" in paragraph (5) of the same Article is replaced with "paragraph (3)", and the term "wishes to issue an order" is replaced with "wishes to issue a request". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県知事は、前項において読み替えて準用する第七条の二第三項の規定による要請を受けた病院又は診療所の開設者又は管理者が、正当な理由がなく、当該要請に係る措置を講じていないと認めるときは、当該病院又は診療所の開設者又は管理者に対し、都道府県医療審議会の意見を聴いて、当該措置をとるべきことを勧告することができる。 art-30-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12/par-2 When a prefectural governor finds that the establisher or administrator of a hospital or clinic that has received a request under Article 7-2, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms in accordance with the preceding paragraph has not taken measures pertaining to the relevant request without justifiable grounds, the prefectural governor may recommend that the relevant establisher or administrator of the hospital or clinic should take the relevant measures, after hearing the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a prefectural governor finds that the organizer or administrator of a hospital or clinic that has received a request under Article 7-2, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms in accordance with the preceding paragraph has not taken measures pertaining to the relevant request without justifiable grounds, the prefectural governor may recommend that the relevant organizer or administrator of the hospital or clinic should take the relevant measures, after hearing the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb **第三項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による勧告をした場合において、当該勧告を受けた病院又は診療所の開設者又は管理者がこれに従わなかつたときは、その旨を公表することができる。 art-30-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12/par-3 In the case where a prefectural governor has made a recommendation under the preceding paragraph, the governor, if the establisher or administrator of a hospital or clinic that has received the relevant recommendation fails to comply with it, may make a public announcement to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case where a prefectural governor has made a recommendation under the preceding paragraph, the governor, if the organizer or administrator of a hospital or clinic that has received the relevant recommendation fails to comply with it, may make a public announcement to that effect." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb --- ## Cites - art-30-12/par-1: 第七条の二第三項から第五項まで → 医療法 第七条の二第三項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (3)), art-7-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-3 - art-30-12/par-1: 第七条の二第三項から第五項まで → 医療法 第七条の二第四項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (4)), art-7-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-4 - art-30-12/par-1: 第七条の二第三項から第五項まで → 医療法 第七条の二第五項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (5)), art-7-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-5 - art-30-12/par-1: 同条第一項 → 医療法 第七条の二第一項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1)), art-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-1 - art-30-12/par-1: 第七条第三項 → 医療法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-3 - art-30-12/par-1: 前三項 → 医療法 第七条の二第二項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (2)), art-7-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-2 - art-30-12/par-1: 前条第一項から第三項まで → 医療法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-1 - art-30-12/par-1: 前条第一項から第三項まで → 医療法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-2 - art-30-12/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の十二第一項 (Article 30-12, paragraph (1)), art-30-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12/par-1 - art-30-12/par-2: 第七条の二第三項 → 医療法 第七条の二第三項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (3)), art-7-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-3 - art-30-12/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の十二第二項 (Article 30-12, paragraph (2)), art-30-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第二十九条第三項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-29/par-3/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-3/item-7 - 医療法 第二十九条第四項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-29/par-4/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-4/item-7 - 医療法 第三十条の十二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12/par-2 - 医療法 第三十条の十二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-12/par-3 - 医療法 附則第二十八条第一項（療養病床に係る既存の病床数の算定に関する措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-52/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-52/art-28/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 30-12, 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 30-12, 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