# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十条の二十四 (Article 30-24) - 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: 第三十条の二十四 (Article 30-24) — address `art-30-24` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-24 - 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. --- ### 第三十条の二十四 art-30-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-24 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、前条第一項に規定する協議が調つた事項（次条第一項、第三十条の二十七及び第三十一条において「協議が調つた事項」という。）に基づき、特に必要があると認めるときは、前条第一項各号に掲げる者の開設者、管理者その他の関係者に対し、医師の派遣、研修体制の整備その他の医師の確保を特に図るべき区域の病院又は診療所における医師の確保に関し必要な協力を要請することができる。 art-30-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-24/par-1 When the prefectural governor finds it especially necessary based on the particulars agreed upon through the consultation prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as "particulars agreed upon" in paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 30-27 and Article 31), the governor may request the establishers and administrators of entities listed in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and other related parties to provide necessary cooperation for ensuring the availability of physicians in hospitals or clinics in acute physician shortage areas, such as dispatching physicians and developing training systems. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the prefectural governor finds it especially necessary based on the particulars agreed upon through the consultation prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as "particulars agreed upon" in paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 30-27 and Article 31), the governor may request the organizers and administrators of entities listed in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and other related parties to provide necessary cooperation for ensuring the availability of physicians in hospitals or clinics in acute physician shortage areas, such as dispatching physicians and developing training systems." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb --- ## Cites - art-30-24/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十三第一項 (Article 30-23, paragraph (1)), art-30-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-23/par-1 - art-30-24/par-1: 次条第一項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十五第一項 (Article 30-25, paragraph (1)), art-30-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-25/par-1 - art-30-24/par-1: 第三十条の二十七 → 医療法 第三十条の二十七 (Article 30-27), art-30-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-27 - art-30-24/par-1: 第三十一条 → 医療法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-31 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第三十条の二十七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-27/par-1 - 医療法 第三十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-31/par-1 - 医療法 附則第五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4301-79/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4301-79/art-5/par-2 --- ## 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 30-24, paragraph (1) — 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