# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31)

- 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31) — address `art-31`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-31
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### 第三十一条
<sup>art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-31</sup>

  **第一項**  公的医療機関（都道府県、市町村その他厚生労働大臣の定める者の開設する病院又は診療所をいう。以下この節において同じ。）は、協議が調つた事項その他当該都道府県において必要とされる医療の確保に関する事項の実施に協力するとともに、第三十条の二十四の規定により協力を要請されたときは、当該要請に応じ、医師の確保に関し協力しなければならない。
  <sup>art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-31/par-1</sup>
  Public medical institutions (hospitals or clinics established by a prefecture, municipality or other party as prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Section) are to endeavor to cooperate in the implementation of particulars agreed upon and other particulars concerning the securing of medical care required in relevant prefectures. They must also, when cooperation is requested in accordance with the provisions of Article 30-24, respond to the relevant request and cooperate in ensuring the availability of physicians.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-31/par-1: 第三十条の二十四 → 医療法 第三十条の二十四 (Article 30-24), art-30-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-24

## Cited by

12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第七条の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-1/item-1
- 医療法 第三十条の二十三第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-23/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-23/par-1/item-3
- 医療法 第三十条の二十四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-24/par-1
- 医療法 第三十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-34/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
- 建物の区分所有等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第五号ロ（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/building-unit-ownership-act/suppl-4201-23/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/337AC0000000069/suppl-4201-23/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-2
- 所得税法 附則第一条第一項第五号イ（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/suppl-4201-23/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/suppl-4201-23/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-1
- 所得税法 別表第一（公共法人等の表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000033/appdx-1
- 法人税法 附則第一条第一項第五号イ（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4201-23/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4201-23/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-1
- 法人税法 附則第一条第一項第五号ロ（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/suppl-4201-23/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/suppl-4201-23/art-1/par-1/item-5/sub-2
- 法人税法 別表第二（公益法人等の表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/appdx-2
- 租税特別措置法 附則第百二十四条第十項（登録免許税の特例に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/suppl-4151-8/art-124/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/suppl-4151-8/art-124/par-10

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