# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十五条 (Article 35)

- 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: 第三十五条 (Article 35) — address `art-35`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三十五条
<sup>art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-35</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、公的医療機関の開設者又は管理者に対して、次の事項を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-35/par-1</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor may order the establisher or administrator of a public medical institution to undertake the following particulars:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor may order the organizer or administrator of a public medical institution to undertake the following particulars:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

    **一**  当該病院又は診療所の医療業務に差し支えない限り、その建物の全部又は一部、設備、器械及び器具を当該公的医療機関に勤務しない医師又は歯科医師の診療又は研究のために利用させること。
    <sup>art-35/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-35/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-35/par-1/item-1</sup>
    allow the use of all or parts of the buildings, equipment, instruments, and tools for the practice and research of physicians and dentists who do not work at the relevant public medical institution, provided that this is not a hindrance to the medical care services of the relevant hospital or clinic;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  医師法第十一条第一項第二号若しくは歯科医師法第十一条第一項第二号の規定による実地修練又は医師法第十六条の二第一項若しくは歯科医師法第十六条の二第一項の規定による臨床研修を行わせるのに必要な条件を整備すること。
    <sup>art-35/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-35/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-35/par-1/item-2</sup>
    provide the necessary conditions for practical training pursuant to Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Medical Practitioners' Act or Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Dental Practitioners Act, or for clinical training pursuant to Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Medical Practitioners' Act or Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Dental Practitioners Act; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  当該公的医療機関の所在地の都道府県の医療計画に定められた救急医療等確保事業に係る医療の確保に関し必要な措置を講ずること。
    <sup>art-35/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-35/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-35/par-1/item-3</sup>
    undertake necessary measures to ensure medical care in relation to activities to ensure emergency medical care as prescribed by the medical care plan of the prefecture in which the relevant public medical institution is situated.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項各号に掲げる事項の外、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、公的医療機関の開設者に対して、その運営に関して必要な指示をすることができる。
  <sup>art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-35/par-2</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor may instruct the establisher of a public medical institution as necessary on particulars concerning the operation thereof other than those listed in each item of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor may instruct the organizer of a public medical institution as necessary on particulars concerning the operation thereof other than those listed in each item of the preceding paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-35/par-1/item-2: 医師法第十一条第一項第二号 → 医師法 第十一条第一項第二号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-11/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-11/par-1/item-2
- art-35/par-1/item-2: 歯科医師法第十一条第一項第二号 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000202, 第十一条第一項第二号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-11/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection
- art-35/par-1/item-2: 医師法第十六条の二第一項 → 医師法 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), art-16-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-1
- art-35/par-1/item-2: 歯科医師法第十六条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000202, 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), art-16-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-35/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-35/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 第三十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-35/par-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 35, 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 35, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-006, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19