# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十八条の五 (Article 38-5)

- 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: 第三十八条の五 (Article 38-5) — address `art-38-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-38-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-5
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### 第三十八条の五
<sup>art-38-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-38-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-5</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、供給確保医薬品等について、製造販売業者又は製造業者その他厚生労働省令で定める者に対し、安定供給確保指針に即して、当該供給確保医薬品等の供給不足の発生を未然に防止するために必要な協力を求めることができる。
  <sup>art-38-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-38-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-5/par-1</sup>
  With regard to supply security pharmaceuticals, etc., the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, in line with the guidelines for securing stable supply, request marketing authorization holders or manufacturers and other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to provide the cooperation necessary to prevent the occurrence of a supply shortage of the supply security pharmaceuticals, etc.
  <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-20261019T151250-007, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19