# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十二条 (Article 42)

- 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42) — address `art-42`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第四十二条
<sup>art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42</sup>

  **第一項**  医療法人は、その開設する病院、診療所、介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院（当該医療法人が地方自治法第二百四十四条の二第三項に規定する指定管理者として管理する公の施設である病院、診療所、介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院（以下「指定管理者として管理する病院等」という。）を含む。）の業務に支障のない限り、定款又は寄附行為の定めるところにより、次に掲げる業務の全部又は一部を行うことができる。
  <sup>art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1</sup>
  A medical corporation may carry out all or some of the following operations, provided there is no hindrance to the operation of the hospital, clinic, long-term care health facility, or integrated facility for medical and long-term care it has established (including a hospital, clinic, long-term care health facility, or integrated facility for medical and long-term care publically established by the relevant medical corporation and managed by a designated administrator provided for in Article 244-2, paragraph (3) of the Local Autonomy Act (hereinafter referred to as "hospital, etc. managed by a designated administrator")), pursuant to the provisions of its articles of incorporation or its act of endowment:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  医療関係者の養成又は再教育
    <sup>art-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-1</sup>
    the training or re-training of medical personnel;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  医学又は歯学に関する研究所の設置
    <sup>art-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-2</sup>
    the establishment of a research center for medicine or dentistry;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第三十九条第一項に規定する診療所以外の診療所の開設
    <sup>art-42/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-3</sup>
    the establishment of clinics other than clinics provided for in Article 39, paragraph (1);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  疾病予防のために有酸素運動（継続的に酸素を摂取して全身持久力に関する生理機能の維持又は回復のために行う身体の運動をいう。次号において同じ。）を行わせる施設であつて、診療所が附置され、かつ、その職員、設備及び運営方法が厚生労働大臣の定める基準に適合するものの設置
    <sup>art-42/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-4</sup>
    the establishment of facilities that allow people to engage in aerobic exercise for the prevention of illness (meaning physical exercise undertaken in order to maintain or rehabilitate physiological functions related to whole-body stamina, through the continuous intake of oxygen; the same applies in the following item) that are affiliated with a clinic and whose personnel, equipment, and operation comply with standards prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  疾病予防のために温泉を利用させる施設であつて、有酸素運動を行う場所を有し、かつ、その職員、設備及び運営方法が厚生労働大臣の定める基準に適合するものの設置
    <sup>art-42/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-5</sup>
    the establishment of facilities that allow the use of a hot spring for the prevention of illness that has a space for aerobic exercise and whose personnel, equipment, and operation comply with standards prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、保健衛生に関する業務
    <sup>art-42/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-6</sup>
    beyond what is listed in each of the preceding items, operations related to health and hygiene;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **七**  社会福祉法（昭和二十六年法律第四十五号）第二条第二項及び第三項に掲げる事業のうち厚生労働大臣が定めるものの実施
    <sup>art-42/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-7</sup>
    the establishment of the activities prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, among those listed in Article 2, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Social Welfare Act (Act No. 45 of 1951); and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **八**  老人福祉法（昭和三十八年法律第百三十三号）第二十九条第一項に規定する有料老人ホームの設置
    <sup>art-42/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-8</sup>
    the establishment of the fee-based home care for the elderly provided for in Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Act on Social Welfare Services for the Elderly (Act No. 133 of 1963).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-42/par-1: 地方自治法第二百四十四条の二第三項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百四十四条の二第三項 (Article 244-2, paragraph (3)), art-244-2/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-42/par-1/item-3: 第三十九条第一項 → 医療法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-39/par-1
- art-42/par-1/item-4: 次号 → 医療法 第四十二条第一項第五号 (Article 42, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-42/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-5
- art-42/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 医療法 第四十二条第一項第一号 (Article 42, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-42/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-1
- art-42/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 医療法 第四十二条第一項第二号 (Article 42, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-42/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-2
- art-42/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 医療法 第四十二条第一項第三号 (Article 42, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-42/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-3
- art-42/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 医療法 第四十二条第一項第四号 (Article 42, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-42/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-4
- art-42/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 医療法 第四十二条第一項第五号 (Article 42, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-42/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-5
- art-42/par-1/item-7: 社会福祉法（昭和二十六年法律第四十五号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000045, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-42/par-1/item-7: 第三項 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000045, 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-42/par-1/item-8: 老人福祉法（昭和三十八年法律第百三十三号）第二十九条第一項 → e-Gov law 338AC0000000133, 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 第四十二条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-4
- 医療法 第四十二条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-6
- 医療法 第四十二条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42-2/par-3

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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