# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の三の二 (Article 46-3-2) - 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: 第四十六条の三の二 (Article 46-3-2) — address `art-46-3-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十六条の三の二 art-46-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2 **第一項** 社団たる医療法人は、社員名簿を備え置き、社員の変更があるごとに必要な変更を加えなければならない。 art-46-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2/par-1 A medical corporation as an association must keep a list of its members and make necessary changes whenever there is a change in the members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社団たる医療法人の理事長は、少なくとも毎年一回、定時社員総会を開かなければならない。 art-46-3-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2/par-2 The president of a medical corporation as an association must hold an ordinary general meeting of members at least once a year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 理事長は、必要があると認めるときは、いつでも臨時社員総会を招集することができる。 art-46-3-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2/par-3 The president may convene an extraordinary general meeting of members, whenever the president finds it necessary. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The president may convene an extraordinary general meeting of members, whenever the president finds it necessary," — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb **第四項** 理事長は、総社員の五分の一以上の社員から社員総会の目的である事項を示して臨時社員総会の招集を請求された場合には、その請求のあつた日から二十日以内に、これを招集しなければならない。ただし、総社員の五分の一の割合については、定款でこれを下回る割合を定めることができる。 art-46-3-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2/par-4 When one fifth or more of the total number of members request the convening of an extraordinary general meeting of members by indicating the particulars that are the purpose of the general meeting of members, the president must convene an extraordinary general meeting of members within 20 days from the date of the request; provided, however, that the articles of incorporation may provide for a ratio of less than one fifth of the total number of members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 社員総会の招集の通知は、その社員総会の日より少なくとも五日前に、その社員総会の目的である事項を示し、定款で定めた方法に従つてしなければならない。 art-46-3-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2/par-5 A notice of convocation of a general meeting of members must be given at least five days prior to the date of such general meeting of members, indicating the particulars to be discussed at such general meeting of members and in accordance with the method prescribed in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 社員総会においては、前項の規定によりあらかじめ通知をした事項についてのみ、決議をすることができる。ただし、定款に別段の定めがあるときは、この限りでない。 art-46-3-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2/par-6 At a general meeting of members, resolutions may be adopted only with respect to particulars for which advance notice has been given pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-3-2/par-6: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の三の二第五項 (Article 46-3-2, paragraph (5)), art-46-3-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2/par-5 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の三の二第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-3-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-2/par-6 --- ## 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 46-3-2, paragraph (3) — 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