# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の四 (Article 46-4)

- 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: 第四十六条の四 (Article 46-4) — address `art-46-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4
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### 第四十六条の四
<sup>art-46-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4</sup>

    **第一項**  評議員となる者は、次に掲げる者とする。
    <sup>art-46-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1</sup>
    The persons who serve as councillors are to be as follows:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  医療従事者のうちから、寄附行為の定めるところにより選任された者
      <sup>art-46-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1/item-1</sup>
      persons elected as provided for in the act of endowment from among medical care professionals;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  病院、診療所、介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院の経営に関して識見を有する者のうちから、寄附行為の定めるところにより選任された者
      <sup>art-46-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1/item-2</sup>
      persons elected as provided for in the act of endowment from among persons who have knowledge and experience in the management of a hospital, clinic, long-term care health facility, or integrated facility for medical and long-term care;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  医療を受ける者のうちから、寄附行為の定めるところにより選任された者
      <sup>art-46-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1/item-3</sup>
      persons elected as provided for in the act of endowment from among medical care recipients; or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  前三号に掲げる者のほか、寄附行為の定めるところにより選任された者
      <sup>art-46-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1/item-4</sup>
      beyond those listed in the preceding three items, persons elected as provided for in the act of endowment.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、医療法人の評議員となることができない。
    <sup>art-46-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-2</sup>
    Any person who falls under any of the following items may not serve as a councillor of a medical corporation:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  法人
      <sup>art-46-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-2/item-1</sup>
      the corporation;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  心身の故障のため職務を適正に執行することができない者として厚生労働省令で定めるもの
      <sup>art-46-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-2/item-2</sup>
      a person specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person who is unable to execute their duties properly due to a mental or physical disorder;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  この法律、医師法、歯科医師法その他医事に関する法律で政令で定めるものの規定により罰金以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から起算して二年を経過しない者
      <sup>art-46-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-2/item-3</sup>
      a person sentenced to a fine or severer punishment pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the Medical Practitioners' Act, the Dental Practitioners Act or any other laws concerning medical affairs specified by a Cabinet Order, and for whom two years have not yet elapsed from the day on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the sentence became no longer applicable; or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a person sentenced to a fine or severer punishment pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the Medical Practitioners Act, the Dental Practitioners Act or any other laws concerning medical affairs specified by a Cabinet Order, and for whom two years have not yet elapsed from the day on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the sentence became no longer applicable; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb</sup>

      **四**  前号に該当する者を除くほか、拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者
      <sup>art-46-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-2/item-4</sup>
      except for those who fall under the preceding item, a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or severer punishment and has completed the execution of the sentence or is no longer subject to the execution of the sentence.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第三項**  評議員は、当該財団たる医療法人の役員又は職員を兼ねてはならない。
    <sup>art-46-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-3</sup>
    A councillor must not concurrently serve as an officer or employee of the relevant medical corporation as a foundation.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  財団たる医療法人と評議員との関係は、委任に関する規定に従う。
    <sup>art-46-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-4</sup>
    The relationship between a medical corporation as a foundation and its councillors is to be governed by the provisions concerning delegation.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-46-4/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 医療法 第四十六条の四第一項第一号 (Article 46-4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-46-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1/item-1
- art-46-4/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 医療法 第四十六条の四第一項第二号 (Article 46-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-46-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1/item-2
- art-46-4/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 医療法 第四十六条の四第一項第三号 (Article 46-4, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-46-4/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1/item-3
- art-46-4/par-2/item-4: 前号 → 医療法 第四十六条の四第二項第三号 (Article 46-4, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-46-4/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-2/item-3

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 第四十六条の四第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-1/item-4
- 医療法 第四十六条の四第二項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-2/item-4
- 医療法 第四十六条の五第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-5
- 医療法 附則第十二条第一項（事業報告書等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-1

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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 46-4, paragraph (2), item (iii) — 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-20261019T151250-007, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19