# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の四の二 (Article 46-4-2) - 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: 第四十六条の四の二 (Article 46-4-2) — address `art-46-4-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-2 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条の四の二 art-46-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-2 **第一項** 評議員会は、理事の定数を超える数の評議員（第四十六条の五第一項ただし書の認可を受けた医療法人にあつては、三人以上の評議員）をもつて、組織する。 art-46-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-2/par-1 The board of councillors are to consist of a number of councillors that exceeds the fixed number of directors (in the case of a medical corporation approved under the proviso of Article 46-5, paragraph (1), three or more councillors). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 評議員会は、第四十六条の四の五第一項の意見を述べるほか、この法律に規定する事項及び寄附行為で定めた事項に限り、決議をすることができる。 art-46-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-2/par-2 Beyond expressing the opinions set forth in Article 46-4-5, paragraph (1), the board of councillors may adopt resolutions only on the particulars provided for in this Act and the particulars provided for in the act of endowment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の規定により評議員会の決議を必要とする事項について、理事、理事会その他の評議員会以外の機関が決定することができることを内容とする寄附行為の定めは、その効力を有しない。 art-46-4-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-2/par-3 Provisions in the act of endowment to the effect that the directors, the board of directors, or other organizations other than the board of councillors may decide on particulars requiring a resolution of the board of councillors under the provisions of this Act are to have no effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-4-2/par-1: 第四十六条の五第一項 → 医療法 第四十六条の五第一項 (Article 46-5, paragraph (1)), art-46-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-1 - art-46-4-2/par-2: 第四十六条の四の五第一項 → 医療法 第四十六条の四の五第一項 (Article 46-4-5, paragraph (1)), art-46-4-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1 --- ## 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