# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の八 (Article 46-8) - 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: 第四十六条の八 (Article 46-8) — address `art-46-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十六条の八 art-46-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8 **第一項** 監事の職務は、次のとおりとする。 art-46-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1 The duties of the auditors are as follows: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 医療法人の業務を監査すること。 art-46-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-1 to audit the business of the medical corporation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 医療法人の財産の状況を監査すること。 art-46-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-2 to audit the status of the property of the medical corporation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 医療法人の業務又は財産の状況について、毎会計年度、監査報告書を作成し、当該会計年度終了後三月以内に社員総会又は評議員会及び理事会に提出すること。 art-46-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-3 to prepare an audit report on the status of the business or property of the medical corporation for each fiscal year and submit it to the general meeting of members or the board of councillors and the board of directors within three months after the end of the relevant fiscal year; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第一号又は第二号の規定による監査の結果、医療法人の業務又は財産に関し不正の行為又は法令若しくは定款若しくは寄附行為に違反する重大な事実があることを発見したときは、これを都道府県知事、社員総会若しくは評議員会又は理事会に報告すること。 art-46-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-4 to report to the prefectural governor, the general meeting of members or the board of councillors, or the board of directors, if, as a result of the audit prescribed in item (i) or (ii), it is found that there is any wrongful act concerning the business or property of the medical corporation or any material fact in violation of laws and regulations, or the articles of incorporation or act of endowment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 社団たる医療法人の監事にあつては、前号の規定による報告をするために必要があるときは、社員総会を招集すること。 art-46-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-5 in the case of an auditor of a medical corporation as an association, to convene a general meeting of members when it is necessary to make a report under the provisions of the preceding item; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 財団たる医療法人の監事にあつては、第四号の規定による報告をするために必要があるときは、理事長に対して評議員会の招集を請求すること。 art-46-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-6 in the case of an auditor of a medical corporation as a foundation, to request the president to convene a meeting of the board of councillors when it is necessary to make a report under the provisions of item (iv); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 社団たる医療法人の監事にあつては、理事が社員総会に提出しようとする議案、書類その他厚生労働省令で定めるもの（次号において「議案等」という。）を調査すること。この場合において、法令若しくは定款に違反し、又は著しく不当な事項があると認めるときは、その調査の結果を社員総会に報告すること。 art-46-8/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-7 in the case of an auditor of a medical corporation as an association, to investigate proposals, documents and other items specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "proposals, etc." in the following item) that the directors intend to submit to the general meeting of members. In this case, if it is found that there is a violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation, or that there are extremely unjust particulars, to report the results of the investigation to the general meeting of members; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 財団たる医療法人の監事にあつては、理事が評議員会に提出しようとする議案等を調査すること。この場合において、法令若しくは寄附行為に違反し、又は著しく不当な事項があると認めるときは、その調査の結果を評議員会に報告すること。 art-46-8/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-8 in the case of an auditor of a medical corporation as a foundation, to investigate proposals, etc. that the directors intend to submit to the board of councillors. In this case, if it is found that there is a violation of laws and regulations or the act of endowment, or that there are extremely unjust particulars, to report the results of the investigation to the board of councillors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-8/par-1/item-4: 第一号 → 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第一号 (Article 46-8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-46-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-1 - art-46-8/par-1/item-4: 第二号 → 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第二号 (Article 46-8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-46-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-2 - art-46-8/par-1/item-5: 前号 → 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第四号 (Article 46-8, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-46-8/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-4 - art-46-8/par-1/item-6: 第四号 → 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第四号 (Article 46-8, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-46-8/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-4 - art-46-8/par-1/item-7: 次号 → 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第八号 (Article 46-8, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-46-8/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-8 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-4 - 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-5 - 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-6 - 医療法 第四十六条の八第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8/par-1/item-7 - 医療法 第四十六条の八の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8-2/par-2 - 医療法 第五十一条の四第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-51-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-4/par-1/item-2 - 医療法 第七十条の十四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-14/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