# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の八の二 (Article 46-8-2)

- 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: 第四十六条の八の二 (Article 46-8-2) — address `art-46-8-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2
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### 第四十六条の八の二
<sup>art-46-8-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8-2</sup>

    **第一項**  監事は理事会に出席し、必要があると認めるときは、意見を述べなければならない。
    <sup>art-46-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8-2/par-1</sup>
    The auditor must attend the meeting of the board of directors and state their opinion when the auditor finds it necessary.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  監事は、前条第四号に規定する場合において、必要があると認めるときは、理事（第四十六条の七の二第一項において準用する一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第九十三条第一項ただし書に規定する場合にあつては、同条第二項に規定する招集権者）に対し、理事会の招集を請求することができる。
    <sup>art-46-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8-2/par-2</sup>
    In the case prescribed in item (iv) of the preceding Article, when the auditor finds it necessary, the auditor may request the directors (in the case prescribed in the proviso of Article 93, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 46-7-2, paragraph (1), the person with the authority to convene the meeting as prescribed in paragraph (2) of the same Article) to convene a meeting of the board of directors.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  前項の規定による請求があつた日から五日以内に、その請求があつた日から二週間以内の日を理事会の日とする理事会の招集の通知が発せられない場合は、その請求をした監事は、理事会を招集することができる。
    <sup>art-46-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8-2/par-3</sup>
    If a notice of convocation of a meeting of the board of directors is not issued within five days from the date of the request under the preceding paragraph setting the date of the meeting within two weeks from the date of the request, the auditor who made the request may convene a meeting of the board of directors.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-46-8-2/par-2: 前条第四号 → 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-46-8-2/par-2: 第四十六条の七の二第一項 → 医療法 第四十六条の七の二第一項 (Article 46-7-2, paragraph (1)), art-46-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7-2/par-1
- art-46-8-2/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の八の二第二項 (Article 46-8-2, paragraph (2)), art-46-8-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8-2/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第四十六条の八の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8-2/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
