# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十七条の二 (Article 47-2) - 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: 第四十七条の二 (Article 47-2) — address `art-47-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十七条の二 art-47-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2 **第一項** 一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第百十二条から第百十六条までの規定は、前条第一項の社団たる医療法人の理事又は監事の責任及び同条第四項において準用する同条第一項の財団たる医療法人の評議員又は理事若しくは監事の責任について準用する。この場合において、これらの者の責任について準用する同法第百十三条第一項第二号及び第四項中「法務省令」とあるのは「厚生労働省令」と読み替えるものとし、財団たる医療法人の評議員又は理事若しくは監事の責任について準用する同法第百十二条中「総社員」とあるのは「総評議員」と、同法第百十三条中「社員総会」とあるのは「評議員会」と、同法第百十四条の見出し並びに同条第一項及び第二項中「定款」とあるのは「寄附行為」と、同項中「社員総会」とあるのは「評議員会」と、同条第三項中「定款」とあるのは「寄附行為」と、「社員」とあるのは「評議員」と、同条第四項中「総社員」とあるのは「総評議員」と、「定款」とあるのは「寄附行為」と、「社員が」とあるのは「評議員が」と、同条第五項並びに同法第百十五条第一項及び第三項中「定款」とあるのは「寄附行為」と、同項及び同条第四項中「社員総会」とあるのは「評議員会」と読み替えるものとするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 art-47-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2/par-1 The provisions of Articles 112 through 116 of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations apply mutatis mutandis to the liability of directors or auditors of a medical corporation as an association set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and the liability of councillors or directors or auditors of a medical corporation as a foundation set forth in paragraph (1) of the same Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of the same Article. In this case, the term " Ministry of Justice Order" in Article 113, paragraph (1) item (ii) and paragraph (4) of the same Act as applied mutatis mutandis to the liability of these persons is replaced with "Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare", the term "all members" in Article 112 of the same Act as applied mutatis mutandis to the liability of councillors or directors or auditors of a medical corporation as a foundation is replaced with "all councillors", the term "general meeting of members" in Article 113 of the same Act is replaced with "meeting of the board of councillors", the term "articles of incorporation" in the heading of Article 114 of the same Act and paragraphs (1) and (2) of the same Article is replaced with "act of endowment", the term "general meeting of members" in the same paragraph is replaced with "meeting of the board of councillors", the term "articles of incorporation" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is replaced with "act of endowment", the term "members" is replaced with "councillors", the terms "all members", "articles of incorporation" and "members" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is replaced with "all councillors", "act of endowment" and "councillors", respectively, the term "articles of incorporation" in paragraph (5) of the same Article and paragraphs (1) and (3) of Article 115 of the same Act is replaced with "act of endowment", the term "general meeting of members" in the same paragraph and paragraph (4) of the same Article is replaced with "meeting of the board of councillors", and any other necessary technical replacement of terms are prescribed by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社団たる医療法人は、出席者の三分の二（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあつては、その割合）以上の賛成がなければ、前項において読み替え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百十三条第一項の社員総会の決議をすることができない。 art-47-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2/par-2 A medical corporation as an association may not adopt a resolution at a general meeting of members set forth in Article 113, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms under the preceding paragraph, unless two-thirds or more (in the case where a higher ratio is specified in the articles of incorporation, that ratio) of those present approve the resolution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 財団たる医療法人は、出席者の三分の二（これを上回る割合を寄附行為で定めた場合にあつては、その割合）以上の賛成がなければ、第一項において読み替え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百十三条第一項の評議員会の決議をすることができない。 art-47-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2/par-3 A medical corporation as a foundation may not adopt a resolution at a meeting of the board of councillors set forth in Article 113, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms under paragraph (1), unless two-thirds or more (in the case where a higher ratio is specified in the act of endowment, that ratio) of those present approve the resolution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47-2/par-1: 一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第百十二条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十二条 (Article 112), art-112 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 第百十六条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十六条 (Article 116), art-116 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-1 - art-47-2/par-1: 同条第四項 → 医療法 第四十七条第四項 (Article 47, paragraph (4)), art-47/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-4 - art-47-2/par-1: 同法第百十三条第一項第二号 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十三条第一項第二号 (Article 113, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-113/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 第四項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十三条第四項 (Article 113, paragraph (4)), art-113/par-4 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 同法第百十三条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 同法第百十四条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十四条 (Article 114), art-114 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 同条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十四条第一項 (Article 114, paragraph (1)), art-114/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 第二項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十四条第二項 (Article 114, paragraph (2)), art-114/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 同条第三項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十四条第三項 (Article 114, paragraph (3)), art-114/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 同条第四項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十四条第四項 (Article 114, paragraph (4)), art-114/par-4 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 同条第五項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十四条第五項 (Article 114, paragraph (5)), art-114/par-5 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 同法第百十五条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十五条第一項 (Article 115, paragraph (1)), art-115/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 第三項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十五条第三項 (Article 115, paragraph (3)), art-115/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-1: 同条第四項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第百十五条第四項 (Article 115, paragraph (4)), art-115/par-4 — not held in this collection - art-47-2/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第四十七条の二第一項 (Article 47-2, paragraph (1)), art-47-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2/par-1 - art-47-2/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第四十七条の二第一項 (Article 47-2, paragraph (1)), art-47-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の七第三項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-7/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7/par-3/item-5 - 医療法 第四十六条の七第三項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-7/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7/par-3/item-6 - 医療法 第四十七条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2/par-2 - 医療法 第四十七条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-47-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2/par-3 --- ## 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