# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五十四条の九 (Article 54-9) - 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: 第五十四条の九 (Article 54-9) — address `art-54-9` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条の九 art-54-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9 **第一項** 社団たる医療法人が定款を変更するには、社員総会の決議によらなければならない。 art-54-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-1 In order for a medical corporation as an association to change its articles of incorporation, a resolution of the general meeting of members must be adopted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 財団たる医療法人が寄附行為を変更するには、あらかじめ、評議員会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-54-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-2 In order for a medical corporation as a foundation to change its act of endowment, it must hear the opinion of the board of councillors in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 定款又は寄附行為の変更（厚生労働省令で定める事項に係るものを除く。）は、都道府県知事の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-54-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-3 Changes to the articles of incorporation or act of endowment (excluding those pertaining to particulars specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) must not take effect unless approved by the prefectural governor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による認可の申請があつた場合には、第四十五条第一項に規定する事項及び定款又は寄附行為の変更の手続が法令又は定款若しくは寄附行為に違反していないかどうかを審査した上で、その認可を決定しなければならない。 art-54-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-4 In the case where an application for approval has been filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must decide on the approval after examining the particulars prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (1) and whether the procedures for the change of the articles of incorporation or act of endowment are not in violation of laws and regulations or the articles of incorporation or act of endowment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 医療法人は、第三項の厚生労働省令で定める事項に係る定款又は寄附行為の変更をしたときは、遅滞なく、その変更した定款又は寄附行為を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。 art-54-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-5 When a medical corporation has changed its articles of incorporation or act of endowment pertaining to the particulars specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as set forth in paragraph (3), it must notify the prefectural governor of the changed articles of incorporation or act of endowment without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第四十四条第五項の規定は、定款又は寄附行為の変更により、残余財産の帰属すべき者に関する規定を設け、又は変更する場合について準用する。 art-54-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-6 The provisions of Article 44, paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where provisions concerning the person to whom the residual property is to belong are established or changed as a result of changing the articles of incorporation or act of endowment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54-9/par-4: 前項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第三項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (3)), art-54-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-3 - art-54-9/par-4: 第四十五条第一項 → 医療法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-45/par-1 - art-54-9/par-5: 第三項 → 医療法 第五十四条の九第三項 (Article 54-9, paragraph (3)), art-54-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-3 - art-54-9/par-6: 第四十四条第五項 → 医療法 第四十四条第五項 (Article 44, paragraph (5)), art-44/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-5 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第五十四条の九第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-4 - 医療法 第五十四条の九第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-5 - 医療法 第七十条の十八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-1 - 医療法 第七十条の十八第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-2 - 医療法 第九十三条第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-93/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-93/par-1/item-7 - 医療法 附則第六条第一項（定款又は寄附行為の変更に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-6/par-1 - 医療法 附則第二十九条第一項（医療法人の設立等に関する準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-52/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-52/art-29/par-1 - 租税特別措置法 第七十条の七の九第六項（医療法人の持分に係る経済的利益についての贈与税の納税猶予及び免除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/art-70-7-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/art-70-7-9/par-6 --- ## 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