# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

- 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58) — address `art-58`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-58
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### 第五十八条
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-58</sup>

      **第一項**  医療法人が吸収合併（医療法人が他の医療法人とする合併であつて、合併により消滅する医療法人の権利義務の全部を合併後存続する医療法人に承継させるものをいう。以下この目において同じ。）をする場合には、吸収合併契約において、吸収合併後存続する医療法人（以下この目において「吸収合併存続医療法人」という。）及び吸収合併により消滅する医療法人（以下この目において「吸収合併消滅医療法人」という。）の名称及び主たる事務所の所在地その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を定めなければならない。
      <sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-58/par-1</sup>
      When a medical corporation conducts an absorption-type merger (meaning a merger by a medical corporation with another medical corporation whereby all of the rights and obligations of the medical corporation to be dissolved as a result of the merger are to be succeeded to by the medical corporation to survive the merger; hereinafter the same applies in this Division), the absorption-type merger agreement must stipulate the names and locations of the principal offices of the medical corporation that will survive the absorption-type merger (hereinafter referred to as the "surviving medical corporation in the absorption-type merger" in this Division) and the medical corporation that will dissolve as a result of the absorption-type merger (hereinafter referred to as the "dissolving medical corporation in the absorption-type merger" in this Division), and other particulars specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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