# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六条の六 (Article 6-6) - 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: 第六条の六 (Article 6-6) — address `art-6-6` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条の六 art-6-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6 **第一項** 前条第三項第二号の規定による診療科名は、医業及び歯科医業につき政令で定める診療科名並びに当該診療科名以外の診療科名であつて当該診療に従事する医師又は歯科医師が厚生労働大臣の許可を受けたものとする。 art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-1 Clinical department names pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), item (ii) of the preceding Article are to be the clinical department names of medical practices and dental practices prescribed by a Cabinet Order, or clinical department names other than such clinical department names in which the practicing physician or dentist has been given permission by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の政令の制定又は改廃の立案をしようとするときは、医学医術に関する学術団体及び医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-6-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of academic societies of medicine and medical science and the Medical Ethics Council, when planning to enact, amend, or abolish the Cabinet Order set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の許可をするに当たつては、あらかじめ、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-6-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-3 In granting the permission set forth in paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による許可に係る診療科名について広告をするときは、当該診療科名につき許可を受けた医師又は歯科医師の氏名について、併せて広告をしなければならない。 art-6-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-4 If an advertisement of a clinical department name that is related to the permission under the provisions of paragraph (1) is placed, the name of the physician or dentist who received that permission must be advertised alongside the relevant clinical department name. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6-6/par-1: 前条第三項第二号 → 医療法 第六条の五第三項第二号 (Article 6-5, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-6-5/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-3/item-2 - art-6-6/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六条の六第一項 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1)), art-6-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-1 - art-6-6/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の六第一項 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1)), art-6-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-1 - art-6-6/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第六条の六第一項 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1)), art-6-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 医療法 第六条の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-2 - 医療法 第六条の六第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-3 - 医療法 第六条の六第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-4 - 医療法 第八十七条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-87/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87/par-1/item-1 - 医療法 附則第九十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2 - 医療法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-4/par-1 - 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/my-number-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/appdx-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