# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六十条 (Article 60)

- 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: 第六十条 (Article 60) — address `art-60`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-60
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### 第六十条
<sup>art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-60</sup>

      **第一項**  医療法人（社会医療法人その他の厚生労働省令で定める者を除く。以下この款において同じ。）は、吸収分割（医療法人がその事業に関して有する権利義務の全部又は一部を分割後他の医療法人に承継させることをいう。以下この目において同じ。）をすることができる。この場合においては、当該医療法人がその事業に関して有する権利義務の全部又は一部を当該医療法人から承継する医療法人（以下この目において「吸収分割承継医療法人」という。）との間で、吸収分割契約を締結しなければならない。
      <sup>art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-60/par-1</sup>
      A medical corporation (excluding social medical corporations and those specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection) may conduct an absorption-type split (meaning that all or part of the rights and obligations which a medical corporation has with respect to its business are succeeded to by another medical corporation after the split; hereinafter the same applies in this Division). In this case, an absorption-type split agreement is concluded with the medical corporation that succeeds to all or part of the rights and obligations (hereinafter referred to as the "succeeding medical corporation in the absorption-type split" in this Division) held by the relevant medical corporation with respect to its business.
      <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