# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六十一条 (Article 61)

- 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: 第六十一条 (Article 61) — address `art-61`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-61
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### 第六十一条
<sup>art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61</sup>

      **第一項**  一又は二以上の医療法人は、新設分割（一又は二以上の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により設立する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、新設分割計画を作成しなければならない。
      <sup>art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61/par-1</sup>
      One or two or more medical corporations may conduct an incorporation-type split (meaning that all or part of the rights and obligations which one or two or more medical corporations have with respect to their business are succeeded to by a medical corporation to be established through a split; the same applies hereinafter in this Division). In this case, an incorporation-type split plan must be prepared.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  二以上の医療法人が共同して新設分割をする場合には、当該二以上の医療法人は、共同して新設分割計画を作成しなければならない。
      <sup>art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61/par-2</sup>
      In the case where two or more medical corporations jointly conduct an incorporation-type split, the relevant two or more medical corporations must jointly prepare an incorporation-type split plan.
      <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