# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六十四条 (Article 64) - 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: 第六十四条 (Article 64) — address `art-64` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64 - 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. --- ### 第六十四条 art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、医療法人の業務若しくは会計が法令、法令に基づく都道府県知事の処分、定款若しくは寄附行為に違反し、又はその運営が著しく適正を欠くと認めるときは、当該医療法人に対し、期限を定めて、必要な措置をとるべき旨を命ずることができる。 art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-1 When a prefectural governor finds the operations or accounting of a medical corporation to be in violation of laws and regulations, a disposition of the prefectural governor based on laws and regulations, the articles of incorporation, or the act of endowment, or finds its administration to be significantly inappropriate, the prefectural governor may order the relevant medical corporation to take any necessary measures by a set deadline. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 医療法人が前項の命令に従わないときは、都道府県知事は、当該医療法人に対し、期間を定めて業務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命じ、又は役員の解任を勧告することができる。 art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-2 When a medical corporation fails to abide by an order as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor may order the relevant medical corporation to suspend all or a part of its operations for a period that the prefectural governor prescribes, or may recommend the dismissal of its officers. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により、業務の停止を命じ、又は役員の解任を勧告するに当たつては、あらかじめ、都道府県医療審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-3 In ordering the suspension of operations or recommending the dismissal of officers pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must hear the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-64/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六十四条第一項 (Article 64, paragraph (1)), art-64/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-1 - art-64/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第六十四条第二項 (Article 64, paragraph (2)), art-64/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-2 - 医療法 第六十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-64/par-3 - 医療法 第六十六条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66-2/par-1 - 医療法 第六十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-1 - 医療法 第七十条の二十第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-20/par-1 - 医療法 第七十条の二十三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-70-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-23/par-1 - 医療法 第九十三条第一項第十四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-93/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-93/par-1/item-14 --- ## 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