# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六十六条 (Article 66) - 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: 第六十六条 (Article 66) — address `art-66` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十六条 art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、医療法人が法令の規定に違反し、又は法令の規定に基く都道府県知事の命令に違反した場合においては、他の方法により監督の目的を達することができないときに限り、設立の認可を取り消すことができる。 art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66/par-1 A prefectural governor, where a medical corporation has violated the provisions of laws and regulations or an order by the prefectural governor based on the provisions of laws and regulations, may rescind its authorization for establishment, provided that the purpose of supervision cannot be achieved by any other means. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により設立の認可を取り消すに当たつては、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-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66/par-2 In rescinding authorization for establishment 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-66/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-66/par-2 - 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 --- ## 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