# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六十七条 (Article 67) - 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: 第六十七条 (Article 67) — address `art-67` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67 - 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. --- ### 第六十七条 art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、第四十四条第一項、第五十五条第六項、第五十八条の二第四項（第五十九条の二において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第六十条の三第四項（第六十一条の三において読み替えて準用する場合を含む。）の規定による認可をしない処分をし、又は第六十四条第二項の規定により役員の解任を勧告するに当たつては、当該処分の名宛人又は当該勧告の相手方に対し、その指名した職員又はその他の者に対して弁明する機会を与えなければならない。この場合においては、都道府県知事は、当該処分の名宛人又は当該勧告の相手方に対し、あらかじめ、書面をもつて、弁明をするべき日時、場所及び当該処分又は当該勧告をするべき事由を通知しなければならない。 art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-1 In issuing a disposition refusing authorization pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1), Article 55, paragraph (6), Article 58-2, paragraph (4) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 59-2), or Article 60-3, paragraph (4) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 61-3) or recommending the dismissal of an officer pursuant to the provisions of Article 64, paragraph (2), the prefectural governor is to grant the person named in the relevant disposition or the party under the relevant recommendation the opportunity to give an explanation to a designated official or to another party. In this case, the prefectural governor must give written notice in advance to the person named in the relevant ruling or the party under the relevant recommendation of the date and time and location of the explanation and the grounds for the relevant disposition or the relevant recommendation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の通知を受けた者は、代理人を出頭させ、かつ、自己に有利な証拠を提出することができる。 art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-2 A person who receives a notice as set forth in the preceding paragraph may have a representative appear, and may submit their own supporting evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による弁明の聴取をした者は、聴取書を作り、これを保存するとともに、報告書を作成し、かつ、当該処分又は当該勧告をする必要があるかどうかについて都道府県知事に意見を述べなければならない。 art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-3 A person who has given a hearing to an explanation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must create and retain a hearing record, prepare a written report, and state their opinion to the prefectural governor concerning whether the relevant disposition or recommendation is necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-67/par-1: 第四十四条第一項 → 医療法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-1 - art-67/par-1: 第五十五条第六項 → 医療法 第五十五条第六項 (Article 55, paragraph (6)), art-55/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-55/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-55/par-6 - art-67/par-1: 第五十八条の二第四項 → 医療法 第五十八条の二第四項 (Article 58-2, paragraph (4)), art-58-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-58-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-58-2/par-4 - art-67/par-1: 第五十九条の二 → 医療法 第五十九条の二 (Article 59-2), art-59-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-59-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-59-2 - art-67/par-1: 第六十条の三第四項 → 医療法 第六十条の三第四項 (Article 60-3, paragraph (4)), art-60-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-60-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-60-3/par-4 - art-67/par-1: 第六十一条の三 → 医療法 第六十一条の三 (Article 61-3), art-61-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-61-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-3 - art-67/par-1: 第六十四条第二項 → 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 - art-67/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-1 - art-67/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-2 - 医療法 第六十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-67/par-3 - 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