# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第七十四条 (Article 74) - 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: 第七十四条 (Article 74) — address `art-74` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-74 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-74 - 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. --- ### 第七十四条 art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-74 **第一項** 第五条第二項、第二十三条の二、第二十四条第一項、第二十四条の二並びに第二十五条第一項及び第二項の規定により都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長又は特別区の区長の権限に属するものとされている事務は、国民の健康を守るため緊急の必要があると厚生労働大臣が認める場合にあつては、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長若しくは特別区の区長が行うものとする。この場合においては、この法律の規定中都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長又は特別区の区長に関する規定（当該事務に係るものに限る。）は、厚生労働大臣に関する規定として厚生労働大臣に適用があるものとする。 art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-74/par-1 Affairs placed under the jurisdiction of a prefectural governor, mayor of a city with a public health center, or mayor of a special ward of Tokyo pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2), Article 23-2, Article 24, paragraph (1), Article 24-2, and Article 25, paragraphs (1) and (2), where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds there to be an urgent necessity therefor in order to protect the health of the citizens, this is to be undertaken by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, prefectural governor, mayor of a city with a public health center, or mayor of a special ward of Tokyo. In this case, provisions set forth in this Act concerning a prefectural governor, mayor of a city with a public health center, or mayor of a special ward of Tokyo (limited to those pertaining to the relevant affairs) apply mutatis mutandis to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as provisions concerning the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長若しくは特別区の区長が当該事務を行うときは、相互に密接な連携の下に行うものとする。 art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-74/par-2 In the case set forth in the preceding paragraph, when the relevant affairs are undertaken by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, a prefectural governor, mayor of a city with a public health center, or mayor of a special ward of Tokyo, they are to be undertaken under close mutual cooperation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-74/par-1: 第五条第二項 → 医療法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5/par-2 - art-74/par-1: 第二十三条の二 → 医療法 第二十三条の二 (Article 23-2), art-23-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-23-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-23-2 - art-74/par-1: 第二十四条第一項 → 医療法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24/par-1 - art-74/par-1: 第二十四条の二 → 医療法 第二十四条の二 (Article 24-2), art-24-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-24-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24-2 - art-74/par-1: 第二十五条第一項 → 医療法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-25/par-1 - art-74/par-1: 第二項 → 医療法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-25/par-2 - art-74/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-74/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第七十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-74/par-2 --- ## 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