# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第八十七条 (Article 87)

- 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: 第八十七条 (Article 87) — address `art-87`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-87
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### 第八十七条
<sup>art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87/par-1</sup>
In any of the cases listed in the following items, the person who committed the violation is punished by imprisonment for up to six months or a fine of up to 300,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第六条の五第一項、第六条の六第四項、第六条の七第一項又は第七条第一項の規定に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-87/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-87/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87/par-1/item-1</sup>
  when they have violated the provisions of Article 6-5, paragraph (1), Article 6-6, paragraph (4), Article 6-7, paragraph (1), or Article 7, paragraph (1);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第十四条の規定に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-87/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-87/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87/par-1/item-2</sup>
  when they have violated the provisions of Article 14; or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第六条の八第二項、第七条の二第三項、第二十三条の二、第二十四条、第二十八条、第二十九条第一項又は第三十条の十五第六項の規定に基づく命令又は処分に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-87/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-87/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87/par-1/item-3</sup>
  when they have violated an order or disposition based on the provisions of Article 6-8, paragraph (2), Article 7-2, paragraph (3), Article 23-2, Article 24, Article 28, Article 29, paragraph (1), or Article 30-15, paragraph (6).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-87/par-1/item-1: 第六条の五第一項 → 医療法 第六条の五第一項 (Article 6-5, paragraph (1)), art-6-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-1
- art-87/par-1/item-1: 第六条の六第四項 → 医療法 第六条の六第四項 (Article 6-6, paragraph (4)), art-6-6/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-4
- art-87/par-1/item-1: 第六条の七第一項 → 医療法 第六条の七第一項 (Article 6-7, paragraph (1)), art-6-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-7/par-1
- art-87/par-1/item-1: 第七条第一項 → 医療法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-1
- art-87/par-1/item-2: 第十四条 → 医療法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-14
- art-87/par-1/item-3: 第六条の八第二項 → 医療法 第六条の八第二項 (Article 6-8, paragraph (2)), art-6-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-8/par-2
- art-87/par-1/item-3: 第七条の二第三項 → 医療法 第七条の二第三項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (3)), art-7-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-3
- art-87/par-1/item-3: 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-87/par-1/item-3: 第二十四条 → 医療法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24
- art-87/par-1/item-3: 第二十八条 → 医療法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-28
- art-87/par-1/item-3: 第二十九条第一項 → 医療法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-1
- art-87/par-1/item-3: 第三十条の十五第六項 → 医療法 第三十条の十五第六項 (Article 30-15, paragraph (6)), art-30-15/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-15/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-15/par-6

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第九十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-90/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-010, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19