# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 110)

- 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: 第百十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 110) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-110`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110
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### 第百十条
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110</sup>

**第一項**  病院又は診療所の管理者は、当分の間、当該病院又は診療所に勤務する医師のうち、その予定されている労働時間の状況（一年の期間に係るものに限る。第百二十三条第一項において同じ。）が厚生労働省令で定める要件に該当する者（同項に規定する特定対象医師を除き、以下この条において「対象医師」という。）に対し、当該対象医師ごとに厚生労働省令で定める業務の開始から厚生労働省令で定める時間を経過するまでに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、継続した休息時間を確保するよう努めなければならない。ただし、当該業務の開始から厚生労働省令で定める時間を経過するまでに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより対象医師を宿日直勤務（厚生労働大臣の定める基準に適合するものに限る。第三項並びに第百二十三条第一項及び第三項において同じ。）に従事させる場合は、この限りでない。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1</sup>
The administrator of a hospital or clinic must endeavor, for the time being, to ensure a continuous rest period, pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, for those physicians working at the hospital or clinic whose scheduled working hours status (limited to that for a period of one year; the same applies in Article 123, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) falls under the requirements specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding a specified target physician prescribed in that paragraph; hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "target physician"), by the time a period specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has elapsed from the start of the work specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for each target physician. However, this does not apply where the target physician is made to engage in night or day duty (limited to that which conforms to the standards established by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies in paragraph (3) and Article 123, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions), pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, by the time a period specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has elapsed from the start of that work.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  病院又は診療所の管理者は、対象医師に対し、前項に規定する休息時間を確保しなかつた場合には、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、事後において、これに相当する休息時間を確保するよう努めなければならない。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-2</sup>
The administrator of a hospital or clinic must endeavor, where the rest period prescribed in the preceding paragraph has not been ensured for a target physician, to ensure an equivalent rest period afterwards, pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項ただし書の場合において、当該病院又は診療所の管理者は、当該宿日直勤務中に、当該対象医師を労働させたときは、当該宿日直勤務後に、当該対象医師に対し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、必要な休息時間を確保するよう努めなければならない。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3</sup>
In the case referred to in the proviso to paragraph (1), where the administrator of the hospital or clinic has had the target physician work during that night or day duty, the administrator must endeavor to ensure the necessary rest period for the target physician after that night or day duty, pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1: 第百二十三条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百二十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 123, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-123/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-123/par-1
- suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1: この条 → 医療法 附則第百十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 110), suppl-3231-205/art-110 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110
- suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1: 第三項 → 医療法 附則第百十条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 110, paragraph (3)), suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3
- suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1: 第三項 → 医療法 附則第百二十三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 123, paragraph (3)), suppl-3231-205/art-123/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-123/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-123/par-3
- suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百十条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 110, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1
- suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 110, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 介護保険法 附則第十条第一項（医療法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-10/par-1
- 医療法 附則第百十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-1
- 医療法 附則第百十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-2
- 医療法 附則第百十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-110/par-3
- 医療法 附則第百十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-112/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-20261019T151250-011, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
