# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 116) - 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: 第百十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 116) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-116` - 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-116 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-116 - 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. --- ### 第百十六条 suppl-3231-205/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-116 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-116 **第一項** 特定地域医療提供機関の開設者は、第百十三条第一項に規定する業務の変更（厚生労働省令で定める軽微な変更を除く。）をしようとするときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該特定地域医療提供機関の指定をした都道府県知事の承認を受けなければならない。この場合において、当該特定地域医療提供機関の管理者は、あらかじめ、当該特定地域医療提供機関に勤務する医師その他関係者の意見を聴いて、労働時間短縮計画の見直しのための検討を行い、必要な変更を加えるとともに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、医療機関勤務環境評価センターによる第百三十一条第一項第一号の評価を受けなければならない。 suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-1 When the establisher of a specified regional medical care provision institution intends to change the operations prescribed in Article 113, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding minor changes specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), the establisher must obtain the approval of the prefectural governor who made the designation of the relevant specified regional medical care provision institution, pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, the administrator of the relevant specified regional medical care provision institution must, in advance, after hearing the opinions of the physicians working at the relevant specified regional medical care provision institution and other related parties, conduct a review for revising the plan for shortening working hours and make the necessary changes, and must receive the evaluation under Article 131, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions by the medical institution work environment evaluation center, pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第二項** 第百十三条第二項から第七項までの規定は、前項の規定による承認について準用する。この場合において、同条第二項中「同項」とあるのは「第百十三条第一項」と、同項及び同条第三項第一号中「の案」とあるのは「の変更の案」と読み替えるものとする。 suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2 The provisions of Article 113, paragraphs (2) through (7) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the approval under the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "that paragraph" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 113, paragraph (1)", and the term "a draft of" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "a draft of a change to", and the term "the draft of" in paragraph (3), item (i) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the draft of a change to". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-1: 第百十三条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-1: 第百三十一条第一項第一号 → 医療法 附則第百三十一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-3231-205/art-131/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-131/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-131/par-1/item-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 第百十三条第二項から第七項まで → 医療法 附則第百十三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (2)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-2 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 第百十三条第二項から第七項まで → 医療法 附則第百十三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (3)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-3 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 第百十三条第二項から第七項まで → 医療法 附則第百十三条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (4)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-4 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 第百十三条第二項から第七項まで → 医療法 附則第百十三条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (5)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-5 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 第百十三条第二項から第七項まで → 医療法 附則第百十三条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (6)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-6 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 第百十三条第二項から第七項まで → 医療法 附則第百十三条第七項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (7)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-7 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百十六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 116, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 第百十三条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2: 同条第三項第一号 → 医療法 附則第百十三条第三項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (3), item (i)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-3/item-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第百十三条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-7 - 医療法 附則第百十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-116/par-2 - 医療法 附則第百十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-118/par-2 - 医療法 附則第百十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-119/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-119/par-2 - 医療法 附則第百二十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-120/par-2 - 医療法 附則第百二十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-129/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-012, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19