# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 122) - 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: 第百二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 122) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-122` - 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-122 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-122 - 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. --- ### 第百二十二条 suppl-3231-205/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-122 **第一項** 特定地域医療提供機関、連携型特定地域医療提供機関、技能向上集中研修機関及び特定高度技能研修機関（以下「特定労務管理対象機関」と総称する。）の管理者は、労働時間短縮計画に基づき、医師の労働時間の短縮のための取組を実施しなければならない。 suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-1 The administrator of a specified regional medical care provision institution, a collaborative specified regional medical care provision institution, an intensive skills training institution or a specified advanced skills training institution (collectively referred to as an "institution subject to specified labor management") must implement initiatives for shortening the working hours of physicians based on the plan for shortening working hours. machine translation, not official **第二項** 特定労務管理対象機関の管理者は、三年を超えない範囲内で厚生労働省令で定める期間ごとに、当該特定労務管理対象機関に勤務する医師その他関係者の意見を聴いた上で、労働時間短縮計画についてその見直しのための検討を行い、必要があると認めるときは、労働時間短縮計画の変更をするとともに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該変更後の労働時間短縮計画を当該特定労務管理対象機関の指定をした都道府県知事に提出しなければならない。 suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-2 The administrator of an institution subject to specified labor management must, at every interval specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare within a range not exceeding three years, after hearing the opinions of the physicians working at the institution subject to specified labor management and other related parties, conduct a review for revising the plan for shortening working hours and, where finding it necessary, change the plan for shortening working hours and submit the plan for shortening working hours after the change to the prefectural governor who made the designation of the institution subject to specified labor management, pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第三項** 特定労務管理対象機関の管理者は、前項の規定により労働時間短縮計画についてその見直しのための検討を行つた結果、その変更をする必要がないと認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その旨を当該特定労務管理対象機関の指定をした都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。 suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-3 The administrator of an institution subject to specified labor management must, where it is found that there is no need to change the plan for shortening working hours as a result of conducting a review for revising it pursuant to the preceding paragraph, notify the prefectural governor who made the designation of the institution subject to specified labor management to that effect, pursuant to an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百二十二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 122, paragraph (2)), suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第百二十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-122/par-3 - 医療法 附則第百二十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-128/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-128/par-1 - 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-20261019T151250-013, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19