# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百三十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 135)

- 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
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- Provision: 第百三十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 135) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-135`
- 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-135
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### 第百三十五条
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-135 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-135 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-135</sup>

**第一項**  医療機関勤務環境評価センターは、第百三十一条第一項各号に掲げる業務（以下「評価等業務」という。）を行うときは、その開始前に、評価等業務の実施方法に関する事項その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項について評価等業務に関する規程（次項及び第百四十五条第一項第三号において「業務規程」という。）を定め、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1</sup>
When carrying out the operations listed in each item of Article 131, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as "evaluation services, etc."), a medical institution work environment evaluation center must, prior to commencing them, establish rules for evaluation services, etc. covering particulars concerning the implementation method of evaluation services, etc. and other particulars specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as the "service rules" in the following paragraph and Article 145, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions), and obtain approval from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies when the medical institution work environment evaluation center intends to change the relevant rules.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の認可をした業務規程が評価等業務の適正かつ確実な実施上不適当となつたと認めるときは、当該業務規程を変更すべきことを命ずることができる。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that the service rules approved under the preceding paragraph have become inappropriate for the proper and reliable implementation of the evaluation services, etc., the minister may order that the relevant service rules be changed.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1: 第百三十一条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百三十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-131/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-131/par-1
- suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1: 次項 → 医療法 附則第百三十五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 135, paragraph (2)), suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2
- suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1: 第百四十五条第一項第三号 → 医療法 附則第百四十五条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 145, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-3231-205/art-145/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-145/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-145/par-1/item-3
- suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百三十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 135, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 附則第百三十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-1
- 医療法 附則第百三十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-135/par-2
- 医療法 附則第百四十五条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-145/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-145/par-1/item-3
- 医療法 附則第百四十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-146/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-20261019T151250-014, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
