# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（労働時間短縮計画の作成に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5031-49/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（労働時間短縮計画の作成に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Preparation of Working Hours Reduction Plans caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5031-49/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4 **第一項** 病院（医療法第一条の五第一項に規定する病院をいう。以下同じ。）又は診療所（同条第二項に規定する診療所をいう。以下同じ。）の管理者は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）の前日までの間、当該病院又は診療所に勤務する医師の労働時間が厚生労働省令で定める時間を超えている場合には、当該医師の労働時間の短縮に関する計画（以下「労働時間短縮計画」という。）を作成するよう努めなければならない。 suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-1 If, during the period until the day preceding the day this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), the working hours of a physician working at a hospital (meaning a hospital prescribed in Article 1-5, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act; the same applies hereinafter) or a clinic (meaning a clinic prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter) exceed the hours specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the administrator of that hospital or clinic must make efforts to prepare a plan for shortening the working hours of that physician (hereinafter referred to as a "plan for shortening working hours"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、労働時間短縮計画の作成に当たっては、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該病院又は診療所に勤務する医師その他関係者の意見を聴かなければならない。 suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-2 In preparing a plan for shortening working hours, the administrator of a hospital or clinic must, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, hear the opinions of the physicians working at that hospital or clinic and other persons concerned. machine translation, not official **第三項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、労働時間短縮計画を作成したときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該労働時間短縮計画を当該病院又は診療所の所在地の都道府県知事（以下この条において単に「都道府県知事」という。）に提出することができる。 suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 When the administrator of a hospital or clinic has prepared a plan for shortening working hours, that administrator may, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, submit that plan for shortening working hours to the prefectural governor for the location of that hospital or clinic (referred to simply as the "prefectural governor" in this Article). machine translation, not official **第四項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により労働時間短縮計画の提出を受けたときは、当該病院又は診療所に対し、必要に応じ、当該病院又は診療所に勤務する医師の労働時間の短縮に有用な情報の提供、助言その他の支援を行うものとする。 suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-4 When the prefectural governor has received the submission of a plan for shortening working hours pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor is to, as necessary, provide the relevant hospital or clinic with support such as the provision of information useful for reducing the working hours of the physicians working at that hospital or clinic, and advice. machine translation, not official **第五項** 病院又は診療所の管理者は、第三項の規定により労働時間短縮計画を提出した後に、当該病院又は診療所に勤務する医師の労働時間の短縮のための取組の状況を踏まえ、当該労働時間短縮計画に変更を加えたときは、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都道府県知事に提出しなければならない。 suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-5 When the administrator of a hospital or clinic, after submitting a plan for shortening working hours pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), has made a change to that plan for shortening working hours in light of the status of efforts to reduce the working hours of the physicians working at that hospital or clinic, the administrator must, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, submit the plan for shortening working hours after the change to the prefectural governor. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-1: 医療法第一条の五第一項 → 医療法 第一条の五第一項 (Article 1-5, paragraph (1)), art-1-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-5/par-1 - suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-1: 同条第二項 → 医療法 第一条の五第二項 (Article 1-5, paragraph (2)), art-1-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-1-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-1-5/par-2 - suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3: この条 → 医療法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5031-49/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4 - suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-4: 前項 → 医療法 附則第四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (3)), suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 - suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-5: 第三項 → 医療法 附則第四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (3)), suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第一条第一項第四号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-4 - 医療法 附則第四条第三項（労働時間短縮計画の作成に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-3 - 医療法 附則第四条第四項（労働時間短縮計画の作成に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-4 - 医療法 附則第四条第五項（労働時間短縮計画の作成に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-4/par-5 --- ## 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-20261019T151250-034, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T164002-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19