# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24)

- Law: 医師法 (Medical Practitioners' Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百一号
- English title "Medical Practitioners' 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24) — address `art-24`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24
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### 第二十四条
<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24</sup>

**第一項**  医師は、診療をしたときは、遅滞なく診療に関する事項を診療録に記載しなければならない。
<sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24/par-1</sup>
When a medical practitioner has provided medical care, the medical practitioner must enter the matters related to that medical care in a medical record without delay.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の診療録であつて、病院又は診療所に勤務する医師のした診療に関するものは、その病院又は診療所の管理者において、その他の診療に関するものは、その医師において、五年間これを保存しなければならない。
<sup>art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24/par-2</sup>
Medical records as set forth in the preceding paragraph must be kept for a period of five years by the administrator of the hospital or clinic where medical care was provided by a medical practitioner works at that hospital or clinic, and by the medical practitioner themselves for medical records related to other medical care.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24/par-2: 前項 → 医師法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 医師法 第二十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24/par-2
- 医師法 第三十三条の三第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-3/par-1/item-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医師法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000201/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Practitioners' Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3992/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09