# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第三十条の二 (Article 30-2)

- 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: 第三十条の二 (Article 30-2) — address `art-30-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-2
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### 第三十条の二
<sup>art-30-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-2</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、医療を受ける者その他国民による医師の資格の確認及び医療に関する適切な選択に資するよう、医師の氏名その他の政令で定める事項を公表するものとする。
<sup>art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-2/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to publicize the names of medical practitioners and other matters specified by Cabinet Order, to enable persons receiving medical treatment and the citizens to confirm the qualifications of medical practitioners and to choose adequate medical treatment.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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