# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第三十三条の四 (Article 33-4)

- 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: 第三十三条の四 (Article 33-4) — address `art-33-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-4
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### 第三十三条の四
<sup>art-33-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-4</sup>

**第一項**  法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関して前条第三号の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても同条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-33-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-4/par-1</sup>
When the representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or individual, commits a violation set forth in item (iii) of the preceding Article in connection with the business of the corporation or individual, not only the offender but also the corporation or individual is punished by the fine prescribed in that Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-33-4/par-1: 前条第三号 → 医師法 第三十三条の三第一項第三号 (Article 33-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-33-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-3/par-1/item-3
- art-33-4/par-1: 同条 → 医師法 第三十三条の三 (Article 33-3), art-33-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-3

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-practitioners-act-20261009T095312-003, translated 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09
