# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第一章 (Chapter 1) - 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: 第一章 (Chapter 1) — address `ch-1` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-1 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 第一章　総則 — Chapter I General Provisions heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-1 ### 第一条 art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1 **第一項** 医師は、医療及び保健指導を掌ることによつて公衆衛生の向上及び増進に寄与し、もつて国民の健康な生活を確保するものとする。 art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1/par-1 Medical practitioners are to contribute to the improvement and promotion of public health through the administration of medical care and health guidance, and thereby ensure the healthy lives of the citizens. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第一条の二 art-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1-2 **第一項** 国、都道府県、病院又は診療所の管理者、学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）に基づく大学（以下単に「大学」という。）、医学医術に関する学術団体、診療に関する学識経験者の団体その他の関係者は、公衆衛生の向上及び増進を図り、国民の健康な生活を確保するため、医師がその資質の向上を図ることができるよう、適切な役割分担を行うとともに、相互に連携を図りながら協力するよう努めなければならない。 art-1-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1-2/par-1 The national government, prefectures, administrators of hospitals or clinics, universities under the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (hereinafter simply referred to as "universities"), academic associations related to medical science and medical techniques, associations of persons with knowledge and experience regarding medical care, and other persons concerned must strive to divide roles appropriately and to cooperate with each other while maintaining mutual collaboration, so as to improve and promote public health and ensure the healthy lives of the citizens, and so that medical practitioners may improve their qualifications. machine translation, not official --- ## 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-20261009T095312-001, translated 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09