# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第七章 (Chapter 7)

- 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: 第七章 (Chapter 7) — address `ch-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-7
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## 第七章　雑則 — Chapter VII Miscellaneous Provisions
<sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-7</sup>

### 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>

### 第三十条の三
<sup>art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-3</sup>

**第一項**  第六条第三項、第七条第四項及び第八項前段、同条第十項及び第十一項（これらの規定を第七条の二第五項において準用する場合を含む。）、第七条第五項において準用する行政手続法第十五条第一項及び第三項（同法第二十二条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、第十六条第四項、第十八条第一項及び第三項、第十九条第一項、第二十条第六項並びに第二十四条第三項並びに第七条第八項後段において準用する同法第二十二条第三項において準用する同法第十五条第三項の規定により都道府県が処理することとされている事務は、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務とする。
<sup>art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-3/par-1</sup>
The affairs to be administered by the prefectures pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3), Article 7, paragraph (4) and the first sentence of paragraph (8), and paragraphs (10) and (11) of that Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-2, paragraph (5)); Article 15, paragraphs (1) and (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (3) of that Act), Article 16, paragraph (4), Article 18, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 19, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (6) and Article 24, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Procedure Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (5); and Article 15, paragraph (3) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (3) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 7, paragraph (8) are Type I statutory entrusted functions prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-30-3/par-1: 地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二条第九項第一号 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二条第九項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i)), art-2/par-9/item-1 — not held in this collection
- art-30-3/par-1: 行政手続法第十五条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-15/par-1
- art-30-3/par-1: 第三項 → 行政手続法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-15/par-3
- art-30-3/par-1: 第十六条第四項 → 行政手続法 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-16/par-4
- art-30-3/par-1: 第十八条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-18/par-1
- art-30-3/par-1: 第三項 → 行政手続法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-18/par-3
- art-30-3/par-1: 第十九条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-19/par-1
- art-30-3/par-1: 第二十条第六項 → 行政手続法 第二十条第六項 (Article 20, paragraph (6)), art-20/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-20/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-20/par-6
- art-30-3/par-1: 同法第二十二条第三項 → 行政手続法 第二十二条第三項 (Article 22, paragraph (3)), art-22/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-22/par-3
- art-30-3/par-1: 第二十四条第三項 → 行政手続法 第二十四条第三項 (Article 24, paragraph (3)), art-24/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-24/par-3
- art-30-3/par-1: 第十一項 → 医師法 第七条第十一項 (Article 7, paragraph (11)), art-7/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-11
- art-30-3/par-1: 第七条第四項 → 医師法 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-4
- art-30-3/par-1: 同条第十項 → 医師法 第七条第十項 (Article 7, paragraph (10)), art-7/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-10
- art-30-3/par-1: 第八項 → 医師法 第七条第八項 (Article 7, paragraph (8)), art-7/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-8
- art-30-3/par-1: 第七条第五項 → 医師法 第七条第五項 (Article 7, paragraph (5)), art-7/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-5
- art-30-3/par-1: 第七条の二第五項 → 医師法 第七条の二第五項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (5)), art-7-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-2/par-5
- art-30-3/par-1: 第六条第三項 → 医師法 第六条第三項 (Article 6, paragraph (3)), art-6/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6/par-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