# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24) - Law: 医療法 (Medical Care Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百五号 - English title "Medical Care 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: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十四条 art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、病院、診療所又は助産所が清潔を欠くとき、又はその構造設備が第二十一条第一項若しくは第二項若しくは第二十二条の規定若しくは第二十三条第一項の規定に基づく厚生労働省令の規定に違反し、若しくは衛生上有害若しくは保安上危険と認めるときは、その開設者に対し、期間を定めて、その全部若しくは一部の使用を制限し、若しくは禁止し、又は期限を定めて、修繕若しくは改築を命ずることができる。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24/par-1 When a hospital, clinic, or birthing center is lacking in cleanliness, or when its buildings and equipment violate the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 22, or violate the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that is based on the provisions set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), or are found to be a sanitation hazard or safety risk, the prefectural governor may prescribe a period of time and order the establisher to fully or partially limit or prohibit the use thereof, or may order repairs or reconstruction to be carried out by a set deadline. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a hospital, clinic, or birthing center is lacking in cleanliness, or when its buildings and equipment violate the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 22, or violate the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that is based on the provisions set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), or are found to be a sanitation hazard or safety risk, the prefectural governor may prescribe a period of time and order the organizer to fully or partially limit or prohibit the use thereof, or may order repairs or reconstruction to be carried out by a set deadline." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、特定機能病院又は臨床研究中核病院（以下この節において「特定機能病院等」という。）の構造設備が第二十二条の二又は第二十二条の三の規定に違反するときは、その開設者に対し、期限を定めて、その修繕又は改築を命ずることができる。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24/par-2 When the buildings and equipment of an advanced treatment hospital or core hospital for clinical research (hereinafter referred to as "advanced treatment hospital, etc." in this Section) violate the provisions of Article 22-2 or Article 22-3, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order their repair or reconstruction to be carried out by the establisher of the relevant advanced treatment hospital, etc. by a set deadline. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the buildings and equipment of an advanced treatment hospital or core hospital for clinical research (hereinafter referred to as "advanced treatment hospital, etc." in this Section) violate the provisions of Article 22-2 or Article 22-3, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order their repair or reconstruction to be carried out by the organizer of the relevant advanced treatment hospital, etc. by a set deadline." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb --- ## Cites - art-24/par-1: 第二十一条第一項 → 医療法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-21/par-1 - art-24/par-1: 第二項 → 医療法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-21/par-2 - art-24/par-1: 第二十二条 → 医療法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22 - art-24/par-1: 第二十三条第一項 → 医療法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-23/par-1 - art-24/par-2: 第二十二条の二 → 医療法 第二十二条の二 (Article 22-2), art-22-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22-2 - art-24/par-2: 第二十二条の三 → 医療法 第二十二条の三 (Article 22-3), art-22-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-22-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-22-3 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-1 - 医療法 第二十四条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-24-2/par-1 - 医療法 第二十九条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-1/item-3 - 医療法 第二十九条第三項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-3/item-3 - 医療法 第二十九条第四項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-4/item-3 - 医療法 第二十九条第五項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-5/item-3 - 医療法 第三十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30/par-1 - 医療法 第七十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-74/par-1 - 医療法 第八十七条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-87/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-87/par-1/item-3 - 医療法 附則第百二十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-127/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医療法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 24, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 24, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19