# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十条の二十一 (Article 30-21) - 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: 第三十条の二十一 (Article 30-21) — address `art-30-21` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21 - 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. --- ### 第三十条の二十一 art-30-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21 **第一項** 都道府県は、医療従事者の勤務環境の改善を促進するため、次に掲げる事務を実施するよう努めるものとする。 art-30-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1 The prefecture is to endeavor to implement the following particulars in order to promote the improvement of the working environment of medical care professionals: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 病院又は診療所に勤務する医療従事者の勤務環境の改善に関する相談に応じ、必要な情報の提供、助言その他の援助を行うこと。 art-30-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1/item-1 providing consultation, necessary information, advice and other assistance concerning the improvement of the working environment of medical care professionals working in hospitals or clinics; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 病院又は診療所に勤務する医療従事者の勤務環境の改善に関する調査及び啓発活動を行うこと。 art-30-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1/item-2 conducting surveys and awareness-raising activities concerning the improvement of the working environment of medical care professionals working in hospitals or clinics; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、医療従事者の勤務環境の改善のために必要な支援を行うこと。 art-30-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1/item-3 beyond what is listed in the preceding two items, providing support necessary for improving the working environment of medical care professionals. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県は、前項各号に掲げる事務の全部又は一部を厚生労働省令で定める者に委託することができる。 art-30-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-2 The prefecture may entrust all or part of the affairs listed in the items of the preceding paragraph to a person specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県又は前項の規定による委託を受けた者は、第一項各号に掲げる事務又は当該委託に係る事務を実施するに当たり、次に掲げる事項について特に留意するものとする。 art-30-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-3 A person entrusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when implementing the affairs listed in each item of paragraph (1) or the particulars pertaining to the relevant entrustment, is to pay special attention to the following particulars: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 医師の確保を特に図るべき区域に派遣される医師が勤務することとなる病院又は診療所における勤務環境の改善の重要性 art-30-21/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-3/item-1 importance of improving the working environment in a hospital or clinic in an acute physician shortage area where physicians will be staffed; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 医療従事者の勤務環境の改善を促進するための拠点としての機能の確保の重要性 art-30-21/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-3/item-2 importance of securing the function as a center to promote the improvement of the working environment of medical care professionals. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 都道府県又は第二項の規定による委託を受けた者は、第一項各号に掲げる事務又は当該委託に係る事務を実施するに当たつては、第三十条の二十五第三項に規定する地域医療支援事務又は同項の規定による委託に係る事務を実施する者と相互に連携を図らなければならない。 art-30-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-4 The prefecture or a person entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), when implementing the affairs listed in each item of paragraph (1) or the affairs pertaining to the relevant entrustment, must mutually cooperate with a person who implements the affairs to support regional medical care prescribed in Article 30-25, paragraph (3) or the affairs pertaining to the entrustment set forth in the same paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二項の規定による委託を受けた者若しくはその役員若しくは職員又はこれらの者であつた者は、正当な理由がなく、当該委託に係る事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。 art-30-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-5 A person entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), or an officer or employee thereof, or a person who used to be such a person must not divulge any secret that has come to their knowledge concerning the affairs pertaining to the relevant entrustment without justifiable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-30-21/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 医療法 第三十条の二十一第一項第一号 (Article 30-21, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-30-21/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1/item-1 - art-30-21/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 医療法 第三十条の二十一第一項第二号 (Article 30-21, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-30-21/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1/item-2 - art-30-21/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十一第一項 (Article 30-21, paragraph (1)), art-30-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1 - art-30-21/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十一第二項 (Article 30-21, paragraph (2)), art-30-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-2 - art-30-21/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十一第一項 (Article 30-21, paragraph (1)), art-30-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1 - art-30-21/par-4: 第二項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十一第二項 (Article 30-21, paragraph (2)), art-30-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-2 - art-30-21/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十一第一項 (Article 30-21, paragraph (1)), art-30-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1 - art-30-21/par-4: 第三十条の二十五第三項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十五第三項 (Article 30-25, paragraph (3)), art-30-25/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-25/par-3 - art-30-21/par-5: 第二項 → 医療法 第三十条の二十一第二項 (Article 30-21, paragraph (2)), art-30-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第三十条の二十一第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-1/item-3 - 医療法 第三十条の二十一第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-2 - 医療法 第三十条の二十一第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-3 - 医療法 第三十条の二十一第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-4 - 医療法 第三十条の二十一第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-21/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-21/par-5 - 医療法 第三十条の二十二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-22/par-1 - 医療法 第三十条の二十五第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-25/par-5 - 医療法 第八十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-86/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-86/par-3 - 医療法 附則第百三十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-134/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-134/par-3 - 医療法 附則第五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4301-79/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4301-79/art-5/par-2 --- ## Sources - 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 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19