# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十八条の三 (Article 38-3)
- 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: 第三十八条の三 (Article 38-3) — address `art-38-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-38-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-3
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### 第三十八条の三
art-38-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-38-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-3
**第一項** 国は、第三十八条第一項又は第二項の規定による指示に従つて重要供給確保医薬品等の供給不足の発生を未然に防止するために必要な措置を行う製造販売業者又は製造業者及び前条第一項又は第二項の規定による指示に従つて重要供給確保医薬品等の製造又は輸入を行う製造販売業者又は製造業者に対し、必要な財政上の措置その他の措置を講ずることができる。
art-38-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-38-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-3/par-1
The national government may take financial and other necessary measures for marketing authorization holders or manufacturers that, in compliance with an instruction under Article 38, paragraph (1) or (2), take the measures necessary to prevent the occurrence of a supply shortage of important supply security pharmaceuticals, etc., and for marketing authorization holders or manufacturers that, in compliance with an instruction under paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article, manufacture or import important supply security pharmaceuticals, etc.
machine translation, not official
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## Cites
- art-38-3/par-1: 第三十八条第一項 → 医療法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38/par-1
- art-38-3/par-1: 第二項 → 医療法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38/par-2
- art-38-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第三十八条の二第一項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (1)), art-38-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-2/par-1
- art-38-3/par-1: 第二項 → 医療法 第三十八条の二第二項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (2)), art-38-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-38-2/par-2
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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-007, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19