# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三十九条 (Article 39) - 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: 第三十九条 (Article 39) — address `art-39` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-39 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-39 - 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. --- ### 第三十九条 art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-39 **第一項** 病院、医師若しくは歯科医師が常時勤務する診療所、介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院を開設しようとする社団又は財団は、この法律の規定により、これを法人とすることができる。 art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-39/par-1 An association or foundation that wishes to establish a hospital, a clinic where a physician or dentist will work full-time, a long-term care health facility, or an integrated facility for medical and long-term care may incorporate the relevant facility pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による法人は、医療法人と称する。 art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-39/par-2 A corporation pursuant to the provisions of the previous paragraph is to include in its name the term "medical corporation". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-39/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-39/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第三十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-39/par-2 - 医療法 第四十二条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-42/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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