# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十五条 (Article 45) - 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: 第四十五条 (Article 45) — address `art-45` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-45 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-45 - 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. --- ### 第四十五条 art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-45 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、前条第一項の規定による認可の申請があつた場合には、当該申請にかかる医療法人の資産が第四十一条の要件に該当しているかどうか及びその定款又は寄附行為の内容が法令の規定に違反していないかどうかを審査した上で、その認可を決定しなければならない。 art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-45/par-1 Where there has been an application for authorization pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the prefectural governor must reach a decision on such authorization based on an examination of whether the assets of the medical corporation to which the relevant application relates comply with the requirements set forth in Article 41, and whether the articles of incorporation or act of endowment are not in violation of laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県知事は、前条第一項の規定による認可をし、又は認可をしない処分をするに当たつては、あらかじめ、都道府県医療審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-45/par-2 In granting or refusing authorization pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the prefectural governor must hear the opinions of the Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-45/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-1 - art-45/par-1: 第四十一条 → 医療法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-41 - art-45/par-2: 前条第一項 → 医療法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第五十四条の九第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-54-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-54-9/par-4 - 医療法 第七十条の十八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-18/par-1 --- ## 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