# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の四の三 (Article 46-4-3) - 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: 第四十六条の四の三 (Article 46-4-3) — address `art-46-4-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条の四の三 art-46-4-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3 **第一項** 財団たる医療法人の理事長は、少なくとも毎年一回、定時評議員会を開かなければならない。 art-46-4-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3/par-1 The president of a medical corporation as a foundation is to hold an ordinary meeting of the board of councillors at least once a year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 理事長は、必要があると認めるときは、いつでも臨時評議員会を招集することができる。 art-46-4-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3/par-2 The president may convene an extraordinary meeting of the board of councillors whenever the president finds it necessary. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 評議員会に、議長を置く。 art-46-4-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3/par-3 The meeting of the board of councillors are to have a chairperson. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 理事長は、総評議員の五分の一以上の評議員から評議員会の目的である事項を示して評議員会の招集を請求された場合には、その請求のあつた日から二十日以内に、これを招集しなければならない。ただし、総評議員の五分の一の割合については、寄附行為でこれを下回る割合を定めることができる。 art-46-4-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3/par-4 When one fifth or more of the total number of councillors request the convening of a meeting of the board of councillors by indicating the particulars that are the purpose of the meeting, the president must convene a meeting of the board of councillors within 20 days from the date of the request; provided, however, that the act of endowment may provide for a ratio of less than one fifth of the total number of councillors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 評議員会の招集の通知は、その評議員会の日より少なくとも五日前に、その評議員会の目的である事項を示し、寄附行為で定めた方法に従つてしなければならない。 art-46-4-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3/par-5 Notice of a meeting of the board of councillors must be given at least five days prior to the date of the meeting, indicating the particulars that are the purpose of the meeting and in accordance with the method prescribed in the act of endowment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 評議員会においては、前項の規定によりあらかじめ通知をした事項についてのみ、決議をすることができる。ただし、寄附行為に別段の定めがあるときは、この限りでない。 art-46-4-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3/par-6 At a meeting of the board of councillors, resolutions may be adopted only with respect to particulars for which prior notice has been given pursuant to the preceding paragraph, except as otherwise provided in the act of endowment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-4-3/par-6: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の四の三第五項 (Article 46-4-3, paragraph (5)), art-46-4-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3/par-5 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の四の三第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-3/par-6 --- ## 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