# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の四の四 (Article 46-4-4) - 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: 第四十六条の四の四 (Article 46-4-4) — address `art-46-4-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-4 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条の四の四 art-46-4-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-4 **第一項** 評議員会は、総評議員の過半数の出席がなければ、その議事を開き、決議をすることができない。 art-46-4-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-4/par-1 No meeting of the board of councillors may be held and no resolution may be adopted unless a majority of all councillors are present. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 評議員会の議事は、この法律に別段の定めがある場合を除き、出席者の議決権の過半数で決し、可否同数のときは、議長の決するところによる。 art-46-4-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-4/par-2 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the agenda of a meeting of the board of councillors is to be decided by a majority of the voting rights of those present, and in case of a tie vote, the chairperson is to decide. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、議長は、評議員として議決に加わることができない。 art-46-4-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-4/par-3 In the case of the preceding paragraph, the chairperson may not participate in the voting as a councillor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 評議員会の決議について特別の利害関係を有する評議員は、議決に加わることができない。 art-46-4-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-4/par-4 Any councillor who has a special interest in the resolutions of the meeting of the board of councillors may not participate in the voting. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-4-4/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の四の四第二項 (Article 46-4-4, paragraph (2)), art-46-4-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-4/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の四の四第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-4/par-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