# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の四の五 (Article 46-4-5) - 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: 第四十六条の四の五 (Article 46-4-5) — address `art-46-4-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十六条の四の五 art-46-4-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5 **第一項** 理事長は、医療法人が次に掲げる行為をするには、あらかじめ、評議員会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-46-4-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1 The president must hear the opinion of the board of councillors before the medical corporation takes any of the following actions: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 予算の決定又は変更 art-46-4-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-1 determining or changing the budget; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 借入金（当該会計年度内の収入をもつて償還する一時の借入金を除く。）の借入れ art-46-4-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-2 borrowings (excluding temporary borrowings to be redeemed with the income of the relevant fiscal year); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 重要な資産の処分 art-46-4-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-3 disposal of important assets; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 事業計画の決定又は変更 art-46-4-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-4 determining or changing the business plan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 合併及び分割 art-46-4-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-5 merger and split; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 第五十五条第三項第二号に掲げる事由のうち、同条第一項第二号に掲げる事由による解散 art-46-4-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-6 dissolution due to any of the reasons listed in Article 55, paragraph (1), item (ii) out of those listed in Article 55, paragraph (3), item (ii); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** その他医療法人の業務に関する重要事項として寄附行為で定めるもの art-46-4-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1/item-7 other important particulars concerning the business of the medical corporation as specified in the act of endowment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項各号に掲げる事項については、評議員会の決議を要する旨を寄附行為で定めることができる。 art-46-4-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-2 With regard to the particulars listed in each item of the preceding paragraph, it may be provided for in the act of endowment that a resolution of the board of councillors may be required. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-4-5/par-1/item-6: 第五十五条第三項第二号 → 医療法 第五十五条第三項第二号 (Article 55, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-55/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-55/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-55/par-3/item-2 - art-46-4-5/par-1/item-6: 同条第一項第二号 → 医療法 第五十五条第一項第二号 (Article 55, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-55/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-55/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-55/par-1/item-2 - art-46-4-5/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の四の五第一項 (Article 46-4-5, paragraph (1)), art-46-4-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の四の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-2/par-2 - 医療法 第四十六条の四の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-5/par-2 --- ## 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