# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の五 (Article 46-5) - 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: 第四十六条の五 (Article 46-5) — address `art-46-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5 - 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. 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. --- ### 第四十六条の五 art-46-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5 **第一項** 医療法人には、役員として、理事三人以上及び監事一人以上を置かなければならない。ただし、理事について、都道府県知事の認可を受けた場合は、一人又は二人の理事を置けば足りる。 art-46-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-1 A medical corporation must have three or more directors and one or more auditors as its officers; provided, however, that if the approval of the prefectural governor has been obtained, it is sufficient to have one or two directors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社団たる医療法人の役員は、社員総会の決議によつて選任する。 art-46-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-2 Officers of a medical corporation as an association is to be elected by a resolution of a general meeting of members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 財団たる医療法人の役員は、評議員会の決議によつて選任する。 art-46-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-3 Officers of a medical corporation as a foundation is to be elected by a resolution of the board of councillors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 医療法人と役員との関係は、委任に関する規定に従う。 art-46-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-4 The relationship between a medical corporation and its officers is to be governed by the provisions concerning delegation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第四十六条の四第二項の規定は、医療法人の役員について準用する。 art-46-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-5 The provisions of Article 46-4, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to officers of a medical corporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 医療法人は、その開設する全ての病院、診療所、介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院（指定管理者として管理する病院等を含む。）の管理者を理事に加えなければならない。ただし、医療法人が病院、診療所、介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院を二以上開設する場合において、都道府県知事の認可を受けたときは、管理者（指定管理者として管理する病院等の管理者を除く。）の一部を理事に加えないことができる。 art-46-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-6 A medical corporation must include as directors the administrators of all hospitals, clinics, long-term care health facilities or integrated facilities for medical and long-term care it has established (including hospitals, etc. it manages as a designated administrator)provided, however, that in the case where a medical corporation has established two or more hospitals, clinics, long-term care health facilities or integrated facilities for medical and long-term care and approval is obtained from the prefectural governor, it is not obliged to include as directors some of the administrators (excluding the administrators of hospitals, etc. it manages as a designated administrator). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項本文の理事は、管理者の職を退いたときは、理事の職を失うものとする。 art-46-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-7 The directors set forth in the main clause of the preceding paragraph are to lose their positions as directors when they resign from their positions as administrators. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 監事は、当該医療法人の理事又は職員を兼ねてはならない。 art-46-5/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-8 Auditors must not concurrently serve as directors or employees of the medical corporation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 役員の任期は、二年を超えることはできない。ただし、再任を妨げない。 art-46-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-9 The term of office of an officer must not exceed two years; provided, however, that this must not preclude reappointment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-5/par-5: 第四十六条の四第二項 → 医療法 第四十六条の四第二項 (Article 46-4, paragraph (2)), art-46-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-2 - art-46-5/par-7: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の五第六項 (Article 46-5, paragraph (6)), art-46-5/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-6 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の四の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4-2/par-1 - 医療法 第四十六条の五第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5/par-7 - 医療法 第四十六条の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-6/par-2 - 医療法 第七十条の十二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-12/par-1 - 医療法 附則第二条第一項（役員の選任に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-2/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