# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の五の二 (Article 46-5-2) - 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: 第四十六条の五の二 (Article 46-5-2) — address `art-46-5-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条の五の二 art-46-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2 **第一項** 社団たる医療法人の役員は、いつでも、社員総会の決議によつて解任することができる。 art-46-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-1 An officer of a medical corporation as an association may be dismissed at any time by a resolution of the general meeting of members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により解任された者は、その解任について正当な理由がある場合を除き、社団たる医療法人に対し、解任によつて生じた損害の賠償を請求することができる。 art-46-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-2 An officer who has been dismissed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may claim compensation for damages caused by the dismissal from the medical corporation as an association unless there are justifiable grounds for such dismissal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 社団たる医療法人は、出席者の三分の二（これを上回る割合を定款で定めた場合にあつては、その割合）以上の賛成がなければ、第一項の社員総会（監事を解任する場合に限る。）の決議をすることができない。 art-46-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-3 A medical corporation as an association may not adopt a resolution at a general meeting of members set forth in paragraph (1) (limited to the case of dismissal of auditors) unless two-thirds or more of those present (or, if a higher ratio is specified in the articles of incorporation, that ratio) approve the resolution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 財団たる医療法人の役員が次のいずれかに該当するときは、評議員会の決議によつて、その役員を解任することができる。 art-46-5-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-4 When an officer of a medical corporation as a foundation falls under any of the following, the officer may be dismissed by a resolution of the board of councillors: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 職務上の義務に違反し、又は職務を怠つたとき。 art-46-5-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-4/item-1 when the officer has violated or neglected their duties; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 心身の故障のため、職務の執行に支障があり、又はこれに堪えないとき。 art-46-5-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-4/item-2 when the officer is unable to properly perform their duties due to a mental or physical disorder. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 財団たる医療法人は、出席者の三分の二（これを上回る割合を寄附行為で定めた場合にあつては、その割合）以上の賛成がなければ、前項の評議員会（監事を解任する場合に限る。）の決議をすることができない。 art-46-5-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-5 A medical corporation as a foundation may not adopt a resolution at a meeting of the board of councillors set forth in the preceding paragraph (limited to the case of dismissal of auditors) unless two-thirds or more of those present (or, if a higher ratio is specified in the act of endowment, that ratio) approve the resolution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-5-2/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の五の二第一項 (Article 46-5-2, paragraph (1)), art-46-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-1 - art-46-5-2/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第四十六条の五の二第一項 (Article 46-5-2, paragraph (1)), art-46-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-1 - art-46-5-2/par-5: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の五の二第四項 (Article 46-5-2, paragraph (4)), art-46-5-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の五の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-2 - 医療法 第四十六条の五の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-3 - 医療法 第四十六条の五の二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-2/par-5 --- ## 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