# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の五の三 (Article 46-5-3) - 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: 第四十六条の五の三 (Article 46-5-3) — address `art-46-5-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条の五の三 art-46-5-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3 **第一項** この法律又は定款若しくは寄附行為で定めた役員の員数が欠けた場合には、任期の満了又は辞任により退任した役員は、新たに選任された役員（次項の一時役員の職務を行うべき者を含む。）が就任するまで、なお役員としての権利義務を有する。 art-46-5-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3/par-1 In the event a situation arises in which the number of officers is less than the number prescribed in this Act or the articles of incorporation or act of endowment, an officer who has retired due to expiration of the term of office or resignation is to continue to have the rights and obligations as an officer until a newly elected officer (including a person who is to perform the duties of a temporary officer set forth in the following paragraph) assumes office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する場合において、医療法人の業務が遅滞することにより損害を生ずるおそれがあるときは、都道府県知事は、利害関係人の請求により又は職権で、一時役員の職務を行うべき者を選任しなければならない。 art-46-5-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3/par-2 In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if there is a risk of damage due to delay in the business of the medical corporation, the prefectural governor must appoint a person to perform the duties of a temporary officer at the request of an interested party or by the authority of the governor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 理事又は監事のうち、その定数の五分の一を超える者が欠けたときは、一月以内に補充しなければならない。 art-46-5-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3/par-3 If more than one-fifth of positions of directors or auditors are vacant, the vacancy must be filled within one month. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-5-3/par-1: 次項 → 医療法 第四十六条の五の三第二項 (Article 46-5-3, paragraph (2)), art-46-5-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3/par-2 - art-46-5-3/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の五の三第一項 (Article 46-5-3, paragraph (1)), art-46-5-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の五の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3/par-1 - 医療法 第四十六条の五の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-5-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-5-3/par-2 - 医療法 第四十六条の六の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-6-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-6-2/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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