# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の六の四 (Article 46-6-4) - 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: 第四十六条の六の四 (Article 46-6-4) — address `art-46-6-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-6-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-6-4 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十六条の六の四 art-46-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-6-4 **第一項** 一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第七十八条、第八十条、第八十二条から第八十四条まで、第八十八条（第二項を除く。）及び第八十九条の規定は、社団たる医療法人及び財団たる医療法人の理事について準用する。この場合において、当該理事について準用する同法第八十四条第一項中「社員総会」とあるのは「理事会」と、同法第八十八条第一項中「著しい」とあるのは「回復することができない」と読み替えるものとし、財団たる医療法人の理事について準用する同法第八十三条中「定款」とあるのは「寄附行為」と、「社員総会」とあるのは「評議員会」と、同法第八十八条の見出し及び同条第一項中「社員」とあるのは「評議員」と、同項及び同法第八十九条中「定款」とあるのは「寄附行為」と、同条中「社員総会」とあるのは「評議員会」と読み替えるものとするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 art-46-6-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-6-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-6-4/par-1 The provisions of Article 78, Article 80, Articles 82 through 84, Article 88 (excluding paragraph (2)) and Article 89 of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations apply mutatis mutandis to the directors of a medical corporation as an association and a medical corporation as a foundation. In this case, the term "general meeting of members" in Article 84, paragraph (1) of the same Act as applied mutatis mutandis to the relevant directors is replaced with "board of directors", the term "significant" in Article 88, paragraph (1) of the same Act is replaced with "irrecoverable", the term "articles of incorporation" in Article 83 of the same Act as applied mutatis mutandis to the directors of a medical corporation as a foundation is replaced with "act of endowment", the term "general meeting of members" is replaced with "meeting of the board of councillors", the term "members" in the heading of Article 88 of the same Act and paragraph (1) of the same Article is replaced with "councillors", the term "articles of incorporation" in the same paragraph and Article 89 of the same Act is replaced with "act of endowment", the term "general meeting of members" in the same Article is replaced with "meeting of the board of councillors", and any other necessary technical replacement of terms are to be prescribed by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-6-4/par-1: 一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第七十八条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — not held in this collection - art-46-6-4/par-1: 第八十条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第八十条 (Article 80), art-80 — not held in this collection - art-46-6-4/par-1: 第八十二条から第八十四条まで → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — not held in this collection - art-46-6-4/par-1: 第八十八条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第八十八条 (Article 88), art-88 — not held in this collection - art-46-6-4/par-1: 第二項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第八十八条第二項 (Article 88, paragraph (2)), art-88/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-46-6-4/par-1: 第八十九条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第八十九条 (Article 89), art-89 — not held in this collection - art-46-6-4/par-1: 同法第八十四条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第八十四条第一項 (Article 84, paragraph (1)), art-84/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-46-6-4/par-1: 同法第八十八条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第八十八条第一項 (Article 88, paragraph (1)), art-88/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-46-6-4/par-1: 同法第八十三条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第八十三条 (Article 83), art-83 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-2 - 医療法 第四十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-3 - 医療法 第四十七条第三項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-3/item-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