# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十六条の七の二 (Article 46-7-2) - 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: 第四十六条の七の二 (Article 46-7-2) — address `art-46-7-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-7-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十六条の七の二 art-46-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7-2 **第一項** 一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第九十一条から第九十八条まで（第九十一条第一項各号及び第九十二条第一項を除く。）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会について準用する。この場合において、当該理事会について準用する同法第九十一条第一項中「次に掲げる理事」とあり、及び同条第二項中「前項各号に掲げる理事」とあるのは「理事長」と、同法第九十五条第三項及び第四項並びに第九十七条第二項第二号中「法務省令」とあるのは「厚生労働省令」と読み替えるものとし、財団たる医療法人の理事会について準用する同法第九十一条第二項、第九十三条第一項、第九十四条第一項、第九十五条第一項及び第三項並びに第九十六条中「定款」とあるのは「寄附行為」と、同法第九十七条第二項中「社員は、その権利を行使するため必要があるときは、裁判所の許可を得て」とあるのは「評議員は、財団たる医療法人の業務時間内は、いつでも」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-46-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7-2/par-1 The provisions of Articles 91 through 98 (excluding the items of Article 91, paragraph (1) and Article 92, paragraph (1)) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations apply mutatis mutandis to the board of directors of a medical corporation as an association and a medical corporation as a foundation. In this case, the terms "the following directors" in Article 91, paragraph (1) of the same Act as applied mutatis mutandis to the relevant board of directors and "the directors listed in the items of the preceding paragraph" in paragraph (2) of the same Article is replaced with "the president", and the term " Ministry of Justice Order" in Article 95, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 97, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the same Act is replaced with "Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare", while the term "articles of incorporation" in Article 91, paragraph (2), Article 93, paragraph (1), Article 94, paragraph (1), Article 95, paragraphs (1) and (3), and Article 96 of the same Act as applied mutatis mutandis to the board of directors of a medical corporation as a foundation is replaced with "act of endowment", the term "members, when necessary to exercise their rights, with the permission of the court" in Article 97, paragraph (2) of the same Act is replaced with "councillors, at any time during the business hours of the medical corporation as a foundation", and any other necessary technical replacement of terms are prescribed by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項において読み替えて準用する一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第九十七条第二項及び第三項の許可については、同法第二百八十七条第一項、第二百八十八条、第二百八十九条（第一号に係る部分に限る。）、第二百九十条本文、第二百九十一条（第二号に係る部分に限る。）、第二百九十二条本文、第二百九十四条及び第二百九十五条の規定を準用する。 art-46-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7-2/par-2 With regard to the permission set forth in Article 97, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms under the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 287, paragraph (1), Article 288, Article 289 (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)), the main clause of Article 290, Article 291 (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)), the main clause of Article 292, Article 294 and Article 295 of the same Act apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46-7-2/par-1: 一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第九十一条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十一条 (Article 91), art-91 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第九十八条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十八条 (Article 98), art-98 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第九十一条第一項 → 医療法 第九十一条第一項 (Article 91, paragraph (1)), art-91/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-91/par-1 - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第九十二条第一項 → 医療法 第九十二条第一項 (Article 92, paragraph (1)), art-92/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-92/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-92/par-1 - art-46-7-2/par-1: 同法第九十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十一条第一項 (Article 91, paragraph (1)), art-91/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十一条第二項 (Article 91, paragraph (2)), art-91/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 同法第九十五条第三項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十五条第三項 (Article 95, paragraph (3)), art-95/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第四項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十五条第四項 (Article 95, paragraph (4)), art-95/par-4 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第九十七条第二項第二号 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十七条第二項第二号 (Article 97, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-97/par-2/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第九十三条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十三条第一項 (Article 93, paragraph (1)), art-93/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第九十四条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第九十五条第一項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十五条第一項 (Article 95, paragraph (1)), art-95/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 第九十六条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十六条 (Article 96), art-96 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-1: 同法第九十七条第二項 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第九十七条第二項 (Article 97, paragraph (2)), art-97/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-46-7-2/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第四十六条の七の二第一項 (Article 46-7-2, paragraph (1)), art-46-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の七の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7-2/par-2 - 医療法 第四十六条の八の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-8-2/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