# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十七条 (Article 47) - 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: 第四十七条 (Article 47) — address `art-47` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47 - 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. --- ### 第四十七条 art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47 **第一項** 社団たる医療法人の理事又は監事は、その任務を怠つたときは、当該医療法人に対し、これによつて生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-1 A director or auditor of a medical corporation as an association, if they neglected their duties, are liable to compensate the relevant medical corporation for damages caused thereby. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 社団たる医療法人の理事が第四十六条の六の四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八十四条第一項の規定に違反して同項第一号の取引をしたときは、当該取引によつて理事又は第三者が得た利益の額は、前項の損害の額と推定する。 art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-2 When a director of a medical corporation as an association has conducted a transaction set forth in item (i) of Article 84, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations in violation of the same paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 46-6-4, the amount of profit obtained by the director or a third party from the relevant transaction is presumed to be the amount of damage set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四十六条の六の四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八十四条第一項第二号又は第三号の取引によつて社団たる医療法人に損害が生じたときは、次に掲げる理事は、その任務を怠つたものと推定する。 art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-3 When a medical corporation as an association has suffered damage due to a transaction set forth in Article 84, paragraph (1) item (ii) or (iii) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 46-6-4, any of the directors listed below is presumed to have neglected their duties: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第四十六条の六の四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八十四条第一項の理事 art-47/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-3/item-1 a director set forth in Article 84, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 46-6-4; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 社団たる医療法人が当該取引をすることを決定した理事 art-47/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-3/item-2 a director who has decided that the medical corporation as an association is to conduct the relevant transaction; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当該取引に関する理事会の承認の決議に賛成した理事 art-47/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-3/item-3 a director who voted in favor of the resolution for approval of the relevant transaction by the board of directors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、財団たる医療法人の評議員又は理事若しくは監事について準用する。 art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to councillors or directors, or auditors of a medical corporation as a foundation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47/par-2: 第四十六条の六の四 → 医療法 第四十六条の六の四 (Article 46-6-4), art-46-6-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-6-4 - art-47/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-3: 第四十六条の六の四 → 医療法 第四十六条の六の四 (Article 46-6-4), art-46-6-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-6-4 - art-47/par-3/item-1: 第四十六条の六の四 → 医療法 第四十六条の六の四 (Article 46-6-4), art-46-6-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-6-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-6-4 - art-47/par-4: 前三項 → 医療法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-4: 前三項 → 医療法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-2 - art-47/par-4: 前三項 → 医療法 第四十七条第三項 (Article 47, paragraph (3)), art-47/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の七第三項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-7/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7/par-3/item-5 - 医療法 第四十六条の七第三項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-7/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-7/par-3/item-6 - 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 第四十七条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47/par-4 - 医療法 第四十七条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-47-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-47-2/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