# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第四十八条 (Article 48) - 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: 第四十八条 (Article 48) — address `art-48` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48 - 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. --- ### 第四十八条 art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48 **第一項** 医療法人の評議員又は理事若しくは監事（以下この項、次条及び第四十九条の三において「役員等」という。）がその職務を行うについて悪意又は重大な過失があつたときは、当該役員等は、これによつて第三者に生じた損害を賠償する責任を負う。 art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-1 When a councillor, director or auditor (hereinafter referred to as "officer, etc." in this paragraph, the following Article and Article 49-3) of a medical corporation acted in bad faith or was grossly negligent in performing their duties, the relevant officer, etc. is liable to compensate for any damage caused to a third party thereby. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a councillor, director or auditor (hereinafter referred to as "officer, etc." in this paragraph, the following Article and Article 49-3) of a medical corporation acted in bad faith or were grossly negligent in performing their duties, the relevant officer, etc. is liable to compensate for any damage caused to a third party thereby." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb **第二項** 次の各号に掲げる者が、当該各号に定める行為をしたときも、前項と同様とする。ただし、その者が当該行為をすることについて注意を怠らなかつたことを証明したときは、この限りでない。 art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply when a person listed in each of the following items commits an act specified in the respective items; provided, however, that this does not apply in the case where the person proves that they have exercised due care in committing the relevant act: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 理事　次に掲げる行為 art-48/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-2/item-1 director: Any of the following acts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 第五十一条第一項の規定により作成すべきものに記載すべき重要な事項についての虚偽の記載 art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-1 false statement about important particulars to be stated in documents to be prepared pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 虚偽の登記 art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-2 false registration; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 虚偽の公告 art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-3 false public notice; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 監事　監査報告に記載すべき重要な事項についての虚偽の記載 art-48/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-2/item-2 auditor:False statement of material particulars to be stated in an audit report. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-48/par-1: この項 → 医療法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-1 - art-48/par-1: 次条 → 医療法 第四十九条 (Article 49), art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-49 - art-48/par-1: 第四十九条の三 → 医療法 第四十九条の三 (Article 49-3), art-49-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-49-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-49-3 - art-48/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-1 - art-48/par-2/item-1/sub-1: 第五十一条第一項 → 医療法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-1 - 医療法 第四十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-48/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act (医療法), Article 48, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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