# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五条の二 (Article 5-2) - 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: 第五条の二 (Article 5-2) — address `art-5-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2 - 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. --- ### 第五条の二 art-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第七条第一項に規定する臨床研修等修了医師の申請に基づき、当該者が、医師の確保を特に図るべき区域（第三十条の四第六項に規定する区域その他厚生労働省令で定める区域をいう。以下同じ。）における医療の提供に関する知見を有するために必要な経験その他の厚生労働省令で定める経験を有するものであることの認定をすることができる。 art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, based on an application from a clinically trained physician prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1), certify the relevant physician that has the experience necessary having knowledge concerning the provision of medical care in an acute physician shortage area (meaning an area prescribed in Article 30-4, paragraph (6) and other areas specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter) and other experience specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の認定をしたときは、認定証明書を交付するものとする。 art-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare who has granted certification under the preceding paragraph is to issue a certificate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の認定を受けた者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その認定を取り消すことができる。 art-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-3 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the certification when a physician who has obtained the certification under paragraph (1) falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 医師がその免許を取り消され、又は医業の停止を命ぜられたとき。 art-5-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-3/item-1 when the physician has had their license revoked or has been ordered to suspend their medical practice; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 偽りその他不正の手段により第一項の認定を受けたことが判明したとき。 art-5-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-3/item-2 when it is found that the certification under paragraph (1) was obtained by deception or other wrongful means; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 罰金以上の刑に処せられたとき。 art-5-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-3/item-3 when the physician was sentenced to a fine or severer punishment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の認定及びその認定の取消しに関して必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-5-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-4 Necessary particulars concerning the certification set forth in paragraph (1) and the rescission of such certification is provided for by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-5-2/par-1: 第七条第一項 → 医療法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-1 - art-5-2/par-1: 第三十条の四第六項 → 医療法 第三十条の四第六項 (Article 30-4, paragraph (6)), art-30-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-4/par-6 - art-5-2/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-1 - art-5-2/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-1 - art-5-2/par-3/item-2: 第一項 → 医療法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-1 - art-5-2/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第五条の二第一項 (Article 5-2, paragraph (1)), art-5-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 医師法 第十六条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3/par-4 - 医療法 第五条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-2 - 医療法 第五条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-3 - 医療法 第五条の二第三項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-3/item-2 - 医療法 第五条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5-2/par-4 - 医療法 第六条の五第三項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-5/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-5/par-3/item-6 - 医療法 第十条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-10/par-3 - 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/my-number-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/appdx-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