# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五十一条の二 (Article 51-2) - 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: 第五十一条の二 (Article 51-2) — address `art-51-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2 - 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. 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. --- ### 第五十一条の二 art-51-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2 **第一項** 社団たる医療法人の理事は、前条第六項の承認を受けた事業報告書等を社員総会に提出しなければならない。 art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-1 The directors of a medical corporation as an association must submit the business report, etc. approved under paragraph (6) of the preceding Article to the general meeting of members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 理事は、前項の社員総会の招集の通知に際して、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、社員に対し、前条第六項の承認を受けた事業報告書等を提供しなければならない。 art-51-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-2 Upon the notice of convocation of the general meeting of members set forth in the preceding paragraph, the directors must provide the members with the business report, etc. approved under paragraph (6) of the preceding Article pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により提出された事業報告書等（貸借対照表及び損益計算書に限る。）は、社員総会の承認を受けなければならない。 art-51-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-3 The business report, etc. (limited to the balance sheet and profit and loss statement) submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must be approved by the general meeting of members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 理事は、第一項の規定により提出された事業報告書等（貸借対照表及び損益計算書を除く。）の内容を社員総会に報告しなければならない。 art-51-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-4 The directors must report the contents of the business report, etc. (excluding the balance sheet and profit and loss statement) submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to the general meeting of members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各項の規定は、財団たる医療法人について準用する。この場合において、前各項中「社員総会」とあるのは「評議員会」と、第二項中「社員」とあるのは「評議員」と読み替えるものとする。 art-51-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-5 The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to a medical corporation as a foundation. In this case, the term "general meeting of members" in the preceding paragraphs is replaced with "meeting of the board of councillors", and the term "members" in paragraph (2) is replaced with "councillors". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51-2/par-1: 前条第六項 → 医療法 第五十一条第六項 (Article 51, paragraph (6)), art-51/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51/par-6 - art-51-2/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第五十一条の二第一項 (Article 51-2, paragraph (1)), art-51-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-1 - art-51-2/par-2: 前条第六項 → 医療法 第五十一条第六項 (Article 51, paragraph (6)), art-51/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51/par-6 - art-51-2/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第五十一条の二第一項 (Article 51-2, paragraph (1)), art-51-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-1 - art-51-2/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第五十一条の二第一項 (Article 51-2, paragraph (1)), art-51-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-1 - art-51-2/par-5: 前各項 → 医療法 第五十一条の二第一項 (Article 51-2, paragraph (1)), art-51-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-1 - art-51-2/par-5: 前各項 → 医療法 第五十一条の二第二項 (Article 51-2, paragraph (2)), art-51-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-2 - art-51-2/par-5: 前各項 → 医療法 第五十一条の二第三項 (Article 51-2, paragraph (3)), art-51-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-3 - art-51-2/par-5: 前各項 → 医療法 第五十一条の二第四項 (Article 51-2, paragraph (4)), art-51-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-4 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第四十六条の三の六第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46-3-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-3-6/par-1 - 医療法 第五十一条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-2 - 医療法 第五十一条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-3 - 医療法 第五十一条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-4 - 医療法 第五十一条の二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2/par-5 - 医療法 第五十一条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-3/par-1 - 医療法 第五十一条の四第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-51-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-4/par-3 - 医療法 第七十条の十四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-70-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-70-14/par-1 - 医療法 附則第十二条第二項（事業報告書等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2 - 医療法 附則第八条第一項（事業報告書等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4271-74/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4271-74/art-8/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