# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五十六条の十 (Article 56-10) - 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: 第五十六条の十 (Article 56-10) — address `art-56-10` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10 - 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. --- ### 第五十六条の十 art-56-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10 **第一項** 清算中に医療法人の財産がその債務を完済するのに足りないことが明らかになつたときは、清算人は、直ちに破産手続開始の申立てをし、その旨を公告しなければならない。 art-56-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10/par-1 When it has become clear that the assets of a medical corporation in liquidation are insufficient to perform on its obligations, the liquidator must immediately file to commence bankruptcy proceedings and provide public notice to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 清算人は、清算中の医療法人が破産手続開始の決定を受けた場合において、破産管財人にその事務を引き継いだときは、その任務を終了したものとする。 art-56-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10/par-2 Where a medical corporation in liquidation is subject to a ruling for the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, the liquidator is deemed to have completed their duties when the administration of the relevant proceedings has been transferred to the bankruptcy trustee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項に規定する場合において、清算中の医療法人が既に債権者に支払い、又は権利の帰属すべき者に引き渡したものがあるときは、破産管財人は、これを取り戻すことができる。 art-56-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10/par-3 In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, when a medical corporation in liquidation has already made payment to an obligee or delivered assets to persons with vested interests, the bankruptcy trustee may retrieve such monies or assets. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による公告は、官報に掲載してする。 art-56-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10/par-4 Public notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is carried out via publication in the Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-56-10/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 第五十六条の十第二項 (Article 56-10, paragraph (2)), art-56-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10/par-2 - art-56-10/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 第五十六条の十第一項 (Article 56-10, paragraph (1)), art-56-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第五十六条の十第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10/par-3 - 医療法 第五十六条の十第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-56-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-56-10/par-4 - 医療法 第九十三条第一項第九号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-93/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-93/par-1/item-9 - 医療法 第九十三条第一項第十号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-93/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-93/par-1/item-10 --- ## 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