# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五十八条の五 (Article 58-5)

- 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: 第五十八条の五 (Article 58-5) — address `art-58-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五十八条の五
<sup>art-58-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-58-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-58-5</sup>

      **第一項**  吸収合併存続医療法人は、吸収合併消滅医療法人の権利義務（当該医療法人がその行う事業に関し行政庁の許可その他の処分に基づいて有する権利義務を含む。）を承継する。
      <sup>art-58-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-58-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-58-5/par-1</sup>
      The surviving medical corporation in the absorption-type merger is to succeed to the rights and obligations of the dissolving medical corporation in the absorption-type merger (including the rights and obligations that the relevant medical corporation has based on the permission or other disposition of the administrative agency with respect to the business it conducts).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## 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