# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五十九条の五 (Article 59-5)

- 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: 第五十九条の五 (Article 59-5) — address `art-59-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-59-5
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### 第五十九条の五
<sup>art-59-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-59-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-59-5</sup>

      **第一項**  第二節（第四十四条第二項、第四項及び第五項並びに第四十六条第二項を除く。）の規定は、新設合併設立医療法人の設立については、適用しない。
      <sup>art-59-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-59-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-59-5/par-1</sup>
      The provisions of Section 2 (excluding Article 44, paragraphs (2), (4) and (5) and Article 46, paragraph (2)) does not apply to the establishment of a medical corporation established in the consolidation-type merger.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-59-5/par-1: 第四十四条第二項 → 医療法 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-2
- art-59-5/par-1: 第四項 → 医療法 第四十四条第四項 (Article 44, paragraph (4)), art-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-4
- art-59-5/par-1: 第五項 → 医療法 第四十四条第五項 (Article 44, paragraph (5)), art-44/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-44/par-5
- art-59-5/par-1: 第四十六条第二項 → 医療法 第四十六条第二項 (Article 46, paragraph (2)), art-46/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46/par-2

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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