# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第六十一条の四 (Article 61-4) - 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: 第六十一条の四 (Article 61-4) — address `art-61-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条の四 art-61-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4 **第一項** 新設分割設立医療法人は、新設分割計画の定めに従い、新設分割医療法人の権利義務（当該医療法人がその行う事業の用に供する施設に関しこの法律の規定による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。 art-61-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4/par-1 The medical corporation established in the incorporation-type split, in accordance with the provisions of the incorporation-type split plan, is to succeed to the rights and obligations of the medical corporation conducting the incorporation-type split (including the rights and obligations the relevant medical corporation holds with respect to the facilities used for its business under the permission and other dispositions prescribed in this Act). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、新設分割医療法人の債権者であつて、前条において準用する第六十条の五第一項の各別の催告を受けなかつたものは、新設分割計画において新設分割後に新設分割医療法人に対して債務の履行を請求することができないものとされているときであつても、新設分割医療法人に対して、新設分割医療法人が次条の分割の登記のあつた日に有していた財産の価額を限度として、当該債務の履行を請求することができる。 art-61-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, any creditor of the medical corporation conducting the incorporation-type split who has not received the separate notification set forth in Article 60-5, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article may demand performance of the obligation from the medical corporation conducting the incorporation-type split within the limit of the value of the property that the medical corporation conducting the incorporation-type split possessed on the date of registration of the split set forth in the following Article, even if the incorporation-type split plan stipulates that the creditor may not demand performance of the relevant obligation from the medical corporation conducting the incorporation-type split after the incorporation-type split. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定にかかわらず、新設分割医療法人の債権者であつて、前条において準用する第六十条の五第一項の各別の催告を受けなかつたものは、新設分割計画において新設分割後に新設分割設立医療法人に対して債務の履行を請求することができないものとされているときであつても、新設分割設立医療法人に対して、その承継した財産の価額を限度として、当該債務の履行を請求することができる。 art-61-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), any creditor of the medical corporation conducting the incorporation-type split who has not received the separate notification set forth in Article 60-5, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article may demand performance of the obligation from the medical corporation established in the incorporation-type split within the limit of the value of the property that it has succeeded to, even if the incorporation-type split plan stipulates that the creditor may not demand performance of the relevant obligation from the medical corporation established in the incorporation-type split after the incorporation-type split. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61-4/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 第六十一条の四第一項 (Article 61-4, paragraph (1)), art-61-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4/par-1 - art-61-4/par-2: 前条 → 医療法 第六十一条の三 (Article 61-3), art-61-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-3 - art-61-4/par-2: 第六十条の五第一項 → 医療法 第六十条の五第一項 (Article 60-5, paragraph (1)), art-60-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-60-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-60-5/par-1 - art-61-4/par-2: 次条 → 医療法 第六十一条の五 (Article 61-5), art-61-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-5 - art-61-4/par-3: 第一項 → 医療法 第六十一条の四第一項 (Article 61-4, paragraph (1)), art-61-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4/par-1 - art-61-4/par-3: 前条 → 医療法 第六十一条の三 (Article 61-3), art-61-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-3 - art-61-4/par-3: 第六十条の五第一項 → 医療法 第六十条の五第一項 (Article 60-5, paragraph (1)), art-60-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-60-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-60-5/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 第六十一条の四第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4/par-2 - 医療法 第六十一条の四第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-61-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-61-4/par-3 --- ## 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