# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第八条 (Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Article 8) — address `art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-8
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### 第八条
<sup>art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-8</sup>

  **第一項**  臨床研修等修了医師、臨床研修等修了歯科医師又は助産師が診療所又は助産所を開設したときは、開設後十日以内に、診療所又は助産所の所在地の都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-8/par-1</sup>
  When a clinically trained physician, a clinically trained dentist, or a midwife establishes a clinic or birthing center, the physician must notify the prefectural governor of the area in which the clinic or birthing center is situated within ten days of its establishment.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  オンライン診療受診施設の設置者は、設置後十日以内に、オンライン診療受診施設の所在地の都道府県知事（その所在地が保健所を設置する市又は特別区の区域にある場合においては、当該保健所を設置する市の市長又は特別区の区長）に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-8/par-2</sup>
  The founder of a facility for receiving online medical care must notify the prefectural governor of the area in which the facility is situated (or, where its location is within the area of a city with a public health center or a special ward of Tokyo, the mayor of the city with a public health center or the mayor of the special ward) within ten days of its establishment.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-5/par-1
- 医療法 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-1
- 医療法 第八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-8-2/par-1
- 医療法 第二十九条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-29/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-29/par-1/item-2
- 医療法 第八十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-89/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-89/par-1/item-1
- 医療法 附則第九十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1
- 医療法 附則第九十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2
- 医療法 附則第十条第一項（診療所の開設の届出に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4121-141/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4121-141/art-10/par-1
- 医療法 附則第十三条第一項（診療所の開設の届出に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4121-141/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4121-141/art-13/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-001, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19