# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第八十五条 (Article 85)

- 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: 第八十五条 (Article 85) — address `art-85`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-85
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-85
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### 第八十五条
<sup>art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-85</sup>

**第一項**  第七十八条、第八十条又は第八十一条第一項に規定する者が法人であるときは、これらの規定及び第七十九条の規定は、その行為をした取締役、執行役その他業務を執行する役員又は支配人に対してそれぞれ適用する。
<sup>art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-85/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-85/par-1</sup>
When the person provided for in Article 78, Article 80, or Article 81, paragraph (1) is a corporation, these provisions and the provisions of Article 79 apply mutatis mutandis to the director, executive officer, or any other business-administering officer or manager who has committed such an act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-85/par-1: 第七十八条 → 医療法 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-78
- art-85/par-1: 第八十条 → 医療法 第八十条 (Article 80), art-80 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-80
- art-85/par-1: 第八十一条第一項 → 医療法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-81/par-1
- art-85/par-1: 第七十九条 → 医療法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-79

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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