# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 109)

- 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: 第百九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 109) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-109`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-109
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-109
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### 第百九条
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-109 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-109 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-109</sup>

**第一項**  病院又は診療所の管理者は、地域の病院又は診療所において前条第一項の規定による面接指導が適切に実施されるよう、第百五条の指針に従い、相互に連携を図りながら協力しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-109/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-109/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-109/par-1</sup>
The administrators of hospitals or clinics must cooperate with each other while working in coordination with each other, in accordance with the guidelines referred to in Article 105 of the Supplementary Provisions, so that the face-to-face guidance under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is appropriately conducted at the hospitals or clinics in the region.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3231-205/art-109/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 108, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-108/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-108/par-1
- suppl-3231-205/art-109/par-1: 第百五条 → 医療法 附則第百五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 105), suppl-3231-205/art-105 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-105

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 附則第百十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-112/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-20261019T151250-011, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
