# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百三十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 130)

- 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
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- Provision: 第百三十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 130) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-130`
- 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-130
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### 第百三十条
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、当分の間、労働が長時間にわたる医師の労働時間を短縮するための病院又は診療所における取組を評価することにより医師による良質かつ適切な医療の効率的な提供に資することを目的とする一般社団法人又は一般財団法人であつて、次条に規定する業務を適切かつ確実に行うことができると認められるものを、その申請により、医療機関勤務環境評価センターとして指定することができる。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, for the time being, upon its application, designate as a medical institution work environment evaluation center a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation that has the purpose of contributing to the efficient provision of high-quality and appropriate medical care by physicians by evaluating the initiatives of hospitals or clinics to shorten the working hours of physicians whose work extends over long hours, and that is found to be capable of carrying out the operations prescribed in the following Article appropriately and reliably.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による指定をしたときは、当該医療機関勤務環境評価センターの名称、住所及び事務所の所在地を公示しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-2</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made the designation under the preceding paragraph, the Minister must give public notice of the name, address and location of the office of the relevant medical institution work environment evaluation center.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  医療機関勤務環境評価センターは、その名称、住所又は事務所の所在地を変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、その旨を厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-3</sup>
When a medical institution work environment evaluation center intends to change its name, address or the location of its office, the center must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to that effect in advance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による届出があつたときは、当該届出に係る事項を公示しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-4</sup>
When a notification is made under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must give public notice of the matters relating to that notification.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-1: 次条 → 医療法 附則第百三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131), suppl-3231-205/art-131 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-131
- suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百三十条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 130, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-1
- suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-4: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百三十条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 130, paragraph (3)), suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 附則第百十三条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-7
- 医療法 附則第百三十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-2
- 医療法 附則第百三十条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-130/par-4
- 医療法 附則第百四十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-145/par-1
- 医療法 附則第百四十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-146/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-20261019T151250-013, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
