# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第十条 (Article 10)

- Law: 医師法 (Medical Practitioners' Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百一号
- English title "Medical Practitioners' Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第十条 (Article 10) — address `art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-10
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### 第十条
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  医師国家試験及び医師国家試験予備試験は、毎年少くとも一回、厚生労働大臣が、これを行う。
<sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-10/par-1</sup>
The national examination for medical practitioners and the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners are to be given by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare at least once every year.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、医師国家試験又は医師国家試験予備試験の科目又は実施若しくは合格者の決定の方法を定めようとするときは、あらかじめ、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-10/par-2</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance when seeking to specify the subjects, implementation, or method of determining successful examinees of the national examination for medical practitioners or the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医師法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000201/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Practitioners' Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3992/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09