# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第十五条 (Article 15)

- 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
- 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: 第十五条 (Article 15) — address `art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-15
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### 第十五条
<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  医師国家試験又は医師国家試験予備試験に関して不正の行為があつた場合には、当該不正行為に関係のある者について、その受験を停止させ、又はその試験を無効とすることができる。この場合においては、なお、その者について、期間を定めて試験を受けることを許さないことができる。
<sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-15/par-1</sup>
When there has been any wrongful act in connection with the national examination for medical practitioners or the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners, the person involved in the wrongful act may be stopped from taking the examination, or may have the examination invalidated. In this case, the person may be barred from taking the examination within a specified period.
<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