# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第十六条の六 (Article 16-6)

- 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: 第十六条の六 (Article 16-6) — address `art-16-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6
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### 第十六条の六
<sup>art-16-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、第十六条の二第一項の規定による臨床研修を修了した者について、その申請により、臨床研修を修了した旨を医籍に登録する。
  <sup>art-16-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6/par-1</sup>
  Upon application by a person who has completed the clinical training pursuant to the provisions of the Article 16-2, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must register the fact that the person has completed clinical training in the register of medical practitioners.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の登録をしたときは、臨床研修修了登録証を交付する。
  <sup>art-16-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6/par-2</sup>
  When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a registration as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister delivers a registration certificate for completion of clinical training.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-16-6/par-1: 第十六条の二第一項 → 医師法 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), art-16-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-1
- art-16-6/par-2: 前項 → 医師法 第十六条の六第一項 (Article 16-6, paragraph (1)), art-16-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1
- 医師法 第十六条の六第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6/par-2
- 医師法 第十六条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-7/par-1
- 医師法 第十六条の八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-8/par-1
- 医師法 附則第八条第一項（臨床研修修了医師の登録に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-8/par-1

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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
