# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第十九条 (Article 19)

- 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: 第十九条 (Article 19) — address `art-19`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-19
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-19
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### 第十九条
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-19</sup>

**第一項**  診療に従事する医師は、診察治療の求があつた場合には、正当な事由がなければ、これを拒んではならない。
<sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-19/par-1</sup>
No medical practitioner who engages in medical practice may refuse any request for medical examination or treatment without legitimate grounds.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  診察若しくは検案をし、又は出産に立ち会つた医師は、診断書若しくは検案書又は出生証明書若しくは死産証書の交付の求があつた場合には、正当の事由がなければ、これを拒んではならない。
<sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-19/par-2</sup>
No medical practitioner who has performed an examination or fact examination, or who was in attendance at a birth may refuse a request for a medical certificate, certificate of post mortem examination, birth certificate, or certificate of stillbirth without legitimate grounds.
<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