# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23)

- 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23) — address `art-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-23
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### 第二十三条
<sup>art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-23</sup>

**第一項**  医師は、診療をしたときは、本人又はその保護者に対し、療養の方法その他保健の向上に必要な事項の指導をしなければならない。
<sup>art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-23/par-1</sup>
When a medical practitioner has provided medical care, the medical practitioner must give guidance to the person in question or to their custodian on the method of treatment and other matters necessary to improve their health.
<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