# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第六条の二 (Article 6-2)
- 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: 第六条の二 (Article 6-2) — address `art-6-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-6-2
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### 第六条の二
art-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6-2
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、医師免許を申請した者について、第四条第一号に掲げる者に該当すると認め、同条の規定により免許を与えないこととするときは、あらかじめ、当該申請者にその旨を通知し、その求めがあつたときは、厚生労働大臣の指定する職員にその意見を聴取させなければならない。
art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6-2/par-1
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that a person who has applied for a medical practitioner's license falls under Article 4, item (i) and decides not to grant the person a license pursuant to the provisions of the same Article, the Minister must notify the applicant to that effect in advance, and must have an official designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare hear the opinion of the applicant when so requested by the applicant.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
- art-6-2/par-1: 第四条第一号 → 医師法 第四条第一項第一号 (Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-4/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-4/par-1/item-1
- art-6-2/par-1: 同条 → 医師法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-4
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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