I hereby promulgate the Law concerning the Partial Amendment of the National Medical Treatment Law. Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor This eighteenth day of the twelfth month of the twenty-second year of Showa (December 18, 1947) Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu Law No.205 A part of National Medical Treatment Law shall be amended as follows: "Imperial Ordinance" shall read "Cabinet Order" and "Governor of urban and local prefecture" shall read "Governor of Metoropolis, Hokkaido, urban and local prefecture." In Art.4, "according to the decision of Imperial Ordinance" shall be deleted. Art.7, Par.2 shall be deleted.

Art.7-(2). Excepting those affairs provided in the preceding four Articles, necessary matters concerning Doctor's Licence, Dentist's Licence, Doctor's Domicile and Dentist's Domicile shall be determined by Ordinance.

Art.10-(2). In case a doctor recognizes abnormal condition in examining a dead body or a still-born child of more than four months of pregnancy, he shall report it to the police station concerned within 24 hours.

In Art.21 Par.2, "concerning hospitals, clinics and maternity hospitals" shall read "concerning the name, establishment, management, construction, accomodations and other affairs of hospitals, clinics and maternity hospitals." In Art.27, "concerning health-nurses, midwives and nurses" shall read "concerning licence, registration, examination, business and other affairs of health-nurses, midwives and nurses." In Art.70 Item 1, next to "Art.10" shall be added "Art.10-(2)," the same item shall read Item 1-(2) and in the same Art, the following item shall be added as Item 1: 1. Those who violated the Ordinance issued under the provisions of Art.7. In Item 3 of the same Art., "or Art.21 Par.2" shall be deleted and next to the same item shall be added the following item: Item 3-(2). Those who violated the Ordinance issued under the provisions of Art.21, Par.2 concerning the name, establishment, management, construction or accomodations of hospitals, clinics or maternity hospitals or the disposition under the above Ordinance. In the same Art., next to Item 5 shall be added the following item: Item 5-(2). Those who violated the Ordinance issued under the provisions of Art.27 concerning licence, registration, examination or business of health-nurses, widwives or nurses or the disposition under the above Ordinance. In Art.77, "Item 2, Item 3 or" shall read "from Item 2 to." Supplementary Provision: The present Law shall come into force as from January 1, 1948. Minister of Welfare HITOTSUMATSU Sadayoshi Prime Minister KATAYAMA Tetsu