I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendments to the Medical Service Law.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This fourteenth day of the fifth month of the twenty-fourth year of Showa (May 14, 1949)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Partial Amendments to the Medical Service Law
A part of the Medical Service Law (Law No.205 of 1948) shall be amended as follows:
Art.5 shall be amended as follows:
Article 5. In case of medical practitioners, dentists or midwives who are engaged in treatment or in their practice exclusively by means of visiting for the public or for the specific masses, their dwelling places shall be deemed to be clinics or midwifery homes, concerning the application of the provisions of Art.8, Art.9 and Art.39 or Art.41.
2 The Minister of Welfare or the prefectural governor may, in case he considers it to be necessary, cause medical practitioners, dentists or midwives prescribed in the preceding paragraph to report necessary matters or causes them submit patients record books, midwifery record books and other books and docnments for examination.
In Item 2 of Par.1 of Art.29, "orders" shall read "orders or acts."
In Art.39 the following three paragraphs shall be added:
4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Par.1 and Par.3, matters fixed by the Minister of Welfare under the special necessity may be advertised. In this case, the Minister of Welfare may also fix necessary matters concerning the method of the advertisement.
5 The Minister of Welfare shall, in fixing matters according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, hear beforehand the opinion of the Committee for the Medical Morality.
6 Any one, even in advertising matters mentioned in each item of Par.1 or matters fixed by the Minister of Welfare according to the provisions of Par.4, shall not state any false matter or use any method other than fixed according to provisions of Par.4.
In Art.41, the following two paragraphs shall be added:
4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Par.1 and Par.3, matters fixed by the Minister of Welfare under the special necessity may be advertised. In this case, the Minister of Welfare may also fix necessary matters concerning the method of the advertisement.
5 Any one, even in advertising matters mentioned in each item of Par.1 or matters fixed by the Minister of Welfare according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, shall not state any false matter or use any method other than fixed according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
In Item 1 of Art.42, "Art.39." shall read "Art.39, Pars.1 to 3 inclusive or Par.6" and "Art.41" shall read "Art.41, Pars.1 to 3 inclusive or Par.5."
In Par.1 of Art.43, "Art.25" shall read "Art.5, Par.2 or Art.25."
In Item 2 of Art.44, "reports mentioned in the provisions of Art.25, Par.1" shall read "reports or submission according to the provisions of Art.5, Par.2 or Art.25, Par.1" and "according to the same provision" shall read "according to the provisions of Art.25, Par.1."
Supplementary Provision:
This Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation.