(i)the term "foreign medical practitioner" means a person who has qualification which corresponds to the qualification for a medical practitioner in a foreign country;

(ii)the term "foreign dental practitioner" means a person who has qualification which corresponds to the qualification for a dental practitioner in a foreign country;

(iii)The term "foreign nurse, etc." means a person who has qualification which corresponds to the qualification for a birthing assistant, nurse, dental hygienist, radiology technician, dental technician, medical technologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, orthoptist, clinical engineer, prosthetist and orthotist, speech language hearing therapist, or emergency life-saving technician in a foreign country;

(iv)the term "advanced clinical training" means the practices listed in the following sub-items (a) through (n), conducted by foreign medical practitioners or dental practitioners, or foreign nurses, etc. (excluding a person who has qualification which corresponds to the qualification for an emergency life-saving technician in a foreign country (hereinafter referred to as a "foreign emergency life-saving technician"); the same applies in this item), who have entered Japan for the purpose of learning medical knowledge and skills, which are conducted at a hospital designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as a "designated hospital" in this item) in accordance with the classification of the qualification which corresponds to the qualification listed in the following sub-items (a) through (n), in the foreign country respectively, under the on-site instruction and supervision of a medical or dental clinical instructor, or a clinical instructor (limited to a person who has any of the qualification listed in the following sub-items (c) through (n), which corresponds to the qualification held by the foreign nurse, etc. in a foreign country), and the practices listed in sub-item (o) conducted by foreign emergency life-saving technicians, who have entered Japan for the purpose of learning medical knowledge and skills, which are conducted in an ambulance, etc. prescribed by Article 44, paragraph (2) of the Emergency Life-Saving Technicians Act (Act No. 36 of 1991) (hereinafter referred to as an "ambulance, etc." in this item) transporting a patient in a serious condition prescribed by Article 2, paragraph (1) of the same Act (referred to as a "serious patient" in this item) to a designated hospital or before and until the serious patient is put into the ambulance, etc. for transportation to the designated hospital, to the extent an emergency medical treatment or care prescribed by Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act is found necessary and under the on-site instruction and supervision of a clinical instructor (limited to a medical practitioner or an emergency life-saving technician);

(v)the term "foreign medical practitioner under advanced clinical training" means a foreign medical practitioner who has been granted a permission prescribed by paragraph (1) of the following Article;

(vi)the term "foreign dental practitioner under advanced clinical training" means a foreign dental practitioner who has been granted a permission prescribed by paragraph (1) of the following Article;

(vii)the term "foreign nurse, etc. under advanced clinical training" means a foreign nurse, etc. who has been granted a permission prescribed by paragraph (1) of the following Article;

(viii)the term "medical clinical instructor" means a medical practitioner authorized pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 to instruct and supervise foreign medical practitioner's advanced clinical training on site (excluding the cases where instruction and supervision is given or provided for the advanced clinical training performed by a foreign emergency life-saving technician on site);

(ix)the term "dental clinical instructor" means a dental practitioner authorized pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 to instruct and supervise a foreign dental practitioner's advanced clinical training on site; and

(x)the term "clinical instructor" means a medical practitioner authorized pursuant to the provisions of Article 8 (limited to the cases where the medical practitioner instructs and supervises the advanced clinical training performed by a foreign emergency life-saving technician on site) and a person who has the qualification listed in item (iv), (c) through (o).

(i)medical practitioner:Article 17 of the Medical Practitioners' Act;

(ii)dental practitioner:Article 17 of the Dental Practitioners Act;

(iii)birthing assistant:Article 30 and Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses;

(iv)nurse:Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses

(v)dental hygienist:Article 31, paragraph (1) and Article 32 of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses, and Article 13 of the Dental Hygienists Act;

(vi)radiology technician:Article 31, paragraph (1) and Article 32 of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses, and Article 24 of the Radiology Technicians Act;

(vii)dental technician:Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Dental Technicians Act;

(viii)medical technologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, orthoptist, clinical engineer, prosthetist and orthotist, speech language hearing therapist or emergency life-saving technician:Article 31, paragraph (1) and Article 32 of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses

(i)having entered Japan for the purpose of learning medical knowledge and skills;

(ii)having the knowledge and skills on the medical science or dentistry necessary for engaging in medical or dental practices in accordance with the classification of the qualification prescribed by item (iv), sub-items (a) through (o) of the preceding Article, or the necessary knowledge and skills on the practices prescribed by item (iv), sub-items (c) through (o) of the same Article, pertaining to the application for the permission;

(iii)having the experience of engaging in medical treatment for not less than 3 years after obtaining the qualification which corresponds to the qualification of a medical practitioner or dental practitioner in a foreign country, or experience of engaging in a practice pertaining to the qualification which corresponds to the qualification prescribed by Article 2, item (iv), sub-items (c) through (o) for not less than 3 years after obtaining the qualification in a foreign country, in accordance with the classification of the qualification prescribed by item (iv), sub-items (a) through (o) pertaining to the application for the permission;

(iv)having the competence to understand and speak Japanese or other foreign languages specified by the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the extent that there is no hindrance in performing the advanced clinical training; and

(v)having the capacity to compensate for the loss and damage caused to a patient.

(i)a person prescribed by Article 3 of the Medical Practitioners' Act or Article 3 of the Dental Practitioners Act;

(ii)a person who has been subject to a disposition under the laws and regulations of a foreign country which corresponds to the business suspension order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Medical Practitioners' Act, Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Dental Practitioners Act, Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Dental Hygienists Act, Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Radiology Technicians Act, or Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Dental Technicians Act, or the order to suspend the use of the name or title pursuant to the provision of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act on Clinical Laboratory Technicians, etc., Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists Act, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Orthoptists Act, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Clinical Engineers Act, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Artificial Limb Fitters Act, Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Speech-Language Hearing Therapists Act, or Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Emergency Life-Saving Technicians Act, and who is unable to practice the profession pertaining to the qualification they possess in the foreign country accordingly; and

(iii)a person who is treated in the same manner as an adult ward or a person under curatorship under the applicable foreign laws and regulations.

(i)a person listed in each item of Article 4 of the Medical Practitioners' Act, each item of Article 4 of the Dental Practitioners Act, each item of Article 9 of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses, each item of Article 4 of the Dental Hygienists Act, each item of Article 4 of the Radiology Technicians Act, each item of Article 4 of the Dental Technicians Act, each item of Article 4 of the Act on Clinical Laboratory Technicians, etc., each item of Article 4 of the Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists Act, each item of Article 4 of the Orthoptists Act, each item of Article 4 of the Clinical Engineers Act, each item of Article 4 of the Artificial Limb Fitters Act, each item of Article 4 of the Speech-Language Hearing Therapists Act, or each item of Article 4 of the Emergency Life-Saving Technicians Act; or

(ii)a person who has been subject to criminal punishment under the laws and regulations of a foreign country which corresponds to a fine or severer punishment (excluding the cases where the classification of the qualification pertaining to the application for the permission is any of the qualification listed in Article 2, item (iv), sub-items (f) through (h)).

(i)if the permitted person is found to no longer meet the standards prescribed by Article 3, paragraph (2), item (i) or (v);

(ii)if the permitted person comes to fall under any of the persons listed in each item of Article 3, paragraph (4);

(iii)if the permitted person violates any condition prescribed by Article 3, paragraph (6);

(iv)if the permitted person violates this Act or any order based on this Act.

(i)having the professional knowledge and skills concerning the medical science or dentistry or the professional knowledge and skills concerning the practices prescribed by Article 2, item (iv), sub-items (c) through (o);

(ii)having the competence to understand and speak the foreign languages specified by the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by Article 3, paragraph (2), item (iv), to the extent that there is no hindrance in instructing and supervising the advanced clinical training;

(iii)having the enthusiasm and insight for the instruction and supervision of the advanced clinical training.

(i)if the person becomes a person who no longer has the qualification prescribed by Article 2, item (iv), sub-items (a) through (o);

(ii)if the person becomes subject to admonition or suspension of business prescribed by Article 7, paragraph (2), item (i) or (ii) of the Medical Practitioners' Act or Article 7, paragraph (2), item (i) or (ii) of the Dental Practitioners Act, or to suspension of business pursuant to the provision of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Dental Hygienists Act, Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Radiology Technicians Act, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Dental Technicians Act, or to an order to suspend the use of the name or title pursuant to the provision of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act on Clinical Laboratory Technicians, Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists Act, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Orthoptists Act, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Clinical Engineers Act, Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Artificial Limb Fitters Act, Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Speech-Language Hearing Therapists Act or Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Emergency Life-Saving Technicians Act.

(i)a person who has violated the main clause of Article 13-2 of the Dental Hygienists Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2);

(ii)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) or the main clause of paragraph (2) of the Radiology Technicians Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (3);

(iii)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 18 of the Orthoptists Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (6);

(iv)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 38 of the Clinical Engineers Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (7);

(v)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 38 of the Artificial Limb Fitters Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (8); or

(vi)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 44 of the Emergency Life-Saving Technicians Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (10).

(i)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 24 of the Medical Practitioners' Act or Article 23 of the Dental Practitioners Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provision of Article 11, paragraph (1); or

(ii)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 42 of the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives, and Nurses, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1).

(i)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 46 of the Emergency Life-Saving Technicians Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1); or

(ii)a person who has violated the provisions of Article 18 or Article 19 of the Clinical Technicians Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 15.