④The government is to, promptly after the promulgation of this Act, in view of the fact that the wages of persons engaged in services relating to long-term care or disability welfare (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "long-term care and disability welfare workers") are at a lower level than those of persons engaged in businesses belonging to other industries, that the work in which long-term care and disability welfare workers engage places a heavy physical and mental burden on them, and that securing excellent human resources to provide services relating to long-term care or disability welfare contributes to improving the level of services for persons requiring long-term care, etc. (meaning persons requiring long-term care, etc. prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (5) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act) and for persons with disabilities and children with disabilities, examine ensuring the appropriate treatment of long-term care and disability welfare workers, taking into account the conditions of their treatment, etc., in order to secure human resources among long-term care and disability welfare workers while reducing the burden on the people, including the insurance premium burden on the working generation, and flexibly take required measures based on the results.

For a person who, at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, is already the administrator of a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance (meaning a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance prescribed in Article 63, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Health Insurance Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), the provisions of Article 70-2, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 7 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in the following Article and Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions) do not apply until the day on which three years have elapsed from the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the period during which the person continues to be the administrator of that medical institution providing services covered by health insurance).

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 70-2, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 7 to a person who, at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, is already a physician who has completed clinical training, etc. or a dentist who has completed clinical training, etc. prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act (excluding a person to whom the provisions of the preceding Article apply), the phrase "experience of engaging in medical care for three or more years as a physician providing health insurance treatment at a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance (limited to hospitals) after completing clinical training under Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Medical Practitioners' Act (Act No. 201 of 1948), or experience of engaging in medical care for three or more years as a physician providing health insurance treatment at a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance after completing clinical training under Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Dental Practitioners Act (Act No. 202 of 1948)" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "experience of engaging in medical care and other duties relating to management and operation for three or more years as a physician providing health insurance treatment at a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance".

When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to specify the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 70-2 of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 7, the Minister may, even before the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, consult with the Central Social Insurance Medical Council in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 7.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, items (v) and (ix) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided from Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions to the preceding Article, any transitional measures (including those concerning penal provisions) necessary for the enforcement of this Act are provided by Cabinet Order.