Supplementary Provisions, Article 141

①To apply the provisions of Article 36 to medical practitioners practicing medicine (limited to the medical practitioners that are necessary for ensuring the medical care delivery system prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), the phrase "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per day, month, and year during the applicable period" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work during the applicable period" and the phrase "the overtime maximum" in Article 36, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "the overtime maximum and the hours that are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of the health and welfare of the workers", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (5) and (6) (limited to the portions concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until otherwise provided for by law.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) may establish the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work in excess of the hours established in the agreement concerning Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) (including the number of hours established in the agreement concerning Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv), and limited in range to less than the number of hours and the number of months prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (5) and the number of hours prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of the health and welfare of the workers) if the employer needs to temporarily have a worker work more than the hours prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in Article 36, paragraph (3) as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph due to an ordinarily unforeseeable, significant increase in the volume of work at the workplace, as well as any other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in addition to the items of paragraph (2) of Article 36.

③In the case as referred to in paragraph (1), even if the employer extends the working hours it has a worker work, or has a worker work on a day off, pursuant to the agreement prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (1), it must not have that worker work in excess of the hours prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in consideration of the requirements provided for in Article 36, paragraph (6) and workers' health and welfare.

④Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, as concerning a medical practitioner engaged in medical practice, "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period prescribed by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers, in the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement referred to in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date, and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period).

⑤A person who violates the provisions of paragraph (3) is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.