Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 1-4 and the provisions amending Article 42 (excluding the part adding two paragraphs to that Article), as well as the provisions of Articles 3, 9 and 14 of the Supplementary Provisions, come into effect on the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Medical Care Plans
第二条（医療計画に関する経過措置）
A medical care plan that was determined or changed pursuant to Article 30-3 of the Medical Care Act before the revision (referred to as the "Former Act" in Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions) before this Act comes into effect is deemed to be a medical care plan determined or changed pursuant to the provisions of that Article, until it is determined or changed pursuant to Article 30-3 of the Medical Care Act after the revision.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第三条（罰則に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act (or, for the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect.
この法律（附則第一条ただし書に規定する規定については、当該規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
第十四条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。