Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-4Change of Transition Plan, etc.

①A transitional medical corporation that has received certification of a transition plan under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as a "certified medical corporation") must obtain the certification of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare when it intends to change the transition plan pertaining to that certification.

②The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the certification when the Minister finds that a certified medical corporation is not taking steps toward the transition to a new medical corporation in accordance with the transition plan pertaining to the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (where certification under the preceding paragraph has been granted, the transition plan after the change; hereinafter referred to as the "certified transition plan"), or in any other case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

③The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to rescind the certification when a certified medical corporation has not become a new medical corporation by the deadline for transition set out in paragraph (2), item (iv) of the preceding Article that is stated in the certified transition plan.

④A transitional medical corporation whose certification has been rescinded pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs cannot again receive the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

⑤The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the certification under paragraph (1).