①With a target of three years after the enforcement of the provisions of Article 1 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in items (i), (iv) and (v) of the preceding Article; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), if there is an area, among the areas that have received the designation under Article 30-18-6, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1, in which the number of newly established clinics (limited, among the clinics prescribed in Article 1-5, paragraph (2) of that Act, to those that are places where medical practice is conducted and have no facilities for admitting patients; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) exceeds the number of clinics that have been closed, the government is to review how new clinics should be established in that area and take the required measures based on the results.

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.

The provisions of Article 30-18-6, paragraphs (3) through (11) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions) apply to a person who intends to establish a clinic prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article on or after the day on which six months have elapsed from the day of enforcement of the provisions set forth in that item.

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.