①A transitional medical corporation that intends to transition to a new medical corporation may prepare a plan for that transition (hereinafter referred to as a "transition plan"), submit it to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, and receive certification that the transition plan is appropriate.

②A transition plan must state the following particulars:

③The following documents must be attached to a transition plan:

④When an application for the certification under paragraph (1) is filed, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to grant the certification if the Minister finds that the transition plan conforms to all of the following items:

⑤The certification under paragraph (1) may be granted only until December 31, 2029.

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④A transitional medical corporation whose certification has been rescinded pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs cannot again receive the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.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

With regard to a certified medical corporation, the term "within three months" in Article 52, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act is replaced with "within six months".

When six years have passed since the day a certified medical corporation became a new medical corporation, the certification under Article 10-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (including the certification under Article 10-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) that the certified medical corporation received ceases to be effective.

The government is to make efforts to provide a certified medical corporation with advice, guidance, mediation of financing and other support necessary for the achievement of the certified transition plan and for the stable operation of the new medical corporation after the transition.

A certified medical corporation must report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on the status of implementation of the certified transition plan and the status of operation of the certified medical corporation, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Articles 10-3 and 10-4 of the Supplementary Provisions and in the preceding Article may be delegated to the Director-General of a Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②The authority delegated to the Director-General of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director-General of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

The term of office of a person who is an officer of a medical corporation when this Act comes into effect is to be the same period as that person's remaining term of office as an officer when this Act comes into effect, notwithstanding Article 46-2, paragraph (3) of the New Medical Care Act.

①The provisions of Article 46-4, paragraph (3) of the New Medical Care Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (iii)) apply to audit reports pertaining to fiscal years beginning on or after the Effective Date.

②The provisions of Articles 51 through 52 of the New Medical Care Act apply to fiscal years beginning on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to fiscal years beginning before the Effective Date, the provisions of Articles 51 and 52 of the Former Medical Care Act remain in force.

With regard to preparing a draft of the particulars listed in Article 6-5, paragraph (1), item (vii) or items (xi) through (xiii) of the New Medical Care Act or a draft of the standards prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may hear the opinions of groups of persons with relevant knowledge and experience in medical practice even before the Effective Date.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions) comes into effect, to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in Articles 3 through 16 and the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.