# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) - Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号 - English title "Health Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（保険医及び保険薬剤師に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3321-42/art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八条（保険医及び保険薬剤師に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Physicians Providing Health Insurance Treatment and Pharmacists Filling Health Insurance Prescriptions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3321-42/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8 **第一項** 昭和三十二年五月一日において現に旧法第四十三条ノ三第一項又は船員保険法の一部を改正する法律（昭和三十二年法律第四十四号）による改正前の船員保険法（以下「旧船員保険法」という。）第二十八条ノ三第一項の規定による保険医又は保険薬剤師である者は、新法第四十三条ノ五第一項の規定による保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 A person who, as of May 1, 1957, is actually a physician providing health insurance treatment or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions pursuant to the provisions of Article 43-3, paragraph (1) of the Former Act or Article 28-3, paragraph (1) of the Mariners Insurance Act prior to its amendment by the Act Partially Amending the Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 44 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Mariners Insurance Act") is deemed to have received registration as a physician providing health insurance treatment or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions pursuant to the provisions of Article 43-5, paragraph (1) of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 昭和三十二年五月一日前に旧法第四十三条ノ三第五項又は旧船員保険法第二十八条ノ三第五項の規定により行われた保険医又は保険薬剤師の辞退の予告は、新法第四十三条ノ十一第三項の規定による保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録のまつ消の予告とみなす。 suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-2 Advance notice of withdrawal by a physician providing health insurance treatment or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions given before May 1, 1957 pursuant to the provisions of Article 43-3, paragraph (5) of the Former Act or Article 28-3, paragraph (5) of the Former Mariners Insurance Act is deemed to be advance notice of cancellation of the registration of a physician providing health insurance treatment or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions pursuant to the provisions of Article 43-11, paragraph (3) of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の者であつて、昭和三十二年五月一日前に旧法第四十三条ノ四第一項又は旧船員保険法第二十八条ノ四第一項の規定による厚生大臣の定に違反したものについては、新法第四十三条ノ六第一項の規定による命令に違反したものとみなして、新法第四十三条ノ十三の規定を適用する。 suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-3 With regard to a person referred to in paragraph (1) who, before May 1, 1957, violated a determination by the Minister of Health and Welfare under the provisions of Article 43-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Act or Article 28-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Mariners Insurance Act, Article 43-13 of the New Act applies, deeming the person to have violated an order under the provisions of Article 43-6, paragraph (1) of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第四項** 昭和三十二年五月一日前に旧法第四十三条ノ四第三項又は旧船員保険法第二十八条ノ四第三項の規定により保険医又は保険薬剤師の指定を取り消された者については、その取消の時に新法第四十三条ノ十三の規定により保険医又は保険薬剤師の登録を取り消されたものとみなして、新法第四十三条ノ五の規定を適用する。 suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-4 With regard to a person whose designation as a physician providing health insurance treatment or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions was revoked before May 1, 1957 pursuant to the provisions of Article 43-4, paragraph (3) of the Former Act or Article 28-4, paragraph (3) of the Former Mariners Insurance Act, Article 43-5 of the New Act applies, deeming the person to have had the person's registration as a physician providing health insurance treatment or a pharmacist filling health insurance prescriptions revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 43-13 of the New Act at the time of that revocation. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第一項の者が昭和三十二年五月一日において現に健康保険又は船員保険の診療又は調剤に従事している病院若しくは診療所又は薬局は、その者の行う診療又は調剤に関しては、昭和三十二年十月三十一日（同日前に当該病院若しくは診療所又は薬局につき新法第四十三条ノ三第一項の規定による指定が行われたときはその指定の日）までは、新法第四十三条ノ三第一項の規定による保険医療機関又は保険薬局の指定を受けたものとみなす。 suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-5 A hospital, clinic or pharmacy at which a person referred to in paragraph (1) is actually engaged, as of May 1, 1957, in medical care or prescription under health insurance or Mariners Insurance is deemed, with regard to the medical care or prescription performed by that person, to have received designation as a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance or a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance pursuant to the provisions of Article 43-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act until October 31, 1957 (or, if the designation pursuant to the provisions of Article 43-3, paragraph (1) of the New Act is made for that hospital, clinic or pharmacy before that day, until the day of that designation). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 - suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-5: 第一項 → 健康保険法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-1 - suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-5: 新法第四十三条ノ三第一項 → 健康保険法 第四十三条の三第一項 (Article 43-3, paragraph (1)), art-43-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-43-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-43-3/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 附則第八条第三項（保険医及び保険薬剤師に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-3 - 健康保険法 附則第八条第五項（保険医及び保険薬剤師に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3321-42/art-8/par-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-011, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10