# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第九十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 99)

- Law: 医療法 (Medical Care Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百五号
- English title "Medical Care 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: 第九十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 99) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-99`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-99
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-99
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### 第九十九条
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-99 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-99</sup>

**第一項**  旧規則第四十五条第一項但書、第二項、若しくは第五十一条但書の規定によつて都道府県知事の許可を受けた者又は旧規則第七十五条の規定によつて許可を受けたとみなされた者は、第十二条第一項但書若しくは第二項又は第十八条但書の規定によつて許可を受けた者とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1</sup>
A person who has received the permission of the prefectural governor pursuant to the proviso to Article 45, paragraph (1), paragraph (2) or the proviso to Article 51 of the Former Regulations, or a person who is deemed to have received permission pursuant to Article 75 of the Former Regulations, is deemed to be a person who has received permission pursuant to the proviso to Article 12, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or the proviso to Article 18.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  旧規則第三十六条第一項第二号の規定によつて厚生大臣の許可を受けた者は、これを第六条の六第一項の規定によつて許可を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2</sup>
A person who has received the permission of the Minister of Health and Welfare pursuant to Article 36, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Former Regulations is deemed to have received permission pursuant to Article 6-6, paragraph (1).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1: 第二項 → 医療法 附則第九十九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 99, paragraph (2)), suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2
- suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1: 第五十一条 → 医療法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51
- suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1: 第十二条第一項 → 医療法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-12/par-1
- suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1: 第十八条 → 医療法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-18
- suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-2: 第六条の六第一項 → 医療法 第六条の六第一項 (Article 6-6, paragraph (1)), art-6-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-6-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-6/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 附則第九十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-99/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医療法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-011, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
