# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（経過措置） — address `suppl-3601-109/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3601-109/art-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-5
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### 第五条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3601-109/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3601-109/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  改正後の第七条の二第一項各号に掲げる者が都道府県知事に第七条第一項又は第二項の許可の申請をした場合における許可又は不許可の処分であつて、改正後の第三十条の三第十一項の規定により当該都道府県の医療計画が公示される日までの間にされるものについては、改正前の第七条の二第一項から第四項までの規定は、附則第一条ただし書の政令で定める日以後も、なおその効力を有する。この場合において、改正前の第七条の二第三項中「医療機関整備審議会」とあるのは、「都道府県医療審議会」とする。
<sup>suppl-3601-109/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3601-109/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-5/par-1</sup>
In the case where a person listed in the items of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) after the revision files with the prefectural governor an application for the permission under Article 7, paragraph (1) or (2), the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraphs (1) through (4) before the revision remain in force, even on or after the date specified by Cabinet Order in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, with regard to a disposition of permission or non-permission made until the date on which the medical care plan of the prefecture is publicly announced pursuant to Article 30-4, paragraph (11) after the revision; in this case, the phrase "Medical Institution Development Council" in Article 7-2, paragraph (3) before the revision is deemed to be replaced with "Prefectural Council on Medical Service Facilities".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3601-109/art-5/par-1: 附則第一条 → 医療法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-3601-109/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3601-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-1

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3601-109/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-1/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-20261019T151250-016, translated 2026-10-20
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-017, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
