# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) — address `suppl-3601-109/art-8`
- 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-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-8
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### 第八条
<sup>suppl-3601-109/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3601-109/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  改正前の医療法の規定及び前条の規定によつてした処分又は手続は、改正後の医療法の相当規定によつてしたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-3601-109/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3601-109/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-8/par-1</sup>
A disposition or procedure made under the provisions of the Medical Care Act before the revision and the provisions of the preceding Article is deemed to have been made under the corresponding provisions of the Medical Care Act after the revision.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3601-109/art-8/par-1: 前条 → 医療法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-3601-109/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3601-109/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3601-109/art-7

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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-20261019T151250-017, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 211 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19