# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 附 則 (Supplementary Provisions)
- 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: 附 則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3611-106`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3611-106
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3611-106
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## 附 則 昭和六一年一二月二二日法律第一〇六号
suppl-3611-106 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3611-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3611-106
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-3611-106/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3611-106/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3611-106/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、昭和六十二年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1987; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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**一** 第一条中老人保健法第七条第一項及び第二項の改正規定、同法第七条に一項を加える改正規定並びに同法第三十一条の次に一条を加える改正規定（同法第三十一条の二第七項及び第八項に係る部分に限る。）、第四条中老人保健法第七条第二項の改正規定、同法第八条第一項の改正規定、同法第三章第三節の次に一節を加える改正規定（同法第四十六条の二第五項及び第六項に係る部分に限る。）及び同法第三章の次に一章を加える改正規定（同法第四十六条の八第五項から第七項までの規定に係る部分に限る。）並びに第六条の規定並びに附則第四条第二項、第十二条及び第十三条の規定 公布の日
suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-1
the amending provisions for Article 7, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Aged in Article 1, the amending provisions adding one paragraph to Article 7 of that Act, and the amending provisions adding one Article after Article 31 of that Act (limited to the portion pertaining to Article 31-2, paragraphs (7) and (8) of that Act); the amending provisions for Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Aged in Article 4, the amending provisions for Article 8, paragraph (1) of that Act, the amending provisions adding one section after Chapter 3, Section 3 of that Act (limited to the portion pertaining to Article 46-2, paragraphs (5) and (6) of that Act), and the amending provisions adding one chapter after Chapter 3 of that Act (limited to the portion pertaining to the provisions of Article 46-8, paragraphs (5) through (7) of that Act); and the provisions of Article 6, and the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2), Article 12 and Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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**二** 第四条の規定（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、第五条の規定及び第七条の規定並びに附則第十六条、第二十四条から第二十九条まで、第三十一条及び第三十五条の規定 公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-2
the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item), the provisions of Article 5 and the provisions of Article 7, and the provisions of Article 16, Articles 24 through 29, Article 31 and Article 35 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation.
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## Cites
- suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-1
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3611-106/art-1/par-1/item-2
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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 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19