# 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-4181-106` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一八年一二月八日法律第一〇六号 suppl-4181-106 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4181-106/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、第一条中感染症の予防及び感染症の患者に対する医療に関する法律目次の改正規定（「第二十六条」を「第二十六条の二」に改める部分及び「第七章　新感染症（第四十五条―第五十三条）」を「／第七章　新感染症（第四十五条―第五十三条）／第七章の二　結核（第五十三条の二―第五十三条の十五）／」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第六条第二項から第六項までの改正規定（同条第三項第二号に係る部分に限る。）及び同条第十一項の改正規定、同条に八項を加える改正規定（同条第十五項、第二十一項第二号及び第二十二項第十号に係る部分に限る。）、同法第十条第六項を削る改正規定、同法第十八条から第二十条まで、第二十三条及び第二十四条の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第二十六条の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第三十七条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第三十八条から第四十四条まで及び第四十六条の改正規定、同法第四十九条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第七章の次に一章を加える改正規定、同法第五十七条及び第五十八条の改正規定、同条の次に二条を加える改正規定、同法第五十九条から第六十二条まで及び第六十四条の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに同法第六十五条、第六十五条の二（第三章に係る部分を除く。）及び第六十七条第二項の改正規定、第二条の規定並びに次条から附則第七条まで、附則第十三条（地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）別表第一感染症の予防及び感染症の患者に対する医療に関する法律（平成十年法律第百十四号）の項の改正規定中第三章に係る部分を除く。）及び附則第十四条から第二十三条までの規定は、平成十九年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-4181-106/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months counted from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that, among the provisions of Article 1, the provisions amending the table of contents of the Act on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (limited to the part replacing "Article 26" with "Article 26-2" and the part replacing "Chapter VII New Infectious Diseases (Articles 45 to 53)" with "Chapter VII New Infectious Diseases (Articles 45 to 53) / Chapter VII-2 Tuberculosis (Articles 53-2 to 53-15)"), the provisions amending Article 6, paragraphs (2) through (6) of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (3), item (ii) of that Article) and the provisions amending paragraph (11) of that Article, the provisions adding eight paragraphs to Article 6 of that Act (limited to the parts pertaining to paragraph (15), paragraph (21), item (ii) and paragraph (22), item (x) of that Article), the provisions deleting Article 10, paragraph (6) of that Act, the provisions amending Articles 18 through 20, Article 23 and Article 24 of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 24 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 26 of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 26 of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 37 of that Act, the provisions amending Articles 38 through 44 and Article 46 of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 49 of that Act, the provisions adding one Chapter after Chapter VII of that Act, the provisions amending Articles 57 and 58 of that Act, the provisions adding two Articles after Article 58 of that Act, the provisions amending Articles 59 through 62 and Article 64 of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 64 of that Act, and the provisions amending Article 65, Article 65-2 (excluding the part pertaining to Chapter III) and Article 67, paragraph (2) of that Act, the provisions of Article 2, the provisions of the following Article through Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions, Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the part pertaining to Chapter III in the provisions amending the entry for the Act on the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (Act No. 114 of 1998) in Appended Table 1 of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947)), and the provisions of Articles 14 through 23 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on April 1, 2007. machine translation, not official ### 第二十四条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4181-106/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106/art-24 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条ただし書に規定する規定については、当該規定）の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における同条ただし書に規定する規定の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4181-106/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106/art-24/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (for the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect and to acts committed after the provisions prescribed in the proviso to that Article come into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第二十五条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4181-106/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106/art-25 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4181-106/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106/art-25/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-106/art-24/par-1: 附則第一条 → 医療法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4181-106/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106/art-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第二十四条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-106/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-106/art-24/par-1 --- ## 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-20261019T151250-027, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19