# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第十条の四 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-4)

- 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
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- Provision: 第十条の四 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-4)（移行計画の変更等） — address `suppl-4181-84/art-10-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十条の四（移行計画の変更等） — Change of Transition Plan, etc.
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<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-10-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項の規定による移行計画の認定を受けた経過措置医療法人（以下「認定医療法人」という。）は、当該認定に係る移行計画を変更しようとするときは、厚生労働大臣の認定を受けなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1</sup>
A transitional medical corporation that has received certification of a transition plan under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as a "certified medical corporation") must obtain the certification of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare when it intends to change the transition plan pertaining to that certification.
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**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、認定医療法人が前条第一項の認定に係る移行計画（前項の認定があったときは、その変更後のもの。以下「認定移行計画」という。）に従って新医療法人への移行に向けた取組を行っていないと認めるとき、その他厚生労働省令で定めるときは、その認定を取り消すことができる。
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the certification when the Minister finds that a certified medical corporation is not taking steps toward the transition to a new medical corporation in accordance with the transition plan pertaining to the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (where certification under the preceding paragraph has been granted, the transition plan after the change; hereinafter referred to as the "certified transition plan"), or in any other case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、認定医療法人が認定移行計画に記載された前条第二項第四号の移行の期限までに新医療法人にならなかったときは、その認定を取り消すものとする。
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-3</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to rescind the certification when a certified medical corporation has not become a new medical corporation by the deadline for transition set out in paragraph (2), item (iv) of the preceding Article that is stated in the certified transition plan.
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**第四項**  前二項の規定により認定を取り消された経過措置医療法人は、更に前条第一項の認定を受けることができない。
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-4</sup>
A transitional medical corporation whose certification has been rescinded pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs cannot again receive the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
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**第五項**  前条第四項の規定は、第一項の認定について準用する。
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-5</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the certification under paragraph (1).
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## Cites
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1: 前条第一項 → 医療法 附則第十条の三第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2: 前条第一項 → 医療法 附則第十条の三第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第十条の四第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-4, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-3: 前条第二項第四号 → 医療法 附則第十条の三第二項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-3, paragraph (2), item (iv)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-2/item-4
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-4: 前二項 → 医療法 附則第十条の四第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-4, paragraph (2)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-4: 前二項 → 医療法 附則第十条の四第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-4, paragraph (3)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-3
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-4: 前条第一項 → 医療法 附則第十条の三第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-1
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-5: 前条第四項 → 医療法 附則第十条の三第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-3, paragraph (4)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-3/par-4
- suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-5: 第一項 → 医療法 附則第十条の四第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10-4, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-1

## Cited by

7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 附則第十条の二第一項（新医療法人への円滑な移行） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-2/par-1
- 医療法 附則第十条の四第二項（移行計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-2
- 医療法 附則第十条の四第四項（移行計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-4
- 医療法 附則第十条の四第五項（移行計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-4/par-5
- 医療法 附則第十条の六第一項（認定の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-6/par-1
- 医療法 附則第十条の九第一項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-10-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-10-9/par-1
- 医療法 附則第三十二条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-32/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-20261019T151250-026, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
