# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)

- 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: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（事業報告書等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4181-84/art-12`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-12
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-12
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### 第十二条（事業報告書等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Business Reports, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  新医療法第四十六条の四第三項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、施行日以後に始まる会計年度に係る監査報告書について適用する。
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 46-4, paragraph (3) of the New Medical Care Act (limited to the part pertaining to item (iii)) apply to audit reports pertaining to fiscal years beginning on or after the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  新医療法第五十一条から第五十二条までの規定は、施行日以後に始まる会計年度について適用し、施行日前に始まる会計年度については、旧医療法第五十一条及び第五十二条の規定は、なおその効力を有する。
<sup>suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Articles 51 through 52 of the New Medical Care Act apply to fiscal years beginning on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to fiscal years beginning before the Effective Date, the provisions of Articles 51 and 52 of the Former Medical Care Act remain in force.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-1: 新医療法第四十六条の四第三項 → 医療法 第四十六条の四第三項 (Article 46-4, paragraph (3)), art-46-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-46-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-46-4/par-3
- suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2: 新医療法第五十一条から第五十二条まで → 医療法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51
- suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2: 新医療法第五十一条から第五十二条まで → 医療法 第五十一条の二 (Article 51-2), art-51-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-51-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-2
- suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2: 新医療法第五十一条から第五十二条まで → 医療法 第五十一条の三 (Article 51-3), art-51-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-51-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-3
- suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2: 新医療法第五十一条から第五十二条まで → 医療法 第五十一条の四 (Article 51-4), art-51-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-51-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-51-4
- suppl-4181-84/art-12/par-2: 新医療法第五十一条から第五十二条まで → 医療法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-52

## Cited by

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

- 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
