# 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)（特別医療法人に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4181-84/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-4181-84/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-8 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八条（特別医療法人に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Special Medical Corporations caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4181-84/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-8 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に旧医療法第四十二条第二項に規定する特別医療法人である者（以下この条において「旧特別医療法人」という。）については、施行日から五年を経過する日までの間（当該期間内に新医療法第四十二条の二第一項の認定を受けたときは、その日までの間）は、旧医療法第四十二条第二項及び第三項並びに第六十四条の二（旧医療法第六十八条の二第一項において読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の規定（旧医療法第六十四条の二の規定に係る罰則を含む。）は、なおその効力を有する。旧特別医療法人が施行日から五年を経過する日までの間に新医療法第四十二条の二第一項の認定の申請をした場合において、当該期間を経過したときは、その申請に対する処分があるまでの間も、同様とする。 suppl-4181-84/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-8/par-1 With regard to a person that is a special medical corporation prescribed in Article 42, paragraph (2) of the Former Medical Care Act at the time of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "former special medical corporation"), the provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 64-2 of the Former Medical Care Act (including where applied by replacing terms pursuant to Article 68-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Medical Care Act) (including the penal provisions pertaining to the provisions of Article 64-2 of the Former Medical Care Act) remain in force until the day on which five years elapse from the Effective Date (if the person receives the authorization under Article 42-2, paragraph (1) of the New Medical Care Act within that period, until that day). In the case where a former special medical corporation has filed an application for the authorization under Article 42-2, paragraph (1) of the New Medical Care Act by the day on which five years elapse from the Effective Date and that period has elapsed, the same applies until a disposition on the application is made. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-84/art-8/par-1: この条 → 医療法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4181-84/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-8 - suppl-4181-84/art-8/par-1: 新医療法第四十二条の二第一項 → 医療法 第四十二条の二第一項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1)), art-42-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-42-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第八条第一項（特別医療法人に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-8/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 --- ## 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-20261019T151250-025, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19