# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21) - 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: 第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21)（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4231-105/art-21` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-21 - 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. --- ### 第二十一条（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Medical Care Act caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-105/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-21 **第一項** 第二十九条の規定の施行の日から起算して一年を超えない期間内において、同条の規定による改正後の医療法（以下この条及び附則第百二十三条第二項において「新医療法」という。）第七条の二第四項に規定する都道府県の条例が制定施行されるまでの間は、新医療法第三十条の四第五項の厚生労働省令で定める基準は、当該都道府県の条例とみなす。 suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-1 Within a period not exceeding one year counted from the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 29, until the Prefectural Ordinance prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (4) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 29 (hereinafter referred to in this Article and Article 123, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions as the "New Medical Care Act") is enacted and put into effect, the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Article 30-4, paragraph (5) of the New Medical Care Act are deemed to be the relevant Prefectural Ordinance. machine translation, not official **第二項** 第二十九条の規定の施行の日から起算して一年を超えない期間内において、新医療法第七条の二第五項に規定する都道府県の条例が制定施行されるまでの間は、同項の厚生労働省令で定める基準は、当該都道府県の条例とみなす。 suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-2 Within a period not exceeding one year counted from the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 29, until the Prefectural Ordinance prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (5) of the New Medical Care Act is enacted and put into effect, the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in that paragraph are deemed to be the relevant Prefectural Ordinance. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第二十九条の規定の施行の日から起算して一年を超えない期間内において、新医療法第十八条に規定する都道府県、保健所を設置する市又は特別区の条例が制定施行されるまでの間は、同条の厚生労働省令で定める基準は、当該都道府県、保健所を設置する市又は特別区の条例で定める基準とみなす。 suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-3 Within a period not exceeding one year counted from the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 29, until the Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance of a prefecture, a city with a public health center, or a special ward prescribed in Article 18 of the New Medical Care Act is enacted and put into effect, the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in that Article are deemed to be the standards specified by the Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance of the relevant prefecture, city with a public health center, or special ward. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第二十九条の規定の施行の日から起算して一年を超えない期間内において、新医療法第二十一条第一項及び第二項に規定する都道府県の条例が制定施行されるまでの間は、同条第三項の厚生労働省令で定める基準は、当該都道府県の条例で定める基準とみなす。 suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-4 Within a period not exceeding one year counted from the date of enforcement of the provisions of Article 29, until the Prefectural Ordinance prescribed in Article 21, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the New Medical Care Act is enacted and put into effect, the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in paragraph (3) of that Article are deemed to be the standards specified by the relevant Prefectural Ordinance. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-1: この条 → 医療法 附則第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21), suppl-4231-105/art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-21 - suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-1: 附則第百二十三条第二項 → 医療法 附則第百二十三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 123, paragraph (2)), suppl-4231-105/art-123/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-123/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-123/par-2 - suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-1: 第七条の二第四項 → 医療法 第七条の二第四項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (4)), art-7-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-4 - suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-1: 新医療法第三十条の四第五項 → 医療法 第三十条の四第五項 (Article 30-4, paragraph (5)), art-30-4/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-30-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-4/par-5 - suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-3: 新医療法第十八条 → 医療法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-18 - suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-4: 新医療法第二十一条第一項 → 医療法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-21/par-1 - suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-4: 第二項 → 医療法 第二十一条第二項 (Article 21, paragraph (2)), art-21/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-21/par-2 - suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-4: 同条第三項 → 医療法 第二十一条第三項 (Article 21, paragraph (3)), art-21/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-21/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第二十一条第一項（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-105/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-105/art-21/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-20261019T151250-028, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19