# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4291-57/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4291-57/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年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、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第四条中良質な医療を提供する体制の確立を図るための医療法等の一部を改正する法律（附則第七条及び第八条において「平成十八年改正法」という。）附則第十条の三第五項の改正規定並びに附則第三条、第九条及び第十三条の規定　公布の日 suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 4 amending Article 10-3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Medical Care Act, etc. for Establishing a System for Providing Quality Medical Care (referred to as the "2006 Amendment Act" in Articles 7 and 8 of the Supplementary Provisions), and the provisions of Articles 3, 9 and 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation machine translation, not official **二** 第一条及び第四条の規定（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）並びに次条並びに附則第七条、第八条及び第十二条の規定　平成二十九年十月一日 suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Articles 1 and 4 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item), the provisions of the following Article, and the provisions of Articles 7, 8 and 12 of the Supplementary Provisions: October 1, 2017 machine translation, not official **三** 第二条中医療法第十五条の二の改正規定及び同条を同法第十五条の三とし、同法第十五条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに第三条の規定並びに附則第六条の規定　公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-3 the provisions of Article 2 amending Article 15-2 of the Medical Care Act and the provisions amending that Article to make it Article 15-3 of that Act and adding one Article after Article 15 of that Act, the provisions of Article 3, and the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第七条 → 医療法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4291-57/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-7 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第八条 → 医療法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4291-57/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三条 → 医療法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4291-57/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-3 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第九条 → 医療法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-4291-57/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-9 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十三条 → 医療法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4291-57/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-13 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2: 次条 → 医療法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4291-57/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-2 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第七条 → 医療法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4291-57/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-7 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第八条 → 医療法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4291-57/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十二条 → 医療法 附則第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12), suppl-4291-57/art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-12 - suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-3: 附則第六条 → 医療法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4291-57/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-6 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 医療法 附則第二条第一項（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-2/par-1 - 医療法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-6/par-1 - 医療法 附則第十二条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-12/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-20261019T151250-032, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19