# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（特定労務管理対象機関の指定に係る準備行為） — address `suppl-5031-49/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-5
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-5
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### 第五条（特定労務管理対象機関の指定に係る準備行為） — Preparatory Acts Concerning Designation of Specified Labor Management Target Institutions
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<sup>suppl-5031-49/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  第三条の規定による改正後の医療法（以下「新医療法」という。）第百十三条第一項の指定を受けようとする者は、施行日前においても、同条及び新医療法第百二十九条の規定の例により、その申請を行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1</sup>
A person who intends to receive designation under Article 113, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Medical Care Act") may file the application therefor even before the Effective Date, in accordance with the provisions of that Article and Article 129 of the New Medical Care Act.
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**第二項**  都道府県知事は、前項の規定による申請があった場合には、施行日前においても、新医療法第百十三条及び第百二十九条の規定の例により、指定をすることができる。この場合において、当該指定は、施行日において新医療法第百十三条第一項の規定によりされたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2</sup>
In the case where an application has been filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor may make the designation even before the Effective Date, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 113 and 129 of the New Medical Care Act. In this case, that designation is deemed to have been made on the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (1) of the New Medical Care Act.
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## Cites
- suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1: 第百十三条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1
- suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1: 同条 → 医療法 附則第百十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113), suppl-3231-205/art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113
- suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1: 新医療法第百二十九条 → 医療法 附則第百二十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 129), suppl-3231-205/art-129 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-129
- suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-1
- suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2: 新医療法第百十三条 → 医療法 附則第百十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113), suppl-3231-205/art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113
- suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2: 第百二十九条 → 医療法 附則第百二十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 129), suppl-3231-205/art-129 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-129
- suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2: 新医療法第百十三条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 附則第一条第一項第五号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-5
- 医療法 附則第五条第二項（特定労務管理対象機関の指定に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-5/par-2
- 医療法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-6/par-1
- 医療法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-7/par-1
- 医療法 附則第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-8/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-20261019T151250-034, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
