# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act
- 昭和二十三年法律第二百一号 · Act
- English title "Medical Practitioners' Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act
- Permanent URL: https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201
- 52 articles in the main text, 76 in the 附則 (supplementary provisions).
- English: 211 of 214 paragraphs, each marked below as the Ministry of Justice's, as the Ministry's with a slip corrected by this site, or as machine translation.
Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text
below is a copy of it.
Every provision is addressable on its own, down to the item, and carries
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https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1 — and the permanent form —
https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1. As Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1.
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## 第一章 総則 — Chapter I General Provisions
heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
ch-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-1
### 第一条
art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1
**第一項** 医師は、医療及び保健指導を掌ることによつて公衆衛生の向上及び増進に寄与し、もつて国民の健康な生活を確保するものとする。
art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1/par-1
Medical practitioners are to contribute to the improvement and promotion of public health through the administration of medical care and health guidance, and thereby ensure the healthy lives of the citizens.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第一条の二
art-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1-2
**第一項** 国、都道府県、病院又は診療所の管理者、学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）に基づく大学（以下単に「大学」という。）、医学医術に関する学術団体、診療に関する学識経験者の団体その他の関係者は、公衆衛生の向上及び増進を図り、国民の健康な生活を確保するため、医師がその資質の向上を図ることができるよう、適切な役割分担を行うとともに、相互に連携を図りながら協力するよう努めなければならない。
art-1-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-1-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-1-2/par-1
The national government, prefectures, administrators of hospitals or clinics, universities under the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (hereinafter simply referred to as "universities"), academic associations related to medical science and medical techniques, associations of persons with knowledge and experience regarding medical care, and other persons concerned must strive to divide roles appropriately and to cooperate with each other while maintaining mutual collaboration, so as to improve and promote public health and ensure the healthy lives of the citizens, and so that medical practitioners may improve their qualifications.
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## 第二章 免許 — Chapter II Licensing
heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-2
### 第二条
art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-2
**第一項** 医師になろうとする者は、医師国家試験に合格し、厚生労働大臣の免許を受けなければならない。
art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-2/par-1
A person who seeks to become a medical practitioner must pass the national examination for medical practitioners and receive a license from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第三条
art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-3
**第一項** 未成年者には、免許を与えない。
art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-3/par-1
A license is not granted to a minor.
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### 第四条
art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-4
**第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者には、免許を与えないことがある。
art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-4/par-1
It is possible that a license will not be granted to person who falls under any of the following items:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 心身の障害により医師の業務を適正に行うことができない者として厚生労働省令で定めるもの
art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-4/par-1/item-1
a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person who cannot properly engage in the practices of a medical practitioner due to a mental or physical impairment;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**二** 麻薬、大麻又はあへんの中毒者
art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-4/par-1/item-2
a person who is addicted to narcotics, cannabis, or opium;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**三** 罰金以上の刑に処せられた者
art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-4/par-1/item-3
a person who has been sentenced to a fine or severer punishment; or
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**四** 前号に該当する者を除くほか、医事に関し犯罪又は不正の行為のあつた者
art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-4/par-1/item-4
in addition to a person who falls under the preceding item, a person who has committed a crime or performed a wrongful act in connection with medical practice.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第五条
art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-5
**第一項** 厚生労働省に医籍を備え、登録年月日、第七条第一項の規定による処分に関する事項その他の医師免許に関する事項を登録する。
art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-5/par-1
A register of medical practitioners is to be prepared at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in which the date of registration, matters regarding dispositions pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1), and other matters in relation to the medical practitioner's license are to be registered.
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### 第六条
art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6
**第一項** 免許は、医師国家試験に合格した者の申請により、医籍に登録することによつて行う。
art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6/par-1
Licensing is carried out by registration of the license in the register of medical practitioners upon application by a person who has passed the national examination for medical practitioners.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、免許を与えたときは、医師免許証を交付する。
art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6/par-2
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare delivers a certificate of the medical practitioner's license when the Minister has granted a license.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 医師は、厚生労働省令で定める二年ごとの年の十二月三十一日現在における氏名、住所（医業に従事する者については、更にその場所）その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を、当該年の翌年一月十五日までに、その住所地の都道府県知事を経由して厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。ただし、情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号）第六条第一項の規定により当該届出を同項に規定する電子情報処理組織を使用して行うときは、都道府県知事を経由することを要しない。
art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6/par-3
A medical practitioner must notify their name, address (and the address of the place the person engages in medical practice), and any other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as of December 31 of every second year as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare through the prefectural governor for the residential location, by January 15 of the following year. However, when the notification is made, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002), using the electronic data processing system prescribed in that paragraph, it is not required to go through the prefectural governor.
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### 第六条の二
art-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-6-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6-2
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、医師免許を申請した者について、第四条第一号に掲げる者に該当すると認め、同条の規定により免許を与えないこととするときは、あらかじめ、当該申請者にその旨を通知し、その求めがあつたときは、厚生労働大臣の指定する職員にその意見を聴取させなければならない。
art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-6-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-6-2/par-1
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that a person who has applied for a medical practitioner's license falls under Article 4, item (i) and decides not to grant the person a license pursuant to the provisions of the same Article, the Minister must notify the applicant to that effect in advance, and must have an official designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare hear the opinion of the applicant when so requested by the applicant.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第七条
art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7
**第一項** 医師が第四条各号のいずれかに該当し、又は医師としての品位を損するような行為のあつたときは、厚生労働大臣は、次に掲げる処分をすることができる。
art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-1
When a medical practitioner comes to fall under any item of Article 4 or has acted in a way that damages their respectability as a medical practitioner, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may render the following dispositions:
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**一** 戒告
art-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-1/item-1
admonition;
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**二** 三年以内の医業の停止
art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-1/item-2
suspension from medical practice for up to three years; or
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**三** 免許の取消し
art-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-1/item-3
revocation of license.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 前項の規定による取消処分を受けた者（第四条第三号若しくは第四号に該当し、又は医師としての品位を損するような行為のあつた者として同項の規定による取消処分を受けた者にあつては、その処分の日から起算して五年を経過しない者を除く。）であつても、その者がその取消しの理由となつた事項に該当しなくなつたときその他その後の事情により再び免許を与えるのが適当であると認められるに至つたときは、再免許を与えることができる。この場合においては、第六条第一項及び第二項の規定を準用する。
art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-2
A person who has been rendered a disposition of revocation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding persons who have been rendered a disposition of revocation pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph as a person who falls under Article 4, item (iii) or item (iv) or who has acted in a way that damages their respectability as a medical practitioner, for whom five years have not elapsed since the date of disposition) may be granted a new license when the person no longer falls under the circumstances which led to the revocation or when it is found appropriate to grant a new license due to subsequent circumstances. In this case, the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis.
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**第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、前二項に規定する処分をするに当たつては、あらかじめ、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-3
In rendering a disposition as provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance.
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**第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による免許の取消処分をしようとするときは、都道府県知事に対し、当該処分に係る者に対する意見の聴取を行うことを求め、当該意見の聴取をもつて、厚生労働大臣による聴聞に代えることができる。
art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-4
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to render a disposition to revoke a license pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister may request that the prefectural governor hear the opinions of the person subject to the disposition, and the hearing of opinions may be substituted for the hearing by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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**第五項** 行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章第二節（第二十五条、第二十六条及び第二十八条を除く。）の規定は、都道府県知事が前項の規定により意見の聴取を行う場合について準用する。この場合において、同節中「聴聞」とあるのは「意見の聴取」と、同法第十五条第一項及び第三項（同法第二十二条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）中「行政庁」とあるのは「都道府県知事」と、同法第十五条第四項（同法第二十二条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）中「当該行政庁が」とあるのは「当該都道府県知事が」と、「当該行政庁の」とあるのは「当該都道府県の」と、同法第十六条第四項並びに第十八条第一項及び第三項中「行政庁」とあるのは「都道府県知事」と、同法第十九条第一項中「行政庁が指名する職員その他政令で定める者」とあるのは「都道府県知事が指名する職員」と、同法第二十条第一項、第二項及び第四項中「行政庁」とあるのは「都道府県」と、同条第六項及び同法第二十四条第三項中「行政庁」とあるのは「都道府県知事」と読み替えるものとする。
art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-5
The provisions of Chapter III, Section 2 (excluding Article 25, Article 26, and Article 28) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which a hearing of opinions is conducted by a prefectural governor pursuant to the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "hearing" in Section 2 is deemed to be replaced with "hearing of opinions," the term "administrative agency" in Article 15, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (3) of that Act) with "prefectural governor," the phrase "the administrative agency has" in Article 15, paragraph (4) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (3) of that Act) with "the prefectural governor has," the phrase "of the administrative agency" in that paragraph with "of the prefecture," the term "administrative agency" in Article 16, paragraph (4) and Article 18, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) of that Act with "prefectural governor," the phrase "an employee nominated by an administrative agency or other persons specified by Cabinet Order" in Article 19, paragraph (1) of that Act with "an employee nominated by the prefectural governor," the term "administrative agency" in Article 20, paragraph (1), paragraph (2), and paragraph (4) of that Act with "prefecture," and the term "administrative agency" in paragraph (6) of that Article and Article 24, paragraph (3) of that Act with "prefectural governor."
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**第六項** 厚生労働大臣は、都道府県知事から当該処分の原因となる事実を証する書類その他意見の聴取を行う上で必要となる書類を求められた場合には、速やかにそれらを当該都道府県知事あて送付しなければならない。
art-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-6
When documents proving the facts leading to the relevant disposition or other documents necessary for conducting a hearing of opinions is requested by a prefectural governor, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must promptly send the documents to the prefectural governor.
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**第七項** 都道府県知事は、第四項の規定により意見の聴取を行う場合において、第五項において読み替えて準用する行政手続法第二十四条第三項の規定により同条第一項の調書及び同条第三項の報告書の提出を受けたときは、これらを保存するとともに、当該調書及び報告書の写しを厚生労働大臣に提出しなければならない。この場合において、当該処分の決定についての意見があるときは、当該写しのほか当該意見を記載した意見書を提出しなければならない。
art-7/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-7
When a prefectural governor, in conducting a hearing of opinions pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4), has received the record as set forth in Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act and the report as set forth in paragraph (3) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) following the deemed replacement of terms, the governor must keep them and submit copies of the record and the report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, if there is an opinion on the decision on the disposition, the governor must submit, in addition to the copies, a written opinion stating that opinion.
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**第八項** 厚生労働大臣は、意見の聴取の終結後に生じた事情に鑑み必要があると認めるときは、都道府県知事に対し、前項前段の規定により提出された調書及び報告書の写し並びに同項後段の規定により提出された意見書を返戻して主宰者に意見の聴取の再開を命ずるよう求めることができる。行政手続法第二十二条第二項本文及び第三項の規定は、この場合について準用する。
art-7/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-8
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary in light of the circumstances that arose after the conclusion of the hearing of opinions, the Minister may request the prefectural governor to return the copies of the record and the report submitted pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph and the written opinion submitted pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of that paragraph, and to order the presiding official to resume the hearing of opinions. The provisions of the main text of Article 22, paragraph (2), and paragraph (3) of the Administrative Procedure Act apply mutatis mutandis to this case.
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**第九項** 厚生労働大臣は、当該処分の決定をするときは、第七項の規定により提出された意見書並びに調書及び報告書の写しの内容を十分参酌してこれをしなければならない。
art-7/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-9
In making a decision on the disposition, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must carefully consider the details of the written opinion and copies of the record and report submitted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7).
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**第十項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による医業の停止の命令をしようとするときは、都道府県知事に対し、当該処分に係る者に対する弁明の聴取を行うことを求め、当該弁明の聴取をもつて、厚生労働大臣による弁明の機会の付与に代えることができる。
art-7/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-10
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to order the suspension of medical practice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister may request the prefectural governor to hear the explanation of the person subject to the disposition, and may substitute the hearing of explanation for the Minister's grant of an opportunity for explanation.
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**第十一項** 前項の規定により弁明の聴取を行う場合において、都道府県知事は、弁明の聴取を行うべき日時までに相当な期間をおいて、当該処分に係る者に対し、次に掲げる事項を書面により通知しなければならない。
art-7/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-11
In conducting an explanation hearing pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must notify the person subject to the disposition of the following matters in writing, within a reasonable period of time prior to the date of the explanation hearing:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 第一項の規定を根拠として当該処分をしようとする旨及びその内容
art-7/par-11/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-11/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-11/item-1
that the disposition is to be held based on the provisions of paragraph (1) and its details;
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**二** 当該処分の原因となる事実
art-7/par-11/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-11/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-11/item-2
the facts leading to the disposition; and
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**三** 弁明の聴取の日時及び場所
art-7/par-11/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-11/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-11/item-3
the time and place of the explanation hearing.
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**第十二項** 厚生労働大臣は、第十項に規定する場合のほか、厚生労働大臣による弁明の機会の付与に代えて、医道審議会の委員に、当該処分に係る者に対する弁明の聴取を行わせることができる。この場合においては、前項中「前項」とあるのは「次項」と、「都道府県知事」とあるのは「厚生労働大臣」と読み替えて、同項の規定を適用する。
art-7/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-12
In addition to the case referred to in paragraph (10), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have a member of the Medical Ethics Council hear the explanation of the person subject to the disposition, in lieu of the Minister's grant of an opportunity for explanation. In this case, the term "the preceding paragraph" in the preceding paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the following paragraph," the term "the prefectural governor" is deemed to be replaced with "the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare," and the provisions of the same paragraph apply.
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**第十三項** 第十一項（前項後段の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の通知を受けた者は、代理人を出頭させ、かつ、証拠書類又は証拠物を提出することができる。
art-7/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-13
A person who has received a notice as set forth in paragraph (11) (including cases where the deemed replacement of terms is applied pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph) may have an agent appear and submit documentary evidence or articles of evidence.
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**第十四項** 都道府県知事又は医道審議会の委員は、第十項又は第十二項前段の規定により弁明の聴取を行つたときは、聴取書を作り、これを保存するとともに、報告書を作成し、厚生労働大臣に提出しなければならない。この場合において、当該処分の決定についての意見があるときは、当該意見を報告書に記載しなければならない。
art-7/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-14
When an explanation hearing has been conducted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (10) or the first sentence of paragraph (12), the prefectural governor or a member of the Medical Ethics Council must prepare and keep a hearing report, and also prepare a report and submit it to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, if there is an opinion on the decision on the disposition, the opinion must be stated in the report.
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**第十五項** 厚生労働大臣は、第四項又は第十項の規定により都道府県知事が意見の聴取又は弁明の聴取を行う場合においては、都道府県知事に対し、あらかじめ、次に掲げる事項を通知しなければならない。
art-7/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-15
When a prefectural governor is to conduct a hearing of opinions or an explanation hearing pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) or paragraph (10), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must notify the governor of the following matters in advance:
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**一** 当該処分に係る者の氏名及び住所
art-7/par-15/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-15/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-15/item-1
the name and address of the person subject to the disposition;
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**二** 当該処分の内容及び根拠となる条項
art-7/par-15/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-15/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-15/item-2
the details of the disposition and the provisions on which it is based; and
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**三** 当該処分の原因となる事実
art-7/par-15/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-15/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-15/item-3
the facts leading to the disposition.
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**第十六項** 第四項の規定により意見の聴取を行う場合における第五項において読み替えて準用する行政手続法第十五条第一項の通知又は第十項の規定により弁明の聴取を行う場合における第十一項の通知は、それぞれ、前項の規定により通知された内容に基づいたものでなければならない。
art-7/par-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-16
Both the notice under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) following the deemed replacement of terms in which a hearing of opinions is conducted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4), and the notice under paragraph (11) in which an explanation hearing is conducted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (10), must be based on the details notified pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
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**第十七項** 第四項若しくは第十項の規定により都道府県知事が意見の聴取若しくは弁明の聴取を行う場合又は第十二項前段の規定により医道審議会の委員が弁明の聴取を行う場合における当該処分については、行政手続法第三章（第十二条及び第十四条を除く。）の規定は、適用しない。
art-7/par-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-17
The provisions of Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act (excluding Article 12 and Article 14) do not apply to the disposition when the prefectural governor conducts a hearing of opinions or an explanation hearing pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) or paragraph (10), or when a member of the Medical Ethics Council conducts an explanation hearing pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (12).
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### 第七条の二
art-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-2
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項第一号若しくは第二号に掲げる処分を受けた医師又は同条第二項の規定により再免許を受けようとする者に対し、医師としての倫理の保持又は医師として具有すべき知識及び技能に関する研修として厚生労働省令で定めるもの（以下「再教育研修」という。）を受けるよう命ずることができる。
art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-2/par-1
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order a medical practitioner who has been rendered a disposition set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) or item (ii) of the preceding Article, or a person who seeks to receive a new license pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article to undergo the training on maintenance of ethics as a medical practitioner or the training on the knowledge and skills that should be possessed as a medical practitioner that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as "reeducation training").
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による再教育研修を修了した者について、その申請により、再教育研修を修了した旨を医籍に登録する。
art-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-2/par-2
Upon application by a person who has completed the reeducation training pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare registers the fact that the person has completed the reeducation training in the register of medical practitioners.
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**第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の登録をしたときは、再教育研修修了登録証を交付する。
art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-2/par-3
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a registration as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister delivers a registration certificate for completion of reeducation training.
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**第四項** 第二項の登録を受けようとする者及び再教育研修修了登録証の書換交付又は再交付を受けようとする者は、実費を勘案して政令で定める額の手数料を納めなければならない。
art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-2/par-4
A person seeking to be registered as set forth in paragraph (2) or a person seeking to be issued a replacement or redelivery of the registration certificate for completion of reeducation training must pay the amount of fees that is specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the actual costs.
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**第五項** 前条第十項から第十七項まで（第十二項を除く。）の規定は、第一項の規定による命令をしようとする場合について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
art-7-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-2/par-5
The provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (10) through (17) (excluding paragraph (12)) apply mutatis mutandis to the case in which the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to render an order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第七条の三
art-7-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-3
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、医師について第七条第一項の規定による処分をすべきか否かを調査する必要があると認めるときは、当該事案に関係する者若しくは参考人から意見若しくは報告を徴し、診療録その他の物件の所有者に対し、当該物件の提出を命じ、又は当該職員をして当該事案に関係のある病院その他の場所に立ち入り、診療録その他の物件を検査させることができる。
art-7-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-3/par-1
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it is necessary to investigate whether a disposition should be made regarding a medical practitioner pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1), the Minister may seek the opinions of and collect reports from persons who are connected with the case, or witnesses, order the owners of medical records and other objects to submit them, and have the relevant officials enter the hospital or any other location that is connected with the case and inspect the medical records and other objects.
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**第二項** 前項の規定により立入検査をしようとする職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。
art-7-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-3/par-2
An official seeking to carry out entry and inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card and produce it when requested to do so by the persons concerned.
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**第三項** 第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。
art-7-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7-3/par-3
The authority for entry and inspection pursuant to paragraph (1) must not be construed as being approved for the purposes of criminal investigation.
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### 第八条
art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-8
**第一項** この章に規定するもののほか、免許の申請、医籍の登録、訂正及び抹消、免許証の交付、書換交付、再交付、返納及び提出並びに住所の届出に関して必要な事項は政令で、第七条第一項の処分、第七条の二第一項の再教育研修の実施、同条第二項の医籍の登録並びに同条第三項の再教育研修修了登録証の交付、書換交付及び再交付に関して必要な事項は厚生労働省令で定める。
art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-8/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in this Chapter, necessary matters related to application for license, registration, correction, and cancellation in the register of medical practitioners, the delivery, replacement, redelivery, return, and submission of license certificates, and notification of address are specified by Cabinet Order, and necessary matters related to the dispositions set forth in Article 7, paragraph (1), the implementation of reeducation training as set forth in Article 7-2, paragraph (1), registration in the register of medical practitioners as set forth in paragraph (2) of the same Article, and the delivery, replacement, and redelivery of the registration certificate for completion of reeducation training as set forth in paragraph (3) of the same Article are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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## 第三章 試験 — Chapter III Examinations
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ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-3
### 第九条
art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-9
**第一項** 医師国家試験は、臨床上必要な医学及び公衆衛生に関して、医師として具有すべき知識及び技能について、これを行う。
art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-9/par-1
The national examination for medical practitioners tests the requisite knowledge and skills related to medical science and public health in clinical practices that a person should possess as a medical practitioner.
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### 第十条
art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-10
**第一項** 医師国家試験及び医師国家試験予備試験は、毎年少くとも一回、厚生労働大臣が、これを行う。
art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-10/par-1
The national examination for medical practitioners and the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners are to be given by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare at least once every year.
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、医師国家試験又は医師国家試験予備試験の科目又は実施若しくは合格者の決定の方法を定めようとするときは、あらかじめ、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-10/par-2
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance when seeking to specify the subjects, implementation, or method of determining successful examinees of the national examination for medical practitioners or the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners.
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### 第十一条
art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-11
**第一項** 医師国家試験は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者でなければ、これを受けることができない。
art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-11/par-1
A person who does not fall under any of the following items may not take the national examination for medical practitioners:
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**一** 大学において、医学の正規の課程を修めて卒業した者（大学において医学を専攻する学生が臨床実習を開始する前に修得すべき知識及び技能を具有しているかどうかを評価するために大学が共用する試験として厚生労働省令で定めるもの（第十七条の二において「共用試験」という。）に合格した者に限る。）
art-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-11/par-1/item-1
a person who has completed a regular course of study in medicine at a university and graduated (limited to a person who has passed the examination specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as an examination common to universities for evaluating whether students majoring in medicine at a university have acquired the knowledge and skills they should have before beginning clinical practice (referred to as the "common examination" in Article 17-2));
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**二** 医師国家試験予備試験に合格した者で、合格した後一年以上の診療及び公衆衛生に関する実地修練を経たもの
art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-11/par-1/item-2
a person who has passed the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners, and who has subsequently undergone practical training related to medical care or public health for one year or more; or
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**三** 外国の医学校を卒業し、又は外国で医師免許を得た者で、厚生労働大臣が前二号に掲げる者と同等以上の学力及び技能を有し、かつ、適当と認定したもの
art-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-11/par-1/item-3
a person who has graduated from a medical school in a foreign state, or who has acquired a medical practitioner's license in a foreign state, who possesses at least the same level of knowledge and skills as the persons set forth in the preceding two items and whom the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has approved as eligible to take the national examination for medical practitioners.
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項第一号の厚生労働省令の制定又は改正の立案をしようとするときは、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-11/par-2
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to draft the enactment or amendment of the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council.
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### 第十二条
art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-12
**第一項** 医師国家試験予備試験は、外国の医学校を卒業し、又は外国で医師免許を得た者のうち、前条第一項第三号に該当しない者であつて、厚生労働大臣が適当と認定したものでなければ、これを受けることができない。
art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-12/par-1
A person who has graduated from a medical school in a foreign state or who has acquired a medical practitioner's license in a foreign state may take the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners if the person does not fall under paragraph (1), item (iii) of the preceding Article and has been approved as eligible by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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### 第十三条から第十四条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕
art-13-to-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-13-to-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-13-to-14
**第一項** 削除
art-13-to-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-13-to-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-13-to-14/par-1
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### 第十五条
art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-15
**第一項** 医師国家試験又は医師国家試験予備試験に関して不正の行為があつた場合には、当該不正行為に関係のある者について、その受験を停止させ、又はその試験を無効とすることができる。この場合においては、なお、その者について、期間を定めて試験を受けることを許さないことができる。
art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-15/par-1
When there has been any wrongful act in connection with the national examination for medical practitioners or the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners, the person involved in the wrongful act may be stopped from taking the examination, or may have the examination invalidated. In this case, the person may be barred from taking the examination within a specified period.
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### 第十六条
art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16
**第一項** この章に規定するものの外、試験の科目、受験手続その他試験に関して必要な事項及び実地修練に関して必要な事項は、厚生労働省令でこれを定める。
art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in this Chapter, the subjects for examination, examination procedures, and other necessary matters related to examinations, as well as necessary matters related to practical training, are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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## 第四章 研修 — Chapter IV Training
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ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-4
## 第一節 臨床研修 — Section 1 Clinical Training
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ch-4/sec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-4/sec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-4/sec-1
### 第十六条の二
art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2
**第一項** 診療に従事しようとする医師は、二年以上、都道府県知事の指定する病院又は外国の病院で厚生労働大臣の指定するものにおいて、臨床研修を受けなければならない。
art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-1
A medical practitioner who seeks to engage in medical practice must undergo clinical training for a period of two years or more at a hospital designated by the prefectural governor or at a hospital in a foreign country designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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**第二項** 前項の規定による指定は、臨床研修を行おうとする病院の開設者の申請により行う。
art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-2
A designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is made upon application by the establisher of the hospital that seeks to conduct clinical training.
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**第三項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、前項の申請に係る病院が、次に掲げる基準を満たすと認めるときでなければ、第一項の規定による指定をしてはならない。
art-16-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-3
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor must not make a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) unless the Minister or governor finds that the hospital that is the subject of the application under the preceding paragraph satisfies the following standards:
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**一** 臨床研修を行うために必要な診療科を置いていること。
art-16-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-3/item-1
the hospital has the medical departments necessary for conducting clinical training;
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**二** 臨床研修の実施に関し必要な施設及び設備を有していること。
art-16-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-3/item-2
the hospital has the facilities and equipment necessary for the implementation of clinical training;
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**三** 臨床研修の内容が、適切な診療科での研修の実施により、基本的な診療能力を身に付けることのできるものであること。
art-16-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-3/item-3
the content of the clinical training is such that basic clinical competence can be acquired through training at appropriate medical departments; and
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**四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、臨床研修の実施に関する厚生労働省令で定める基準に適合するものであること。
art-16-2/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-3/item-4
in addition to what is set forth in the preceding three items, the hospital conforms to the standards concerning the implementation of clinical training specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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**第四項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、第一項の規定により指定した病院が臨床研修を行うについて不適当であると認めるに至つたときは、その指定を取り消すことができる。
art-16-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-4
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor subsequently finds that it is inappropriate for the hospital designated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to conduct clinical training, the Minister or governor may revoke the designation.
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**第五項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による指定をし、若しくは前項の規定による指定の取消しをしようとするとき、又は第三項第四号の厚生労働省令の制定若しくは改廃の立案をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-5
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to make a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or to revoke a designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or seeks to prepare a draft for the establishment, amendment or abolition of the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (3), item (iv), the Minister must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance.
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**第六項** 都道府県知事は、第一項の規定による指定をし、又は第四項の規定による指定の取消しをしようとするときは、あらかじめ、医療法（昭和二十三年法律第二百五号）第三十条の二十三第一項に規定する地域医療対策協議会（以下「地域医療対策協議会」という。）の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-6
When a prefectural governor seeks to make a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or to revoke a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4), the governor must hear in advance the opinions of the regional medical care measures council prescribed in Article 30-23, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act (Act No. 205 of 1948) (hereinafter referred to as the "regional medical care measures council").
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**第七項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により地域医療対策協議会の意見を聴いたときは、第一項の規定による指定又は第四項の規定による指定の取消しに当たり、当該意見を反映させるよう努めなければならない。
art-16-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-2/par-7
When a prefectural governor has heard the opinions of the regional medical care measures council pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the governor must endeavor to reflect those opinions in making a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or in revoking a designation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4).
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### 第十六条の三
art-16-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、毎年度、都道府県ごとの研修医（臨床研修病院（前条第一項に規定する都道府県知事の指定する病院をいう。第三項及び次条第一項において同じ。）において臨床研修を受ける医師をいう。以下この条及び第十六条の八において同じ。）の定員を定めるものとする。
art-16-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3/par-1
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to, each fiscal year, determine the quota of clinical trainees (meaning medical practitioners who undergo clinical training at clinical training hospitals (meaning hospitals designated by the prefectural governor as prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; the same applies in paragraph (3) and paragraph (1) of the following Article); hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 16-8) for each prefecture.
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により研修医の定員を定めようとするときは、あらかじめ、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3/par-2
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to determine the quota of clinical trainees pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance.
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**第三項** 都道府県知事は、第一項の規定により厚生労働大臣が定める都道府県ごとの研修医の定員の範囲内で、毎年度、当該都道府県の区域内に所在する臨床研修病院ごとの研修医の定員を定めるものとする。
art-16-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3/par-3
A prefectural governor is to, each fiscal year, within the scope of the quota of clinical trainees for each prefecture determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), determine the quota of clinical trainees for each clinical training hospital located within the area of the prefecture.
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**第四項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により研修医の定員を定めようとするときは、医療法第五条の二第一項に規定する医師の確保を特に図るべき区域における医師の数の状況に配慮しなければならない。
art-16-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3/par-4
When a prefectural governor seeks to determine the quota of clinical trainees pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the governor must give consideration to the status of the number of medical practitioners in the areas where securing medical practitioners should be particularly pursued, as prescribed in Article 5-2, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act.
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**第五項** 都道府県知事は、第三項の規定により研修医の定員を定めようとするときは、あらかじめ、その内容について厚生労働大臣に通知しなければならない。
art-16-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3/par-5
When a prefectural governor seeks to determine the quota of clinical trainees pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), the governor must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of its content in advance.
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**第六項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による通知をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、地域医療対策協議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3/par-6
When a prefectural governor seeks to give the notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the governor must hear the opinions of the regional medical care measures council in advance.
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**第七項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により地域医療対策協議会の意見を聴いたときは、第三項の規定により研修医の定員を定めるに当たり、当該意見を反映させるよう努めなければならない。
art-16-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-3/par-7
When a prefectural governor has heard the opinions of the regional medical care measures council pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the governor must endeavor to reflect those opinions in determining the quota of clinical trainees pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3).
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### 第十六条の四
art-16-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-4
**第一項** 都道府県知事は、臨床研修の業務の適正な実施を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、臨床研修病院の管理者又は開設者に対し、その業務に関し報告を求め、又は必要な指示をすることができる。
art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-4/par-1
When a prefectural governor finds it necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the clinical training operations, the governor may request the administrator or establisher of a clinical training hospital to submit a report on its operations, or may give necessary instructions to the administrator or establisher regarding its operations.
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、臨床研修の業務の適正な実施を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、第十六条の二第一項に規定する厚生労働大臣の指定する病院の管理者又は開設者に対し、その業務に関し報告を求め、又は必要な措置をとるべきことを請求することができる。
art-16-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-4/par-2
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the clinical training operations, the Minister may request the administrator or establisher of a hospital designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1) to submit a report on its operations, or to take necessary measures.
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### 第十六条の五
art-16-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-5
**第一項** 臨床研修を受けている医師は、臨床研修に専念し、その資質の向上を図るように努めなければならない。
art-16-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-5/par-1
A medical practitioner who is undergoing clinical training must devote themselves to the clinical training and endeavor to improve their qualities.
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### 第十六条の六
art-16-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第十六条の二第一項の規定による臨床研修を修了した者について、その申請により、臨床研修を修了した旨を医籍に登録する。
art-16-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6/par-1
Upon application by a person who has completed the clinical training pursuant to the provisions of the Article 16-2, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must register the fact that the person has completed clinical training in the register of medical practitioners.
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の登録をしたときは、臨床研修修了登録証を交付する。
art-16-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-6/par-2
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a registration as set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister delivers a registration certificate for completion of clinical training.
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### 第十六条の七
art-16-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-7
**第一項** 前条第一項の登録を受けようとする者及び臨床研修修了登録証の書換交付又は再交付を受けようとする者は、実費を勘案して政令で定める額の手数料を納めなければならない。
art-16-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-7/par-1
A person seeking to be registered as set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article and a person seeking to be issued a replacement or redelivery of the registration certificate for completion of clinical training must pay the amount of fees that is specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the actual costs.
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### 第十六条の八
art-16-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-8
**第一項** この節に規定するもののほか、第十六条の二第一項の指定、第十六条の三第一項及び第三項の研修医の定員の定め、第十六条の六第一項の医籍の登録並びに同条第二項の臨床研修修了登録証の交付、書換交付及び再交付に関して必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。
art-16-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-8/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in this Section, necessary matters related to designation as set forth in Article 16-2, paragraph (1), determination of the quota of clinical trainees as set forth in Article 16-3, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), registration in the register of medical practitioners as set forth in Article 16-6, paragraph (1), and delivery, replacement, and redelivery of the registration certificate for completion of clinical training as set forth in paragraph (2) of the same Article are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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## 第二節 その他の研修 — Section 2 Other Training
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ch-4/sec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-4/sec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-4/sec-2
### 第十六条の九
art-16-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-9
**第一項** 国、都道府県、病院又は診療所の管理者、大学、医学医術に関する学術団体、診療に関する学識経験者の団体その他の関係者は、医療提供体制（医療法第三十条の三第一項に規定する医療提供体制をいう。次条第一項において同じ。）の確保に与える影響に配慮して医師の研修が行われるよう、適切な役割分担を行うとともに、相互に連携を図りながら協力するよう努めなければならない。
art-16-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-9/par-1
The national government, prefectures, administrators of hospitals or clinics, universities, academic associations related to medical science and medical techniques, associations of persons with knowledge and experience regarding medical care, and other persons concerned must endeavor to cooperate with each other while maintaining mutual collaboration, with an appropriate division of roles, so that training of medical practitioners is conducted in consideration of its impact on securing the medical care provision system (meaning the medical care provision system prescribed in Article 30-3, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article).
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### 第十六条の十
art-16-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-10
**第一項** 医学医術に関する学術団体その他の厚生労働省令で定める団体は、医師の研修に関する計画を定め、又は変更しようとするとき（当該計画に基づき研修を実施することにより、医療提供体制の確保に重大な影響を与える場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合に限る。）は、あらかじめ、厚生労働大臣の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-10/par-1
When an academic association related to medical science and medical techniques or any other association specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to establish or change a plan concerning the training of medical practitioners (limited to a case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in which implementing training based on the plan would have a significant impact on securing the medical care provision system), it must hear the opinions of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance.
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の団体を定める厚生労働省令の制定又は改廃の立案をしようとするときは、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-10/par-2
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to prepare a draft for the establishment, amendment or abolition of the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that specifies the associations referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council.
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**第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定により意見を述べるときは、あらかじめ、関係都道府県知事の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-10/par-3
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare states opinions pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister must hear the opinions of the prefectural governors concerned in advance.
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**第四項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定により意見を述べるときは、あらかじめ、地域医療対策協議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-10/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-10/par-4
When a prefectural governor states opinions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the governor must hear the opinions of the regional medical care measures council in advance.
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**第五項** 第一項の厚生労働省令で定める団体は、同項の規定により厚生労働大臣の意見を聴いたときは、同項に規定する医師の研修に関する計画の内容に当該意見を反映させるよう努めなければならない。
art-16-10/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-10/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-10/par-5
When an association specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under paragraph (1) has heard the opinions of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, it must endeavor to reflect those opinions in the content of the plan concerning the training of medical practitioners prescribed in that paragraph.
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### 第十六条の十一
art-16-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-11
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、医師が、長時間にわたる労働により健康を損なうことなく、医療に関する最新の知見及び技能に関する研修を受ける機会を確保できるようにするため特に必要があると認めるときは、当該研修を行い、又は行おうとする医学医術に関する学術団体その他の厚生労働省令で定める団体に対し、当該研修の実施に関し、必要な措置の実施を要請することができる。
art-16-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-11/par-1
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it particularly necessary to ensure that medical practitioners have opportunities to receive training in the latest knowledge and skills concerning medical care without impairing their health through long working hours, the Minister may request an academic association related to medical science and medical techniques or any other association specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that conducts or seeks to conduct such training to take necessary measures regarding the implementation of the training.
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の厚生労働省令の制定又は改廃の立案をしようとするときは、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-16-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-11/par-2
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare seeks to prepare a draft for the establishment, amendment or abolition of the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under the preceding paragraph, the Minister must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council.
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**第三項** 第一項の厚生労働省令で定める団体は、同項の規定により、厚生労働大臣から研修の実施に関し、必要な措置の実施を要請されたときは、当該要請に応じるよう努めなければならない。
art-16-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-16-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-16-11/par-3
When an association specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under paragraph (1) has been requested by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph to take necessary measures regarding the implementation of training, it must endeavor to comply with the request.
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## 第五章 業務 — Chapter V Operations
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ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-5
### 第十七条
art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-17
**第一項** 医師でなければ、医業をなしてはならない。
art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-17/par-1
No person except a medical practitioner may engage in medical practice.
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### 第十七条の二
art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-17-2
**第一項** 大学において医学を専攻する学生であつて、共用試験に合格したものは、前条の規定にかかわらず、当該大学が行う臨床実習において、医師の指導監督の下に、医師として具有すべき知識及び技能の修得のために医業（政令で定めるものを除く。次条において同じ。）をすることができる。
art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-17-2/par-1
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, a student majoring in medicine at a university who has passed the common examination may, in clinical practicum conducted by the university, under the guidance and supervision of a medical practitioner, engage in medical practice (excluding that specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies in the following Article) in order to acquire the knowledge and skills that a medical practitioner should possess.
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### 第十七条の三
art-17-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-17-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-17-3
**第一項** 前条の規定により医業をする者は、正当な理由がある場合を除き、その業務上知り得た人の秘密を他に漏らしてはならない。同条の規定により医業をする者でなくなつた後においても、同様とする。
art-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-17-3/par-1
A person who engages in medical practice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article must not divulge to others a secret of a person that the person has learned in the course of those duties, except where there is a justifiable reason. The same applies after the person has ceased to be a person who engages in medical practice pursuant to the provisions of that Article.
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### 第十八条
art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-18
**第一項** 医師でなければ、医師又はこれに紛らわしい名称を用いてはならない。
art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-18/par-1
No person except a medical practitioner may use the title of medical practitioner or a title that may be confused with this.
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### 第十九条
art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-19
**第一項** 診療に従事する医師は、診察治療の求があつた場合には、正当な事由がなければ、これを拒んではならない。
art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-19/par-1
No medical practitioner who engages in medical practice may refuse any request for medical examination or treatment without legitimate grounds.
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**第二項** 診察若しくは検案をし、又は出産に立ち会つた医師は、診断書若しくは検案書又は出生証明書若しくは死産証書の交付の求があつた場合には、正当の事由がなければ、これを拒んではならない。
art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-19/par-2
No medical practitioner who has performed an examination or fact examination, or who was in attendance at a birth may refuse a request for a medical certificate, certificate of post mortem examination, birth certificate, or certificate of stillbirth without legitimate grounds.
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### 第二十条
art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-20
**第一項** 医師は、自ら診察しないで治療をし、若しくは診断書若しくは処方せんを交付し、自ら出産に立ち会わないで出生証明書若しくは死産証書を交付し、又は自ら検案をしないで検案書を交付してはならない。但し、診療中の患者が受診後二十四時間以内に死亡した場合に交付する死亡診断書については、この限りでない。
art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-20/par-1
No medical practitioner may provide medical treatment or issue a medical certificate or prescription without personally performing a medical examination, nor issue a birth certificate or certificate of stillbirth without personally being in attendance at the birth, nor issue a certificate of post mortem examination without personally performing the fact examination; provided, however, that this does not apply to a death certificate that has been issued where a patient undergoing medical care has died within 24 hours of the medical examination.
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### 第二十一条
art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-21
**第一項** 医師は、死体又は妊娠四月以上の死産児を検案して異状があると認めたときは、二十四時間以内に所轄警察署に届け出なければならない。
art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-21/par-1
When a medical practitioner finds any abnormality during the fact examination of a corpse or stillborn baby from a pregnancy that had entered its fourth month or beyond, the medical practitioner must notify the competent police station within 24 hours.
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### 第二十二条
art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22
**第一項** 医師は、患者に対し治療上薬剤を調剤して投与する必要があると認めた場合には、患者又は現にその看護に当たつている者に対して処方箋を交付しなければならない。ただし、患者又は現にその看護に当たつている者が処方箋の交付を必要としない旨を申し出た場合及び次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、この限りでない。
art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1
If a medical practitioner finds it necessary to dispense and administer medicine as a part of a patient's treatment, the medical practitioner must issue a prescription to the patient or a person caring for the patient; provided, however, that this does not apply when the patient or a person caring for the patient states that it is not necessary to issue a prescription, or in any of the following cases:
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**一** 暗示的効果を期待する場合において、処方箋を交付することがその目的の達成を妨げるおそれがある場合
art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1/item-1
when a suggestive effect is expected and issuing a prescription is likely to hinder this from being achieved;
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**二** 処方箋を交付することが診療又は疾病の予後について患者に不安を与え、その疾病の治療を困難にするおそれがある場合
art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1/item-2
when issuing a prescription is likely to cause anxiety to the patient about their medical care or prognosis, and may complicate the treatment of the illness;
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**三** 病状の短時間ごとの変化に即応して薬剤を投与する場合
art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1/item-3
when medicines are administered in response to changes in symptoms over short periods of time;
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**四** 診断又は治療方法の決定していない場合
art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1/item-4
when the diagnosis or method of treatment has not been decided;
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**五** 治療上必要な応急の措置として薬剤を投与する場合
art-22/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1/item-5
when medicine is administered as an emergency measure necessary for treatment;
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**六** 安静を要する患者以外に薬剤の交付を受けることができる者がいない場合
art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1/item-6
when there is no person other than the patient who requires rest, to whom the medicines can be delivered;
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**七** 覚醒剤を投与する場合
art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1/item-7
when stimulants are to be administered; or
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**八** 薬剤師が乗り組んでいない船舶内において薬剤を投与する場合
art-22/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-1/item-8
when medicine is administered aboard a vessel with no pharmacist on board.
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**第二項** 医師は、地域における医療及び介護の総合的な確保の促進に関する法律（平成元年法律第六十四号）第十二条の二第一項の規定により処方箋を提供した場合は、前項の患者又は現にその看護に当たつている者に対して処方箋を交付したものとみなす。
art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-22/par-2
When a medical practitioner has provided a prescription pursuant to the provisions of Article 12-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Promotion of Comprehensive Securing of Medical and Long-Term Care in Communities (Act No. 64 of 1989), the medical practitioner is deemed to have issued a prescription to the patient or the person caring for the patient set forth in the preceding paragraph.
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### 第二十三条
art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-23
**第一項** 医師は、診療をしたときは、本人又はその保護者に対し、療養の方法その他保健の向上に必要な事項の指導をしなければならない。
art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-23/par-1
When a medical practitioner has provided medical care, the medical practitioner must give guidance to the person in question or to their custodian on the method of treatment and other matters necessary to improve their health.
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### 第二十四条
art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24
**第一項** 医師は、診療をしたときは、遅滞なく診療に関する事項を診療録に記載しなければならない。
art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24/par-1
When a medical practitioner has provided medical care, the medical practitioner must enter the matters related to that medical care in a medical record without delay.
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**第二項** 前項の診療録であつて、病院又は診療所に勤務する医師のした診療に関するものは、その病院又は診療所の管理者において、その他の診療に関するものは、その医師において、五年間これを保存しなければならない。
art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24/par-2
Medical records as set forth in the preceding paragraph must be kept for a period of five years by the administrator of the hospital or clinic where medical care was provided by a medical practitioner works at that hospital or clinic, and by the medical practitioner themselves for medical records related to other medical care.
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### 第二十四条の二
art-24-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24-2
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、公衆衛生上重大な危害を生ずる虞がある場合において、その危害を防止するため特に必要があると認めるときは、医師に対して、医療又は保健指導に関し必要な指示をすることができる。
art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24-2/par-1
Where there is a risk of causing serious harm to public health, and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it especially necessary to do so in order to prevent the harm, the Minister may give necessary instructions to medical practitioners regarding medical treatment or health guidance.
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による指示をするに当つては、あらかじめ、医道審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-24-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-24-2/par-2
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must hear the opinions of the Medical Ethics Council in advance before giving instructions pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
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## 第六章 医師試験委員 — Chapter VI Medical Practitioners' Examiner
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ch-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-6
### 第二十五条から第二十六条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕
art-25-to-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-25-to-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-25-to-26
**第一項** 削除
art-25-to-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-25-to-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-25-to-26/par-1
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### 第二十七条
art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-27
**第一項** 医師国家試験及び医師国家試験予備試験に関する事務をつかさどらせるため、厚生労働省に医師試験委員を置く。
art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-27/par-1
A medical practitioners' examiner is to be assigned at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to administer affairs related to the national examination for medical practitioners and the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 医師試験委員に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-27/par-2
Necessary matters related to the medical practitioners' examiner are specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第二十八条から第二十九条まで 〔削除 / repealed〕
art-28-to-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-28-to-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-28-to-29
**第一項** 削除
art-28-to-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-28-to-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-28-to-29/par-1
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### 第三十条
art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30
**第一項** 医師試験委員その他医師国家試験又は医師国家試験予備試験に関する事務をつかさどる者は、その事務の施行に当たつて厳正を保持し、不正の行為のないようにしなければならない。
art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30/par-1
The medical practitioners' examiner and other persons in charge of affairs related to the national examination for medical practitioners and the national preliminary examination for medical practitioners must preserve impartiality and not act unfairly in implementing those affairs.
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## 第七章 雑則 — Chapter VII Miscellaneous Provisions
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ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-7
### 第三十条の二
art-30-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-2
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、医療を受ける者その他国民による医師の資格の確認及び医療に関する適切な選択に資するよう、医師の氏名その他の政令で定める事項を公表するものとする。
art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-2/par-1
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to publicize the names of medical practitioners and other matters specified by Cabinet Order, to enable persons receiving medical treatment and the citizens to confirm the qualifications of medical practitioners and to choose adequate medical treatment.
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### 第三十条の三
art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-3
**第一項** 第六条第三項、第七条第四項及び第八項前段、同条第十項及び第十一項（これらの規定を第七条の二第五項において準用する場合を含む。）、第七条第五項において準用する行政手続法第十五条第一項及び第三項（同法第二十二条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）、第十六条第四項、第十八条第一項及び第三項、第十九条第一項、第二十条第六項並びに第二十四条第三項並びに第七条第八項後段において準用する同法第二十二条第三項において準用する同法第十五条第三項の規定により都道府県が処理することとされている事務は、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務とする。
art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-30-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-30-3/par-1
The affairs to be administered by the prefectures pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3), Article 7, paragraph (4) and the first sentence of paragraph (8), and paragraphs (10) and (11) of that Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-2, paragraph (5)); Article 15, paragraphs (1) and (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (3) of that Act), Article 16, paragraph (4), Article 18, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 19, paragraph (1), Article 20, paragraph (6) and Article 24, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Procedure Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (5); and Article 15, paragraph (3) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22, paragraph (3) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 7, paragraph (8) are Type I statutory entrusted functions prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).
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## 第八章 罰則 — Chapter VIII Penal Provisions
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ch-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/ch-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/ch-8
### 第三十一条
art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-31
**第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三年以下の拘禁刑若しくは百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-31/par-1
A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years, a fine of not more than one million yen, or both:
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**一** 第十七条の規定に違反した者
art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-31/par-1/item-1
a person who has violated the provisions of Article 17; or
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**二** 虚偽又は不正の事実に基づいて医師免許を受けた者
art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-31/par-1/item-2
a person who has received a medical practitioner's license based on a false or wrongful fact.
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**第二項** 前項第一号の罪を犯した者が、医師又はこれに類似した名称を用いたものであるときは、三年以下の拘禁刑若しくは二百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-31/par-2
When a person who has committed the crime set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph has used the title of medical practitioner or a similar title, the person is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years, a fine of not more than two million yen, or both.
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### 第三十二条
art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-32
**第一項** 第七条第一項の規定により医業の停止を命ぜられた者で、当該停止を命ぜられた期間中に、医業を行つたものは、一年以下の拘禁刑若しくは五十万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-32/par-1
A person who has been ordered to suspend medical practice pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) and who has engaged in medical practice during the period of suspension is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, a fine of not more than five hundred thousand yen, or both.
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### 第三十三条
art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33
**第一項** 第三十条の規定に違反して故意若しくは重大な過失により事前に試験問題を漏らし、又は故意に不正の採点をした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33/par-1
A person who has violated the provisions of Article 30 and has divulged examination questions in advance either intentionally or through gross negligence, or who has intentionally and wrongfully scored examinations is punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than five hundred thousand yen.
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### 第三十三条の二
art-33-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-2
**第一項** 第十七条の三の規定に違反して、業務上知り得た人の秘密を漏らした者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は十万円以下の罰金に処する。
art-33-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-2/par-1
A person who has violated the provisions of Article 17-3 and divulged a secret of another person that the person learned in the course of duties is punished by imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than one hundred thousand yen.
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**第二項** 前項の罪は、告訴がなければ公訴を提起することができない。
art-33-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-2/par-2
The crime prescribed under the preceding paragraph is prosecuted only upon complaint.
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### 第三十三条の三
art-33-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-3
**第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
art-33-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-3/par-1
A person falling under any of the following items is liable to a fine of five hundred thousand yen or less:
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**一** 第六条第三項、第十八条、第二十条、第二十一条、第二十二条第一項又は第二十四条の規定に違反した者
art-33-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-3/par-1/item-1
a person who has violated the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (3), Article 18, Article 20, Article 21, Article 22, paragraph (1) or Article 24;
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**二** 第七条の二第一項の規定による命令に違反して再教育研修を受けなかつた者
art-33-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-3/par-1/item-2
a person who has failed to receive reeducation training in violation of an order pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1); or
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**三** 第七条の三第一項の規定による陳述をせず、報告をせず、若しくは虚偽の陳述若しくは報告をし、物件を提出せず、又は検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避した者
art-33-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-3/par-1/item-3
a person who has failed to make a statement or report, who has made a false statement or report, who has failed to submit objects, or who has refused, obstructed, or evaded inspections, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (1).
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### 第三十三条の四
art-33-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-4
**第一項** 法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関して前条第三号の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても同条の罰金刑を科する。
art-33-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-33-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-33-4/par-1
When the representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or individual, commits a violation set forth in item (iii) of the preceding Article in connection with the business of the corporation or individual, not only the offender but also the corporation or individual is punished by the fine prescribed in that Article.
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# 附則・別表・様式 (supplementary provisions, appended tables and forms)
## 附 則
suppl-3231-201 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201
### 第三十四条
suppl-3231-201/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-34
**第一項** この法律施行の期日は、公布の日から起算して九十日を超えない期間内において、政令でこれを定める。
suppl-3231-201/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-34/par-1
This Act comes into force as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 90 days from the date of its promulgation.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第三十五条
suppl-3231-201/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-35
**第一項** 国民医療法（昭和十七年法律第七十号、以下旧法という。）は、これを廃止する。
suppl-3231-201/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-35/par-1
The Medical Care Act (Act No. 70 of 1942; hereinafter referred to as the "former Act") is hereby repealed.
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### 第三十六条
suppl-3231-201/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36
**第一項** 旧法又は医師法（明治三十九年法律第四十七号、以下旧医師法という。）によつて医師免許を受けた者は、これをこの法律によつて医師免許を受けた者とみなす。旧医師法施行前に医術開業免状を得た者についても同様である。
suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-1
A person who has received a medical practitioner's license under the former Act or the Medical Practitioners' Act (Act No. 47 of 1906; hereinafter referred to as the "former Medical Practitioners' Act") is deemed to have received a medical license under this Act. The same applies to a person who acquired a medical license prior to the enforcement of the former Medical Practitioners' Act.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 旧医師法施行前医術仮開業免状を得た者の医業については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-2
With regard to the medical practices of persons who acquired a medical license prior to the enforcement of the former Medical Practitioners' Act, prior laws continue to govern.
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**第三項** 昭和二十年八月十五日以前に、朝鮮総督、台湾総督、樺太庁長官、南洋庁長官若しくは満洲国駐さつ特命全権大使又は満洲国の医師免許を受けた日本国民に対する医師免許及び試験については、この法律施行の日から五年間は、なお従前の例によることができる。
suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3
With regard to medical licenses and examinations of Japanese nationals who received medical licenses from the Governor General of Korea, the Governor General of Taiwan, the Governor of the Karafuto Agency, the Governor of the South Pacific Mandate, the Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Manchukuo, or Manchukuo before August 15, 1945, prior laws may continue to govern for a period of five years from the date on which this Act comes into effect.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第四項** 前項に規定する者の外、昭和二十年八月十五日以前に、外国でその地の法令によつて医師免許若しくは医業免許を受け、又は中華民国（満洲及び蒙彊を含む。）において領事官の医業免許を受けた日本国民に対する医師免許及び試験については、昭和三十年十二月三十一日まで、前項の例によることができる。
suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4
In addition to the persons prescribed in the preceding paragraph, with regard to medical licenses and examinations for Japanese nationals who, on or before August 15, 1945, received a medical practitioner's license or a license for medical practice in a foreign country under the laws and regulations of that place, or received a license for medical practice from a consular officer in the Republic of China (including Manchuria and Mengjiang), the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be followed until December 31, 1955.
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### 第三十七条
suppl-3231-201/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-37
**第一項** 旧法又は旧医師法による医籍の登録は、これをこの法律による医籍の登録とみなす。
suppl-3231-201/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-37/par-1
Registration in a register of medical practitioners made under the former Act or the former Medical Practitioners' Act is deemed to be registration in a register of medical practitioners under this Act.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第三十八条
suppl-3231-201/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-38
**第一項** 旧法又は旧医師法によつてした医師免許の取消処分又は医業停止の処分は、それぞれこれをこの法律の相当規定によつてしたものとみなす。この場合において、停止の期間は、なお従前の例による。
suppl-3231-201/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-38/par-1
Dispositions regarding the revocation of a medical license or suspension of a medical practice made under the former Act or the former Medical Practitioners' Act are deemed to have been made pursuant to the corresponding provisions of this Act. In this case, with regard to the period of suspension, prior laws continue to govern.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第四十条
suppl-3231-201/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-40
**第一項** 旧法若しくは旧医師法又はこれに基いて発する命令又は右の命令に基いてなした処分に違反した者の処罰については、なお旧法又は旧医師法による。
suppl-3231-201/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-40/par-1
With regard to punishment on persons who have violated the former Act, the former Medical Practitioners' Act, orders issued based on these, or dispositions made based on those orders, the provisions of the former Act and the former Medical Practitioners' Act remain applicable.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第四十一条
suppl-3231-201/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-41
**第一項** 国民医療法施行令の一部を改正する勅令（昭和二十一年勅令第四百二号）附則第二項の規定に該当する者は、第二条の規定にかかわらず、医師免許を受けることができる。
suppl-3231-201/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-41/par-1
A person who falls under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Imperial Ordinance to Partially Revise the Order for Enforcement of the Medical Care Act (Imperial Ordinance No. 402 of 1946) may receive a medical license, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2.
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### 第四十二条
suppl-3231-201/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-42
**第一項** 国民医療法施行令の一部を改正する勅令（昭和二十二年勅令第百三十七号）附則第二項の規定に該当する者は、第十一条の規定にかかわらず、医師国家試験を受けることができる。
suppl-3231-201/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-42/par-1
A person who falls under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Imperial Ordinance to Partially Revise the Order for Enforcement of the Medical Care Act (Imperial Ordinance No. 137 of 1947) may take the national examination for medical practitioners, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第四十三条
suppl-3231-201/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-43
**第一項** 学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）附則第三条の規定により大学令（大正七年勅令第三百八十八号）による大学又は専門学校令（明治三十六年勅令第六十一号）による専門学校として、その存続を認められた大学又は専門学校は、第十一条第一号の大学とみなす。
suppl-3231-201/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-43/par-1
A university as provided for in the University Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No. 388 of 1918) or a vocational college as provided for in the Vocational Training School Ordinance (Imperial Ordinance No. 61 of 1903) that is recognized as the continuation of a university or vocational college pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) is deemed to be a university under Article 11, item (i) of this Act.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第四十四条
suppl-3231-201/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-44
**第一項** 国は、当分の間、都道府県に対し、第十六条の二第一項に規定する病院に附属する施設のうち臨床研修を行うために必要なものの整備で日本電信電話株式会社の株式の売払収入の活用による社会資本の整備の促進に関する特別措置法（昭和六十二年法律第八十六号）第二条第一項第二号に該当するものにつき、当該都道府県が自ら行う場合にあつてはその要する費用に充てる資金の一部を、都道府県以外の病院の開設者が行う場合にあつては当該開設者に対し当該都道府県が補助する費用に充てる資金の一部を、予算の範囲内において、無利子で貸し付けることができる。
suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-1
Until otherwise provided for by law, the national government may, within the scope of its budget, provide a part of the fund to be allocated to the necessary expenses, where a prefecture is carrying out the relevant training itself, or may provide a part of the fund to be allocated to the expenses that the prefecture is subsidizing for the establisher, where the establisher of the hospital carrying out the training is other than the prefecture, as an interest-free loan for the development of facilities under Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act on Special Measures Concerning the Promotion of Social Infrastructure Development through the Use of Proceeds from the Sale of Stock of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (Act No. 86 of 1987) that, among the facilities that belong to a hospital provided for in Article 16-2, paragraph (1), are required for carrying out clinical training.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 前項の国の貸付金の償還期間は、五年（二年以内の据置期間を含む。）以内で政令で定める期間とする。
suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-2
The term of repayment for loans provided by the national government under the preceding paragraph is to be a term specified by Cabinet Order not exceeding five years (including any grace period not exceeding two years).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 前項に定めるもののほか、第一項の規定による貸付金の償還方法、償還期限の繰上げその他償還に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-3
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the method of repayment, advance repayment, and other necessary matters concerning repayment of loans under the provisions of paragraph (1), are specified by Cabinet Order.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第四項** 国は、第一項の規定により都道府県に対し貸付けを行つた場合には、当該貸付けの対象である施設の整備について、当該貸付金に相当する金額の補助を行うものとし、当該補助については、当該貸付金の償還時において、当該貸付金の償還金に相当する金額を交付することにより行うものとする。
suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-4
The national government is to, when it has provided a loan to a prefecture pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), subsidize an amount equivalent to the amount of loan for the development of facilities subject to the loan, and is to do so at the time of the loan's repayment, by delivering an amount of money equivalent to the amount of loan repaid.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第五項** 都道府県が、第一項の規定による貸付けを受けた無利子貸付金について、第二項及び第三項の規定に基づき定められる償還期限を繰り上げて償還を行つた場合（政令で定める場合を除く。）における前項の規定の適用については、当該償還は、当該償還期限の到来時に行われたものとみなす。
suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-44/par-5
With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph when a prefecture has repaid an interest-free loan under paragraph (1) ahead of the due date for repayment determined pursuant to paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) (excluding cases specified by Cabinet Order), the repayment is deemed to have been made on the due date for repayment.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
## 附 則 昭和二四年五月一四日法律第六六号
suppl-3241-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3241-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3241-66
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-3241-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3241-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3241-66/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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## 附 則 昭和二五年三月三一日法律第三四号
suppl-3251-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3251-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3251-34
**第一項** この法律は、昭和二十五年四月一日から施行する。
suppl-3251-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3251-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3251-34/par-1
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1950.
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## 附 則 昭和二六年六月一日法律第一七四号
suppl-3261-174 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3261-174 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3261-174
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-3261-174/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3261-174/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3261-174/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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## 附 則 昭和二六年六月一四日法律第二三六号
suppl-3261-236 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3261-236 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3261-236
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-3261-236/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3261-236/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3261-236/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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## 附 則 昭和二八年八月一五日法律第二一三号
suppl-3281-213 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3281-213 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3281-213
**第一項** この法律は、昭和二十八年九月一日から施行する。
suppl-3281-213/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3281-213/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3281-213/par-1
This Act comes into effect on September 1, 1953.
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**第二項** この法律施行前従前の法令の規定によりなされた許可、認可その他の処分又は申請、届出その他の手続は、それぞれ改正後の相当規定に基いてなされた処分又は手続とみなす。
suppl-3281-213/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3281-213/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3281-213/par-2
Permits, authorizations and other dispositions, or applications, notifications and other procedures, made pursuant to the provisions of the laws and regulations then in force before this Act comes into effect are deemed to be dispositions or procedures made pursuant to the corresponding provisions after amendment, respectively.
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## 附 則 昭和二九年四月二二日法律第七一号
suppl-3291-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3291-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3291-71
**第一項** この法律は、昭和二十九年五月一日から施行する。
suppl-3291-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3291-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3291-71/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of May 1, 1954.
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## 附 則 昭和三〇年八月八日法律第一四五号
suppl-3301-145 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3301-145 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3301-145
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-3301-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3301-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3301-145/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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**第二項** 医薬関係審議会設置法（昭和二十九年法律第百三十四号）は、廃止する。
suppl-3301-145/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3301-145/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3301-145/par-2
The Act for Establishment of Pharmaceutical Affairs-Related Councils (Act No. 134 of 1954) is abolished.
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## 附 則 昭和四三年五月一五日法律第四七号
suppl-3431-47 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3431-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3431-47
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-3431-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3431-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3431-47/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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**第二項** この法律の施行前に医師免許を受けた者については、この法律による改正後の医師法第三章の二の規定は適用しない。この法律の施行前に行なわれた医師国家試験に合格した者又は国民医療法施行令の一部を改正する勅令（昭和二十一年勅令第四百二号）附則第二項の規定に該当する者であつて、この法律の施行後医師免許を受けたものについても、同様とする。
suppl-3431-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3431-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3431-47/par-2
The provisions of Chapter III-2 of the Medical Practitioners' Act as amended by this Act do not apply to a person who received a medical practitioner's license before this Act comes into effect. The same applies to a person who passed the national examination for medical practitioners held before this Act comes into effect, or who falls under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Imperial Ordinance Partially Amending the Order for Enforcement of the National Medical Care Act (Imperial Ordinance No. 402 of 1946), and who received a medical practitioner's license after this Act comes into effect.
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## 附 則 昭和四四年六月二五日法律第五一号
suppl-3441-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3441-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3441-51
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、第一条中厚生省設置法第二十九条第一項の表薬剤師試験審議会の項を削る改正規定並びに第十条及び第十一条の規定は昭和四十四年九月一日から、第一条中厚生省設置法第二十九条第一項の表栄養審議会の項の改正規定、同表中医師試験研修審議会の項を改める改正規定並びに同表歯科医師試験審議会、保健婦助産婦看護婦審議会及び理学療法士作業療法士審議会の項を削る改正規定並びに同法第三十六条の七第三号にただし書を加える改正規定及び同法第三十六条の八に一号を加える改正規定並びに第二条から第九条までの規定は昭和四十四年十一月一日から施行する。
suppl-3441-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3441-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3441-51/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 amending the Ministry of Health and Welfare Establishment Act by deleting the entry for the Pharmacist Examination Council in the table of Article 29, paragraph (1) of that Act, and the provisions of Articles 10 and 11, come into effect as of September 1, 1969, and the provisions of Article 1 amending the entry for the Nutrition Council in the table of Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Ministry of Health and Welfare Establishment Act, the provisions amending the entry for the Medical Practitioner Examination and Training Council in that table, the provisions deleting the entries for the Dentist Examination Council, the Public Health Nurse, Midwife and Nurse Council, and the Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist Council in that table, the provisions adding a proviso to Article 36-7, item (iii) of that Act, and the provisions adding one item to Article 36-8 of that Act, and the provisions of Articles 2 through 9, come into effect as of November 1, 1969.
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## 附 則 昭和四六年一二月三一日法律第一三〇号
suppl-3461-130 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3461-130 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3461-130
**第一項** この法律は、琉球諸島及び大東諸島に関する日本国とアメリカ合衆国との間の協定の効力発生の日から施行する。
suppl-3461-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3461-130/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3461-130/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands enters into force.
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## 附 則 昭和五三年五月二三日法律第五五号
suppl-3531-55 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3531-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3531-55
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-3531-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3531-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3531-55/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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## 附 則 昭和五六年五月二五日法律第五一号
suppl-3561-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3561-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3561-51
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-3561-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3561-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3561-51/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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## 附 則 昭和五七年七月二三日法律第六九号
suppl-3571-69 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3571-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3571-69
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-3571-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3571-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3571-69/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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**第九項** この法律（附則第一項第四号及び第五号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定）の施行前にした行為並びに附則第三項第一号の規定により従前の例によることとされる届出に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為及び同項第二号の規定により従前の例によることとされるトランプ類税に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-3571-69/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3571-69/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3571-69/par-9
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect (or, for the provisions set forth in paragraph (1), items (iv) and (v) of the Supplementary Provisions, before those respective provisions come into effect), to acts committed after this Act comes into effect pertaining to notifications for which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect pertaining to the playing card tax for which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of item (ii) of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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## 附 則 平成五年一一月一二日法律第八九号
suppl-4051-89 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4051-89/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）の施行の日から施行する。
suppl-4051-89/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) comes into effect.
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### 第二条（諮問等がされた不利益処分に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Adverse Dispositions for Which Consultation, etc. Has Been Made
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suppl-4051-89/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-2
**第一項** この法律の施行前に法令に基づき審議会その他の合議制の機関に対し行政手続法第十三条に規定する聴聞又は弁明の機会の付与の手続その他の意見陳述のための手続に相当する手続を執るべきことの諮問その他の求めがされた場合においては、当該諮問その他の求めに係る不利益処分の手続に関しては、この法律による改正後の関係法律の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4051-89/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-2/par-1
In the case where, before this Act comes into effect, a consultation or other request has been made, pursuant to laws and regulations, to a council or other collegial body to follow procedures equivalent to a hearing or the grant of an opportunity for explanation as prescribed in Article 13 of the Administrative Procedure Act or other procedures for stating opinions, with regard to the procedures for the adverse disposition pertaining to that consultation or other request, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of the relevant Acts as amended by this Act.
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### 第六条（医師法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Medical Practitioners' Act
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suppl-4051-89/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-6
**第一項** 第九十六条の規定の施行前に、同条の規定による改正前の医師法第七条第五項後段の規定による通知がされた場合においては、当該通知に係る免許の取消し及び医業の停止の手続に関しては、第九十六条の規定による改正後の同法の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4051-89/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-6/par-1
In the case where, before the provisions of Article 96 come into effect, notice has been given under the latter part of Article 7, paragraph (5) of the Medical Practitioners' Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 96, with regard to the procedures for revocation of license and suspension of medical practice pertaining to that notice, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of that Act as amended by the provisions of Article 96.
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### 第十三条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-4051-89/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-13
**第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4051-89/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-13/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第十四条（聴聞に関する規定の整理に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Arrangement of Provisions on Hearings
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suppl-4051-89/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-14
**第一項** この法律の施行前に法律の規定により行われた聴聞、聴問若しくは聴聞会（不利益処分に係るものを除く。）又はこれらのための手続は、この法律による改正後の関係法律の相当規定により行われたものとみなす。
suppl-4051-89/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-14/par-1
A hearing, an inquiry hearing, or a public hearing (excluding one pertaining to an adverse disposition) conducted pursuant to the provisions of an Act before this Act comes into effect, or the procedures therefor, are deemed to have been conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the relevant Acts as amended by this Act.
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### 第十五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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suppl-4051-89/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-15
**第一項** 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
suppl-4051-89/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4051-89/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4051-89/art-15/par-1
In addition to what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## 附 則 平成一一年七月一六日法律第八七号
suppl-4111-87 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4111-87/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、平成十二年四月一日から施行する。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-4111-87/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item.
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**一** 第一条中地方自治法第二百五十条の次に五条、節名並びに二款及び款名を加える改正規定（同法第二百五十条の九第一項に係る部分（両議院の同意を得ることに係る部分に限る。）に限る。）、第四十条中自然公園法附則第九項及び第十項の改正規定（同法附則第十項に係る部分に限る。）、第二百四十四条の規定（農業改良助長法第十四条の三の改正規定に係る部分を除く。）並びに第四百七十二条の規定（市町村の合併の特例に関する法律第六条、第八条及び第十七条の改正規定に係る部分を除く。）並びに附則第七条、第十条、第十二条、第五十九条ただし書、第六十条第四項及び第五項、第七十三条、第七十七条、第百五十七条第四項から第六項まで、第百六十条、第百六十三条、第百六十四条並びに第二百二条の規定 公布の日
suppl-4111-87/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-1/par-1/item-1
The provisions of Article 1 amending the Local Autonomy Act by adding five Articles, a Section title, and two Subsections and Subsection titles after Article 250 of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to Article 250-9, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to obtaining the consent of both Houses)), the provisions of Article 40 amending paragraphs (9) and (10) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Natural Parks Act (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (10) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act), the provisions of Article 244 (excluding the part pertaining to the provisions amending Article 14-3 of the Agricultural Improvement Promotion Act) and the provisions of Article 472 (excluding the part pertaining to the provisions amending Articles 6, 8 and 17 of the Act on Special Provisions Concerning the Merger of Municipalities), and the provisions of Articles 7, 10 and 12, the proviso to Article 59, Article 60, paragraphs (4) and (5), Articles 73 and 77, Article 157, paragraphs (4) through (6), and Articles 160, 163, 164 and 202 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
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### 第百五十九条（国等の事務） — Affairs of the State, Etc.
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suppl-4111-87/art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-159
**第一項** この法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行前において、地方公共団体の機関が法律又はこれに基づく政令により管理し又は執行する国、他の地方公共団体その他公共団体の事務（附則第百六十一条において「国等の事務」という。）は、この法律の施行後は、地方公共団体が法律又はこれに基づく政令により当該地方公共団体の事務として処理するものとする。
suppl-4111-87/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-159/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in the respective Acts prior to amendment by this Act, the affairs of the State, other local governments or other public entities that, before this Act comes into effect, an organ of a local government managed or executed pursuant to an Act or a Cabinet Order based on it (referred to as "affairs of the State, etc." in Article 161 of the Supplementary Provisions) are, after this Act comes into effect, to be handled by the local government as affairs of that local government pursuant to an Act or a Cabinet Order based on it.
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### 第百六十条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications, Etc.
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suppl-4111-87/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-160
**第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下この条及び附則第百六十三条において同じ。）の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされた許可等の処分その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等の行為」という。）又はこの法律の施行の際現に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定によりされている許可等の申請その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等の行為」という。）で、この法律の施行の日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、附則第二条から前条までの規定又は改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の経過措置に関する規定に定めるものを除き、この法律の施行の日以後における改正後のそれぞれの法律の適用については、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。
suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-1
A disposition such as a permission or other act carried out before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and in Article 163 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "disposition or other act"), or an application for a permission or other act actually made pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "application or other act"), for which the person who is to carry out the administrative affairs pertaining to that act will differ as of the date on which this Act comes into effect, is, except as provided for in the provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions concerning transitional measures of the respective Acts after amendment (including orders based on them), deemed to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act carried out pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after amendment, with regard to the application of the respective Acts after amendment on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect.
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**第二項** この法律の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律の規定により国又は地方公共団体の機関に対し報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならない事項で、この法律の施行の日前にその手続がされていないものについては、この法律及びこれに基づく政令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、これを、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当規定により国又は地方公共団体の相当の機関に対して報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならない事項についてその手続がされていないものとみなして、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定を適用する。
suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-160/par-2
With regard to matters for which, before this Act comes into effect, a report, notification, submission or other procedure had to be made to an organ of the State or of a local government pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment and for which that procedure has not been carried out before the date on which this Act comes into effect, except as otherwise provided for in this Act or a Cabinet Order based on it, the provisions of the respective Acts as amended by this Act apply by deeming those matters to be matters for which a report, notification, submission or other procedure must be made to the corresponding organ of the State or of a local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after amendment and for which that procedure has not been carried out.
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### 第百六十一条（不服申立てに関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Appeals
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suppl-4111-87/art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-161
**第一項** 施行日前にされた国等の事務に係る処分であって、当該処分をした行政庁（以下この条において「処分庁」という。）に施行日前に行政不服審査法に規定する上級行政庁（以下この条において「上級行政庁」という。）があったものについての同法による不服申立てについては、施行日以後においても、当該処分庁に引き続き上級行政庁があるものとみなして、行政不服審査法の規定を適用する。この場合において、当該処分庁の上級行政庁とみなされる行政庁は、施行日前に当該処分庁の上級行政庁であった行政庁とする。
suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-1
With regard to an appeal under the Administrative Complaint Review Act against a disposition pertaining to affairs of the State, etc. that was made before the effective date and for which the administrative agency that made the disposition (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "the agency that made the disposition") had, before the effective date, a higher administrative agency prescribed in that Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "higher administrative agency"), the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act apply by deeming the agency that made the disposition to continue to have a higher administrative agency even on or after the effective date. In this case, the administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency of the agency that made the disposition is the administrative agency that was the higher administrative agency of that agency before the effective date.
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**第二項** 前項の場合において、上級行政庁とみなされる行政庁が地方公共団体の機関であるときは、当該機関が行政不服審査法の規定により処理することとされる事務は、新地方自治法第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務とする。
suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-161/par-2
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency is an organ of a local government, the affairs that the organ is to handle pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act are Type 1 statutory entrusted affairs prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act.
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### 第百六十二条（手数料に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Fees
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suppl-4111-87/art-162 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-162 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-162
**第一項** 施行日前においてこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。）の規定により納付すべきであった手数料については、この法律及びこれに基づく政令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4111-87/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-162/par-1
The provisions then in force continue to govern fees that were to be paid before the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment by this Act (including orders based on them), except as otherwise provided for in this Act or a Cabinet Order based on it.
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### 第百六十三条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-4111-87/art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-163
**第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4111-87/art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-163/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第百六十四条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
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suppl-4111-87/art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-164
**第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
suppl-4111-87/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-164/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第二百五十条（検討） — Review
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suppl-4111-87/art-250 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-250 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-250
**第一項** 新地方自治法第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務については、できる限り新たに設けることのないようにするとともに、新地方自治法別表第一に掲げるもの及び新地方自治法に基づく政令に示すものについては、地方分権を推進する観点から検討を加え、適宜、適切な見直しを行うものとする。
suppl-4111-87/art-250/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-250/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-250/par-1
With regard to Type 1 statutory entrusted affairs prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act, care is to be taken to avoid establishing new ones as far as possible, and those set forth in Appended Table 1 of the new Local Autonomy Act and those indicated in Cabinet Orders based on the new Local Autonomy Act are to be reviewed from the standpoint of promoting decentralization and appropriately revised as needed.
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### 第二百五十一条
suppl-4111-87/art-251 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-251 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-251
**第一項** 政府は、地方公共団体が事務及び事業を自主的かつ自立的に執行できるよう、国と地方公共団体との役割分担に応じた地方税財源の充実確保の方途について、経済情勢の推移等を勘案しつつ検討し、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1
The government is to consider ways of enhancing and securing local tax revenue sources in accordance with the division of roles between the State and local governments so that local governments are able to carry out their affairs and business autonomously and independently, while taking into consideration changes in economic conditions and other circumstances, and is to take necessary measures based on the results of that consideration.
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## 附 則 平成一一年七月一六日法律第一〇二号
suppl-4111-102 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4111-102/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、内閣法の一部を改正する法律（平成十一年法律第八十八号）の施行の日から施行する。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-4111-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Cabinet Act (Act No. 88 of 1999) comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the day specified in the relevant item.
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**一** 略
suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1/item-1
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**二** 附則第十条第一項及び第五項、第十四条第三項、第二十三条、第二十八条並びに第三十条の規定 公布の日
suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1/item-2
The provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (1) and (5), Article 14, paragraph (3), and Articles 23, 28 and 30 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
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### 第三十条（別に定める経過措置） — Transitional Measures Specified Separately
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suppl-4111-102/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102/art-30
**第一項** 第二条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要となる経過措置は、別に法律で定める。
suppl-4111-102/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102/art-30/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article, the transitional measures that become necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified separately by Act.
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## 附 則 平成一一年一二月八日法律第一五一号
suppl-4111-151 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-151 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-151
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4111-151/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-151/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-151/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、平成十二年四月一日から施行する。
suppl-4111-151/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-151/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-151/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2000.
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### 第三条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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suppl-4111-151/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-151/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-151/art-3
**第一項** 民法の一部を改正する法律（平成十一年法律第百四十九号）附則第三条第三項の規定により従前の例によることとされる準禁治産者及びその保佐人に関するこの法律による改正規定の適用については、次に掲げる改正規定を除き、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4111-151/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-151/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-151/art-3/par-1
With regard to the application of the amending provisions of this Act concerning a quasi-incompetent person and that person's curator for whom the provisions then in force are to remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code (Act No. 149 of 1999), the provisions then in force continue to govern, excluding the amending provisions set forth below.
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**一から二十五まで** 略
suppl-4111-151/art-3/par-1/item-1-to-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-151/art-3/par-1/item-1-to-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-151/art-3/par-1/item-1-to-25
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### 第四条
suppl-4111-151/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-151/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-151/art-4
**第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4111-151/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-151/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-151/art-4/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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## 附 則 平成一一年一二月二二日法律第一六〇号
suppl-4111-160 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-160 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-160
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4111-160/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-160/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-160/art-1
**第一項** この法律（第二条及び第三条を除く。）は、平成十三年一月六日から施行する。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-4111-160/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-160/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-160/art-1/par-1
This Act (excluding Articles 2 and 3) comes into effect on January 6, 2001; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
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**一** 第九百九十五条（核原料物質、核燃料物質及び原子炉の規制に関する法律の一部を改正する法律附則の改正規定に係る部分に限る。）、第千三百五条、第千三百六条、第千三百二十四条第二項、第千三百二十六条第二項及び第千三百四十四条の規定 公布の日
suppl-4111-160/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-160/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-160/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provisions of Article 995 (limited to the part pertaining to the provisions amending the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Act on the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors), Articles 1305 and 1306, Article 1324, paragraph (2), Article 1326, paragraph (2), and Article 1344: the date of promulgation
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## 附 則 平成一二年一二月六日法律第一四一号
suppl-4121-141 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4121-141/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月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、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
suppl-4121-141/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the respective dates specified in those items.
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**一** 第二条、第四条並びに附則第八条から第十条まで及び第二十三条の規定 平成十六年四月一日
suppl-4121-141/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-1/par-1/item-1
Articles 2 and 4, and Articles 8 through 10 and Article 23 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2004.
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### 第八条（臨床研修修了医師の登録に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Registration of Medical Practitioners Who Have Completed Clinical Training
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suppl-4121-141/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-8
**第一項** 附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に医師免許を受けている者及び当該規定の施行前に医師免許の申請を行った者であって当該規定の施行後に医師免許を受けたものは、第二条の規定による改正後の医療法及び第四条の規定による改正後の医師法の適用については、同法第十六条の四第一項の規定による登録を受けた者とみなす。
suppl-4121-141/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-8/par-1
A person who currently holds a medical practitioner's license at the time of the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, and a person who applied for a medical practitioner's license before the enforcement of those provisions and received the license after their enforcement, are deemed, for the purpose of the application of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 and the Medical Practitioners' Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4, to be persons registered under Article 16-4, paragraph (1) of that Act.
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### 第九条（指定病院に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Designated Hospitals
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suppl-4121-141/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-9
**第一項** 附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に第四条の規定による改正前の医師法第十六条の二第一項の規定による指定を受けている病院は、第四条の規定による改正後の医師法第十六条の二第一項の規定による指定を受けている病院とみなす。
suppl-4121-141/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-9/par-1
A hospital that, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, is currently designated under Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Medical Practitioners' Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 4 is deemed to be a hospital designated under Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Medical Practitioners' Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4.
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### 第十四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-4121-141/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-14
**第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4121-141/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-14/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第十五条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
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suppl-4121-141/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-15
**第一項** 附則第二条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
suppl-4121-141/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-15/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## 附 則 平成一三年六月二九日法律第八七号
suppl-4131-87 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4131-87/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一月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。
suppl-4131-87/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one month from the date of promulgation.
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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suppl-4131-87/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87/art-2
**第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律における障害者に係る欠格事由の在り方について、当該欠格事由に関する規定の施行の状況を勘案して検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4131-87/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87/art-2/par-1
The government is, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, to review how the grounds for disqualification relating to persons with disabilities under the respective Acts as amended by this Act should be, taking into account the status of enforcement of the provisions on those grounds for disqualification, and take necessary measures based on the results.
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### 第三条（再免許に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning New Licenses
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suppl-4131-87/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87/art-3
**第一項** この法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律に規定する免許の取消事由により免許を取り消された者に係る当該取消事由がこの法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律により再免許を与えることができる取消事由（以下この条において「再免許が与えられる免許の取消事由」という。）に相当するものであるときは、その者を再免許が与えられる免許の取消事由により免許が取り消された者とみなして、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の再免許に関する規定を適用する。
suppl-4131-87/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87/art-3/par-1
If the ground of revocation for a person whose license was revoked on a ground of revocation of license provided for in the respective Acts before amendment by this Act corresponds to a ground of revocation for which a new license may be granted under the respective Acts as amended by this Act (referred to as a "ground of revocation for which a new license may be granted" in this Article), the person is deemed to be a person whose license was revoked on a ground of revocation for which a new license may be granted, and the provisions on new licenses in the respective Acts as amended by this Act apply.
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### 第四条（罰則に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-4131-87/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87/art-4
**第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4131-87/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87/art-4/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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## 附 則 平成一四年二月八日法律第一号
suppl-4141-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4141-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4141-1
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4141-1/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4141-1/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4141-1/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-4141-1/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4141-1/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4141-1/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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## 附 則 平成一八年六月二一日法律第八四号
suppl-4181-84 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4181-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、平成十九年四月一日から施行する。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-4181-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2007; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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**一** 附則第十六条の規定、附則第三十一条の規定及び附則第三十二条の規定 公布の日
suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provisions of Article 16, the provisions of Article 31 and the provisions of Article 32 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation.
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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suppl-4181-84/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-2
**第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律の施行の状況等を勘案し、この法律により改正された医療法等の規定に基づく規制の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4181-84/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-2/par-1
The government is, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of enforcement of this Act, etc., to review how regulation under the provisions of the Medical Care Act, etc. as amended by this Act should be, and if it finds it necessary, take necessary measures based on the results.
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### 第十四条（再免許の交付に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Issuance of New Licenses
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suppl-4181-84/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-14
**第一項** 施行日前に第四条の規定による改正前の医師法第七条第二項の規定による取消処分を受けた者に係る第四条の規定による改正後の医師法第七条第三項の規定の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4181-84/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-14/par-1
With regard to the application of Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Medical Practitioners' Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 to a person who received a disposition regarding revocation under Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Medical Practitioners' Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 4 before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第三十一条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
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suppl-4181-84/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-31
**第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定）の施行前にした行為並びにこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお効力を有することとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4181-84/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-31/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those respective provisions) comes into effect, to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions remain in effect pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第三十二条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
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suppl-4181-84/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-32
**第一項** 附則第三条から第十六条まで及び前条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
suppl-4181-84/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-32/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in Articles 3 through 16 and the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## 附 則 平成一九年六月二七日法律第九六号
suppl-4191-96 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4191-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4191-96
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4191-96/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4191-96/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4191-96/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月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。
suppl-4191-96/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4191-96/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4191-96/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
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## 附 則 平成二五年六月一四日法律第四四号
suppl-4251-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4251-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4251-44
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4251-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4251-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4251-44/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。
suppl-4251-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4251-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4251-44/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.
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### 第十条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-4251-44/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4251-44/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4251-44/art-10
**第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4251-44/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4251-44/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4251-44/art-10/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, each of those provisions) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第十一条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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suppl-4251-44/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4251-44/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4251-44/art-11
**第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
suppl-4251-44/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4251-44/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4251-44/art-11/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## 附 則 平成二六年六月一三日法律第六九号
suppl-4261-69 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4261-69/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）の施行の日から施行する。
suppl-4261-69/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) comes into effect.
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### 第五条（経過措置の原則） — Principles of Transitional Measures
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suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-5
**第一項** 行政庁の処分その他の行為又は不作為についての不服申立てであってこの法律の施行前にされた行政庁の処分その他の行為又はこの法律の施行前にされた申請に係る行政庁の不作為に係るものについては、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4261-69/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-5/par-1
Unless otherwise specially provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern an appeal against a disposition or other act or an inaction of an administrative agency that concerns a disposition or other act of an administrative agency made before this Act comes into effect or an inaction of an administrative agency relating to an application filed before this Act comes into effect.
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### 第六条（訴訟に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Litigation
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suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6
**第一項** この法律による改正前の法律の規定により不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為を経た後でなければ訴えを提起できないこととされる事項であって、当該不服申立てを提起しないでこの法律の施行前にこれを提起すべき期間を経過したもの（当該不服申立てが他の不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為を経た後でなければ提起できないとされる場合にあっては、当該他の不服申立てを提起しないでこの法律の施行前にこれを提起すべき期間を経過したものを含む。）の訴えの提起については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-1
The provisions then in force continue to govern the filing of an action with regard to a matter for which, pursuant to the provisions of Acts prior to the amendment by this Act, an action may not be filed until after a determination, decision or other act of an administrative agency on an appeal has been made, and for which the period within which that appeal was to be filed elapsed before this Act comes into effect without that appeal having been filed (including, where that appeal may not be filed until after a determination, decision or other act of an administrative agency on another appeal has been made, a matter for which the period within which the other appeal was to be filed elapsed before this Act comes into effect without the other appeal having been filed).
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**第二項** この法律の規定による改正前の法律の規定（前条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合を含む。）により異議申立てが提起された処分その他の行為であって、この法律の規定による改正後の法律の規定により審査請求に対する裁決を経た後でなければ取消しの訴えを提起することができないこととされるものの取消しの訴えの提起については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-2
The provisions then in force continue to govern the filing of an action for revocation of a disposition or other act against which an objection was filed pursuant to the provisions of Acts prior to the amendment by the provisions of this Act (including in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article), and against which, pursuant to the provisions of Acts as amended by the provisions of this Act, an action for revocation may not be filed until after a determination on a request for review has been made.
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**第三項** 不服申立てに対する行政庁の裁決、決定その他の行為の取消しの訴えであって、この法律の施行前に提起されたものについては、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-6/par-3
The provisions then in force continue to govern an action for revocation of a determination, decision or other act of an administrative agency on an appeal, where the action was filed before this Act comes into effect.
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### 第九条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-4261-69/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-9
**第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為並びに附則第五条及び前二条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-9/par-1
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 and the preceding two Articles of the Supplementary Provisions.
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### 第十条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
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suppl-4261-69/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-10
**第一項** 附則第五条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4261-69/art-10/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in Article 5 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## 附 則 平成三〇年七月二五日法律第七九号
suppl-4301-79 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4301-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、平成三十一年四月一日から施行する。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-4301-79/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2019; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
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**一** 第一条及び第四条の規定並びに次条から附則第四条まで並びに附則第九条及び第十五条の規定 公布の日
suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provisions of Articles 1 and 4, the provisions of the following Article through Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Articles 9 and 15 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation.
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**二** 第三条及び第五条の規定並びに附則第六条から第八条まで、第十一条及び第十二条の規定 令和二年四月一日
suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2
the provisions of Articles 3 and 5, and the provisions of Articles 6 through 8, Article 11 and Article 12 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2020.
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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suppl-4301-79/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-2
**第一項** 政府は、医療の分野における国民の需要が高度化し、かつ、多様化している状況においても、医師がその任務を十分に果たすことができるよう、学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）第一条に規定する大学（附則第八条第一項において単に「大学」という。）が行う臨床実習をはじめとする医学に係る教育の状況を勘案し、医師の資質の向上を図る観点から、医師法の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づき、この法律の公布後三年以内に法制上の措置その他の必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-1
In order that medical practitioners can fully perform their duties even amid circumstances in which the demand of the public in the field of medical care is becoming more sophisticated and more diverse, the government is to, taking into account the state of education relating to medical science, including clinical practice conducted by universities prescribed in Article 1 of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (referred to simply as "university" in Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions), review the provisions of the Medical Practitioners' Act from the viewpoint of improving the quality of medical practitioners, and, based on the results, take legislative and other necessary measures within three years after the promulgation of this Act.
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**第二項** 政府は、臨床研修の評価に関する調査研究を行うものとし、当該調査研究の結果を勘案し、臨床研修と医師が臨床研修を修了した後に受ける医療に関する専門的な知識及び技能に関する研修とが整合性のとれたものとすること等により、医師の資質の向上がより実効的に図られるよう、臨床研修の在り方について検討を加え、その結果に基づき、この法律の公布後三年以内に法制上の措置その他の必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-2
The government is to conduct research and study on the evaluation of clinical training, and, taking into account the results of that research and study, review the way clinical training should be, so that the quality of medical practitioners is improved more effectively by, among other things, making clinical training consistent with training concerning specialized knowledge and skills relating to medical care that medical practitioners receive after completing clinical training, and, based on the results, is to take legislative and other necessary measures within three years after the promulgation of this Act.
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**第三項** 政府は、前二項に定める事項のほか、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律（前条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該各規定。附則第四条において同じ。）による改正後のそれぞれの法律（以下この項において「改正後の各法律」という。）の施行の状況等を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、改正後の各法律の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-3
In addition to the matters provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, the government is to, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of the enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (or, with regard to the provisions listed in the items of the preceding Article, those provisions; the same applies in Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions) (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as "the respective Acts as amended"), when it finds it necessary, review the provisions of the respective Acts as amended, and take the required measures based on the results of that review.
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### 第七条（医師法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Medical Practitioners' Act
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suppl-4301-79/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-7
**第一項** 第二号施行日前に第五条の規定による改正前の医師法（以下この条及び次条第二項において「第二号旧医師法」という。）第十六条の二第一項の規定によりされた指定等の処分その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等の行為」という。）又は附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に第二号旧医師法の規定によりされている指定等の申請その他の行為（以下この条において「申請等の行為」という。）で、第二号施行日においてこれらの行為に係る行政事務を行うべき者が異なることとなるものは、第二号施行日以後における第五条の規定による改正後の医師法（以下この条及び次条において「第二号新医師法」という。）の適用については、第二号新医師法の相当規定によりされた処分等の行為又は申請等の行為とみなす。
suppl-4301-79/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-7/par-1
Dispositions such as designations and other acts made, before the item (ii) Effective Date, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Medical Practitioners' Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 5 (hereinafter referred to in this Article and paragraph (2) of the following Article as the "item (ii) former Medical Practitioners' Act") (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "disposition or other act"), and applications for designation and other acts being made pursuant to the provisions of the item (ii) former Medical Practitioners' Act at the time of the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to in this Article as an "application or other act"), for which the person who is to conduct the administrative affairs relating to those acts will differ on the item (ii) Effective Date, are, with regard to the application of the Medical Practitioners' Act as amended by the provisions of Article 5 (hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the "item (ii) New Medical Practitioners' Act") on or after the item (ii) Effective Date, deemed to be a disposition or other act or an application or other act made pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the item (ii) New Medical Practitioners' Act.
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### 第八条
suppl-4301-79/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-8
**第一項** 附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に医学を履修する課程を置く大学に附属する病院であって臨床研修を行っているものは、第二号新医師法第十六条の二第一項の規定による都道府県知事の指定を受けた病院とみなす。
suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-1
A hospital that is attached to a university having a course of study in medical science at the time of the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions and that is conducting clinical training is deemed to be a hospital designated by the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the item (ii) New Medical Practitioners' Act.
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**第二項** 附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に第二号旧医師法第十六条の二第四項の規定により同条第一項の厚生労働大臣の指定する病院とみなされている病院は、第二号新医師法第十六条の二第一項の規定による厚生労働大臣の指定を受けた病院とみなす。
suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-2
A hospital that, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, is deemed to be a hospital designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under paragraph (1) of the same Article pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (4) of the item (ii) former Medical Practitioners' Act is deemed to be a hospital designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the item (ii) New Medical Practitioners' Act.
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### 第十五条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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suppl-4301-79/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-15
**第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
suppl-4301-79/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-15/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## 附 則 令和元年六月一四日法律第三七号
suppl-5011-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-5011-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。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-5011-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items.
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**一** 第四十条、第五十九条、第六十一条、第七十五条（児童福祉法第三十四条の二十の改正規定に限る。）、第八十五条、第百二条、第百七条（民間あっせん機関による養子縁組のあっせんに係る児童の保護等に関する法律第二十六条の改正規定に限る。）、第百十一条、第百四十三条、第百四十九条、第百五十二条、第百五十四条（不動産の鑑定評価に関する法律第二十五条第六号の改正規定に限る。）及び第百六十八条並びに次条並びに附則第三条及び第六条の規定 公布の日
suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provisions of Articles 40, 59 and 61, Article 75 (limited to the provisions amending Article 34-20 of the Child Welfare Act), Articles 85 and 102, Article 107 (limited to the provisions amending Article 26 of the Act on Protection of Children Related to Mediation of Adoption by Private Mediation Agencies, etc.), Articles 111, 143, 149 and 152, Article 154 (limited to the provisions amending Article 25, item (vi) of the Act on Real Estate Appraisal) and Article 168, and of the following Article and Articles 3 and 6 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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**二** 第三条、第四条、第五条（国家戦略特別区域法第十九条の二第一項の改正規定を除く。）、第二章第二節及び第四節、第四十一条（地方自治法第二百五十二条の二十八の改正規定を除く。）、第四十二条から第四十八条まで、第五十条、第五十四条、第五十七条、第六十条、第六十二条、第六十六条から第六十九条まで、第七十五条（児童福祉法第三十四条の二十の改正規定を除く。）、第七十六条、第七十七条、第七十九条、第八十条、第八十二条、第八十四条、第八十七条、第八十八条、第九十条（職業能力開発促進法第三十条の十九第二項第一号の改正規定を除く。）、第九十五条、第九十六条、第九十八条から第百条まで、第百四条、第百八条、第百九条、第百十二条、第百十三条、第百十五条、第百十六条、第百十九条、第百二十一条、第百二十三条、第百三十三条、第百三十五条、第百三十八条、第百三十九条、第百六十一条から第百六十三条まで、第百六十六条、第百六十九条、第百七十条、第百七十二条（フロン類の使用の合理化及び管理の適正化に関する法律第二十九条第一項第一号の改正規定に限る。）並びに第百七十三条並びに附則第十六条、第十七条、第二十条、第二十一条及び第二十三条から第二十九条までの規定 公布の日から起算して六月を経過した日
suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-2
the provisions of Articles 3 and 4, Article 5 (excluding the provisions amending Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the National Strategic Special Zones Act), Chapter II, Sections 2 and 4, Article 41 (excluding the provisions amending Article 252-28 of the Local Autonomy Act), Articles 42 through 48, Articles 50, 54, 57, 60 and 62, Articles 66 through 69, Article 75 (excluding the provisions amending Article 34-20 of the Child Welfare Act), Articles 76, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 87 and 88, Article 90 (excluding the provisions amending Article 30-19, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act), Articles 95 and 96, Articles 98 through 100, Articles 104, 108, 109, 112, 113, 115, 116, 119, 121, 123, 133, 135, 138 and 139, Articles 161 through 163, Articles 166, 169 and 170, Article 172 (limited to the provisions amending Article 29, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons) and Article 173, and of Articles 16, 17, 20 and 21 and Articles 23 through 29 of the Supplementary Provisions: the day on which six months have elapsed from the date of promulgation.
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### 第二条（行政庁の行為等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Acts of Administrative Agencies, etc.
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suppl-5011-37/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-2
**第一項** この法律（前条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）の施行の日前に、この法律による改正前の法律又はこれに基づく命令の規定（欠格条項その他の権利の制限に係る措置を定めるものに限る。）に基づき行われた行政庁の処分その他の行為及び当該規定により生じた失職の効力については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-5011-37/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-2/par-1
The provisions then in force continue to govern dispositions and other acts of administrative agencies made, before the date on which this Act (or, with regard to the provisions listed in the items of the preceding Article, those provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and the following Article) comes into effect, pursuant to the provisions of Acts prior to their amendment by this Act or of orders based on them (limited to provisions prescribing disqualification clauses or other measures relating to restrictions on rights), and the effect of any loss of position arising under those provisions.
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### 第三条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-5011-37/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-3
**第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-5011-37/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-3/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第七条（検討） — Review
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suppl-5011-37/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-7
**第一項** 政府は、会社法（平成十七年法律第八十六号）及び一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律（平成十八年法律第四十八号）における法人の役員の資格を成年被後見人又は被保佐人であることを理由に制限する旨の規定について、この法律の公布後一年以内を目途として検討を加え、その結果に基づき、当該規定の削除その他の必要な法制上の措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-5011-37/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-7/par-1
The government is to review the provisions of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005) and the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 48 of 2006) that restrict the qualifications of officers of corporations on the grounds of their being adult wards or persons under curatorship, aiming to do so within one year after the promulgation of this Act, and, based on the results of that review, is to take necessary legislative measures, including the deletion of those provisions.
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## 附 則 令和元年一二月一一日法律第七一号
suppl-5011-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-71
**第一項** この法律は、会社法改正法の施行の日から施行する。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-5011-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-71/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Companies Act Amendment Act comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
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**一** 第九条中社債、株式等の振替に関する法律第二百六十九条の改正規定（「第六十八条第二項」を「第八十六条第一項」に改める部分に限る。）、第二十一条中民間資金等の活用による公共施設等の整備等の促進に関する法律第五十六条第二項及び附則第四条の改正規定、第四十一条中保険業法附則第一条の二の十四第一項の改正規定、第四十七条中保険業法等の一部を改正する法律附則第十六条第一項の改正規定、第五十一条中株式会社海外通信・放送・郵便事業支援機構法第二十七条の改正規定、第七十八条及び第七十九条の規定、第八十九条中農林中央金庫及び特定農水産業協同組合等による信用事業の再編及び強化に関する法律附則第二十六条第一項の改正規定並びに第百二十四条及び第百二十五条の規定 公布の日
suppl-5011-71/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-71/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-71/par-1/item-1
the provisions amending Article 269 of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares in Article 9 (limited to the part replacing "Article 68, paragraph (2)" with "Article 86, paragraph (1)"), the provisions amending Article 56, paragraph (2) and Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Promotion of Private Finance Initiative in Article 21, the provisions amending Article 1-2-14, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Insurance Business Act in Article 41, the provisions amending Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Insurance Business Act, etc. in Article 47, the provisions amending Article 27 of the Act on the Fund Corporation for the Overseas Development of Japan's ICT and Postal Services in Article 51, the provisions of Articles 78 and 79, the provisions amending Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Restructuring and Strengthening of Credit Business by the Norinchukin Bank and Specified Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Cooperatives in Article 89, and the provisions of Articles 124 and 125: the date of promulgation.
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## 附 則 令和三年五月二八日法律第四九号
suppl-5031-49 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-5031-49/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、令和六年四月一日から施行する。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-5031-49/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2024; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
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**一** 第一条中医療法第百四条の改正規定及び第十四条の規定並びに次条並びに附則第三条、第十三条第二項、第十四条第二項、第十五条第二項及び第十八条の規定 公布の日
suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provisions amending Article 104 of the Medical Care Act in Article 1, the provisions of Article 14, the provisions of the following Article, and the provisions of Article 3, Article 13, paragraph (2), Article 14, paragraph (2), Article 15, paragraph (2) and Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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**二** 略
suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-2
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**三** 第九条から第十二条までの規定並びに附則第十三条第一項及び第三項、第十四条第一項及び第三項、第十五条第一項及び第三項、第十六条、第十七条、第二十二条並びに第二十三条の規定 令和三年十月一日
suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-3
the provisions of Articles 9 through 12, and the provisions of Article 13, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 14, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 15, paragraphs (1) and (3), Articles 16, 17, 22 and 23 of the Supplementary Provisions: October 1, 2021;
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**四及び五** 略
suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-4-to-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-4-to-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-4-to-5
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**六** 第五条の規定並びに附則第十九条の規定並びに附則第二十一条中沖縄の復帰に伴う特別措置に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第百二十九号）第百条第三項及び同項の表の改正規定 令和五年四月一日
suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-6
the provisions of Article 5, the provisions of Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions amending Article 100, paragraph (3) of the Act on Special Measures Incidental to Reversion of Okinawa (Act No. 129 of 1971) and the table of that paragraph in Article 21 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2023;
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**七** 第三条中医療法第三十五条第一項第二号の改正規定（「第十一条第二号若しくは」を「第十一条第一項第二号若しくは」に改める部分に限る。）及び第六条の規定（医師法第十六条の十一第一項の改正規定を除く。）並びに附則第十一条、第二十条及び第二十七条の規定 令和七年四月一日
suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-7
the provisions amending Article 35, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Medical Care Act in Article 3 (limited to the part replacing "Article 11, item (ii) or" with "Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii) or"), the provisions of Article 6 (excluding the provisions amending Article 16-11, paragraph (1) of the Medical Practitioners' Act), and the provisions of Articles 11, 20 and 27 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2025.
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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suppl-5031-49/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-2
**第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（以下この条において「改正後の各法律」という。）の施行の状況等を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、改正後の各法律の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-5031-49/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-2/par-1
The government is to, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of the enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "the respective Acts as amended"), when it finds it necessary, review the provisions of the respective Acts as amended, and take the required measures based on the results of that review.
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### 第十一条（医師法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Medical Practitioners' Act
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suppl-5031-49/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-11
**第一項** 第六条の規定（医師法第十六条の十一第一項の改正規定を除く。以下この条において同じ。）の施行の際現に第六条の規定による改正前の医師法（以下この条において「旧医師法」という。）第十一条第一号に該当する者（附則第二十七条の規定による改正前の防衛省設置法（昭和二十九年法律第百六十四号）第十七条第一項の規定により旧医師法第十一条第一号に該当する者とみなされた者を含む。）は、第六条の規定による改正後の医師法第十一条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）の規定にかかわらず、医師国家試験を受けることができる。
suppl-5031-49/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-11/par-1
A person who, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions of Article 6 (excluding the provisions amending Article 16-11, paragraph (1) of the Medical Practitioners' Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), falls under Article 11, item (i) of the Medical Practitioners' Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 6 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "former Medical Practitioners' Act") (including a person deemed to fall under Article 11, item (i) of the former Medical Practitioners' Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Defense (Act No. 164 of 1954) prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 27 of the Supplementary Provisions) may take the national examination for medical practitioners, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) of the Medical Practitioners' Act as amended by the provisions of Article 6.
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### 第十七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-5031-49/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-17
**第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-5031-49/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-17/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, with regard to the provisions listed in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第十八条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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suppl-5031-49/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-18
**第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
suppl-5031-49/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5031-49/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5031-49/art-18/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## 附 則 令和四年五月二〇日法律第四四号
suppl-5041-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-5041-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。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-5041-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items.
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**一** 第三条及び第七条から第九条までの規定並びに次条及び附則第六条の規定 公布の日
suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-1/par-1/item-1
The provisions of Article 3 and Article 7 through Article 9, and the provisions of the following Article and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
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### 第五条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-5041-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-5
**第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-5041-44/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-5/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第六条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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suppl-5041-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-6
**第一項** 附則第二条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-44/art-6/par-1
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## 附 則 令和四年五月二〇日法律第四七号
suppl-5041-47 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-5041-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、第一条中医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律第一条の五第二項の改正規定及び第二条から第四条までの規定並びに附則第四条から第六条までの規定は、令和五年二月一日までの間において政令で定める日から施行する。
suppl-5041-47/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 amending Article 1-5, paragraph (2) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, the provisions of Articles 2 through 4, and the provisions of Articles 4 through 6 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order on or before February 1, 2023.
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### 第二条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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suppl-5041-47/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-2
**第一項** この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
suppl-5041-47/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-2/par-1
Transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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### 第三条（検討） — Review
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suppl-5041-47/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-3
**第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（以下この条において「改正後の各法律」という。）の施行の状況等を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、改正後の各法律の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-5041-47/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-3/par-1
The government is to, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of the enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "the respective Acts as amended"), when it finds it necessary, review the provisions of the respective Acts as amended, and take the required measures based on the results of that review.
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## 附 則 令和四年六月一七日法律第六八号
suppl-5041-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-68
**第一項** この法律は、刑法等一部改正法施行日から施行する。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-5041-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-68/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc.; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
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**一** 第五百九条の規定 公布の日
suppl-5041-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-68/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-68/par-1/item-1
the provisions of Article 509: the date of promulgation
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## 附 則 令和五年六月一六日法律第六三号
suppl-5051-63 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5051-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5051-63
### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-5051-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5051-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5051-63/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-5051-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5051-63/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.
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**一** 略
suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-1
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**二** 第四条、第十三条及び第二十条の規定、第二十一条中内航海運業法第六条第一項第二号の改正規定、第二十三条、第二十九条、第三十一条、第三十二条、第三十六条及び第三十九条の規定、第四十一条中貨物自動車運送事業法第五条第二号の改正規定、第四十三条、第四十四条及び第四十九条の規定、第五十五条中民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律第八条第二号の改正規定並びに第五十六条、第五十八条、第六十条、第六十二条及び第六十三条の規定並びに次条並びに附則第十条、第十二条及び第十三条の規定 公布の日から起算して三年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-2
the provisions of Articles 4, 13 and 20, the provisions amending Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Coastal Shipping Business Act in Article 21, the provisions of Articles 23, 29, 31, 32, 36 and 39, the provisions amending Article 5, item (ii) of the Motor Truck Transportation Business Act in Article 41, the provisions of Articles 43, 44 and 49, the provisions amending Article 8, item (ii) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators in Article 55, the provisions of Articles 56, 58, 60, 62 and 63, and the provisions of the following Article and Articles 10, 12 and 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three years from the date of promulgation
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