# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 医師法 (Medical Practitioners' Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百一号
- English title "Medical Practitioners' Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4111-102`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 平成一一年七月一六日法律第一〇二号
<sup>suppl-4111-102 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4111-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4111-102</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>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</sup>

**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。
<sup>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</sup>
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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  略
  <sup>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</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **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
  <sup>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</sup>
  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
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三十条（別に定める経過措置） — Transitional Measures Specified Separately
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>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</sup>

**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。
<sup>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</sup>
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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4111-102/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第三十条 → 医師法 附則第三十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 30), 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

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医師法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — 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

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医師法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000201/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Practitioners' Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3992/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-practitioners-act-20261009T095312-005, translated 2026-10-09
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-practitioners-act-20261009T171955-001, translated 2026-10-10
- This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09
