# 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-4121-141` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4121-141 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official **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. machine translation, not official ### 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 第九条（指定病院に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Designated Hospitals caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 第十四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4121-141/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第八条から第十条まで → 医師法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), 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 - suppl-4121-141/art-8/par-1: 同法第十六条の四第一項 → 医師法 第十六条の六第一項 (Article 16-6, paragraph (1)), 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 - suppl-4121-141/art-8/par-1: 附則第一条第一号 → 医師法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), 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 - suppl-4121-141/art-9/par-1: 附則第一条第一号 → 医師法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), 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 - suppl-4121-141/art-9/par-1: 医師法第十六条の二第一項 → 医師法 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), 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 - suppl-4121-141/art-14/par-1: 附則第一条 → 医師法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), 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 - suppl-4121-141/art-15/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 医師法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), 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 - suppl-4121-141/art-15/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 医師法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), 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 - suppl-4121-141/art-15/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 医師法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), 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 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医師法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — 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 - 医師法 附則第八条第一項（臨床研修修了医師の登録に係る経過措置） — 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 - 医師法 附則第九条第一項（指定病院に係る経過措置） — 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 - 医師法 附則第十四条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — 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 - 医師法 附則第十五条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — 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 --- ## 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-20261009T095312-006, translated 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09