# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)

- 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
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- Provision: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)（指定病院に係る経過措置） — address `suppl-4121-141/art-9`
- 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/art-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4121-141/art-9
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### 第九条（指定病院に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Designated Hospitals
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>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</sup>

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

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## Cites
- 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

## Cited by

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

- 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

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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-20261009T095312-006, translated 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09
