# 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-4131-87` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4131-87 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4131-87 - 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（再免許に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning New Licenses caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（罰則に係る経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4131-87/art-3/par-1: この条 → 医師法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), 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 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医師法 附則第三条第一項（再免許に係る経過措置） — 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 --- ## 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