# 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-4181-84` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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: machine translation, not official **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. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official ### 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 caption: machine translation, not official 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. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三十二条 → 医師法 附則第三十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 32), 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 - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三十一条 → 医師法 附則第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31), 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 - suppl-4181-84/art-14/par-1: 医師法第七条第三項 → 医師法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/art-7/par-2 - suppl-4181-84/art-31/par-1: 附則第一条 → 医師法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), 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 - suppl-4181-84/art-32/par-1: 前条 → 医師法 附則第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31), 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 ## Cited by 3 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-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 医師法 附則第三十一条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — 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 - 医師法 附則第三十二条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4181-84/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4181-84/art-32/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-practitioners-act-20261009T095312-007, translated 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09