# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) — address `suppl-4301-79/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-8
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### 第八条
<sup>suppl-4301-79/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に医学を履修する課程を置く大学に附属する病院であって臨床研修を行っているものは、第二号新医師法第十六条の二第一項の規定による都道府県知事の指定を受けた病院とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-1</sup>
A hospital that is attached to a university having a course of study in medical science at the time of the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions and that is conducting clinical training is deemed to be a hospital designated by the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the item (ii) New Medical Practitioners' Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に第二号旧医師法第十六条の二第四項の規定により同条第一項の厚生労働大臣の指定する病院とみなされている病院は、第二号新医師法第十六条の二第一項の規定による厚生労働大臣の指定を受けた病院とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-2</sup>
A hospital that, at the time of the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, is deemed to be a hospital designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under paragraph (1) of the same Article pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (4) of the item (ii) former Medical Practitioners' Act is deemed to be a hospital designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the item (ii) New Medical Practitioners' Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 医師法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-1: 第二号新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-4301-79/art-8/par-2: 附則第一条第二号 → 医師法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4301-79/art-8/par-2: 第二号新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

3 provisions cite 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-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 医師法 附則第二条第一項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-2/par-1
- 医師法 附則第七条第一項（医師法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-4301-79/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-4301-79/art-7/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-20261009T095312-008, translated 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09
