# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)
- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-5011-37/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-21
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-5011-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。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-5011-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect on the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items.
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**一** 第四十条、第五十九条、第六十一条、第七十五条（児童福祉法第三十四条の二十の改正規定に限る。）、第八十五条、第百二条、第百七条（民間あっせん機関による養子縁組のあっせんに係る児童の保護等に関する法律第二十六条の改正規定に限る。）、第百十一条、第百四十三条、第百四十九条、第百五十二条、第百五十四条（不動産の鑑定評価に関する法律第二十五条第六号の改正規定に限る。）及び第百六十八条並びに次条並びに附則第三条及び第六条の規定 公布の日
suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provisions of Articles 40, 59 and 61, Article 75 (limited to the provisions amending Article 34-20 of the Child Welfare Act), Articles 85 and 102, Article 107 (limited to the provisions amending Article 26 of the Act on Protection of Children Related to Mediation of Adoption by Private Mediation Agencies, etc.), Articles 111, 143, 149 and 152, Article 154 (limited to the provisions amending Article 25, item (vi) of the Act on Real Estate Appraisal) and Article 168, and of the following Article and Articles 3 and 6 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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**二** 第三条、第四条、第五条（国家戦略特別区域法第十九条の二第一項の改正規定を除く。）、第二章第二節及び第四節、第四十一条（地方自治法第二百五十二条の二十八の改正規定を除く。）、第四十二条から第四十八条まで、第五十条、第五十四条、第五十七条、第六十条、第六十二条、第六十六条から第六十九条まで、第七十五条（児童福祉法第三十四条の二十の改正規定を除く。）、第七十六条、第七十七条、第七十九条、第八十条、第八十二条、第八十四条、第八十七条、第八十八条、第九十条（職業能力開発促進法第三十条の十九第二項第一号の改正規定を除く。）、第九十五条、第九十六条、第九十八条から第百条まで、第百四条、第百八条、第百九条、第百十二条、第百十三条、第百十五条、第百十六条、第百十九条、第百二十一条、第百二十三条、第百三十三条、第百三十五条、第百三十八条、第百三十九条、第百六十一条から第百六十三条まで、第百六十六条、第百六十九条、第百七十条、第百七十二条（フロン類の使用の合理化及び管理の適正化に関する法律第二十九条第一項第一号の改正規定に限る。）並びに第百七十三条並びに附則第十六条、第十七条、第二十条、第二十一条及び第二十三条から第二十九条までの規定 公布の日から起算して六月を経過した日
suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-2
the provisions of Articles 3 and 4, Article 5 (excluding the provisions amending Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the National Strategic Special Zones Act), Chapter II, Sections 2 and 4, Article 41 (excluding the provisions amending Article 252-28 of the Local Autonomy Act), Articles 42 through 48, Articles 50, 54, 57, 60 and 62, Articles 66 through 69, Article 75 (excluding the provisions amending Article 34-20 of the Child Welfare Act), Articles 76, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 87 and 88, Article 90 (excluding the provisions amending Article 30-19, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act), Articles 95 and 96, Articles 98 through 100, Articles 104, 108, 109, 112, 113, 115, 116, 119, 121, 123, 133, 135, 138 and 139, Articles 161 through 163, Articles 166, 169 and 170, Article 172 (limited to the provisions amending Article 29, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Rational Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons) and Article 173, and of Articles 16, 17, 20 and 21 and Articles 23 through 29 of the Supplementary Provisions: the day on which six months have elapsed from the date of promulgation.
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## Cites
- suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三条 → 医師法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-5011-37/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-3
- suppl-5011-37/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 医師法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5011-37/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-2
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 医師法 附則第二条第一項（行政庁の行為等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5011-37/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5011-37/art-2/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