# 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-5041-47` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47 - 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 令和四年五月二〇日法律第四七号 suppl-5041-47 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、第一条中医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律第一条の五第二項の改正規定及び第二条から第四条までの規定並びに附則第四条から第六条までの規定は、令和五年二月一日までの間において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-5041-47/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 amending Article 1-5, paragraph (2) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, the provisions of Articles 2 through 4, and the provisions of Articles 4 through 6 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order on or before February 1, 2023. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-47/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-5041-47/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-2/par-1 Transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5041-47/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-3 **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（以下この条において「改正後の各法律」という。）の施行の状況等を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、改正後の各法律の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5041-47/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/art-3/par-1 The government is to, with a target of five years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of the enforcement, etc. of the respective Acts as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "the respective Acts as amended"), when it finds it necessary, review the provisions of the respective Acts as amended, and take the required measures based on the results of that review. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5041-47/art-3/par-1: この条 → 医師法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-5041-47/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/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（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-5041-47/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-5041-47/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-20261009T095312-009, translated 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09