# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第百十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 115) - Law: 医療法 (Medical Care Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百五号 - English title "Medical Care 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: 第百十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 115) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-115` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115 - 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. --- ### 第百十五条 suppl-3231-205/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115 **第一項** 第百十三条第一項の規定による指定は、三年ごとにその更新を受けなければ、その期間の経過によつて、その効力を失う。 suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 The designation under Article 113, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions loses its effect upon the lapse of the period unless it is renewed every three years. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の更新の申請があつた場合において、同項の期間（以下この条において「指定の有効期間」という。）の満了の日までにその申請に対する処分がされないときは、従前の指定は、指定の有効期間の満了後もその処分がされるまでの間は、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2 In the case where an application for renewal under the preceding paragraph has been filed, if no disposition on the application has been made by the date of expiry of the period referred to in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "period of validity of designation" in this Article), the previous designation remains in force, even after the expiry of the period of validity of designation, until the disposition is made. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の場合において、指定の更新がされたときは、その指定の有効期間は、従前の指定の有効期間の満了の日の翌日から起算するものとする。 suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the designation has been renewed, the period of validity of designation is to be counted from the day following the date of expiry of the previous period of validity of designation. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前二条の規定は、第一項の規定による指定の更新について準用する。 suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-4 The provisions of the preceding two Articles apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of designation under paragraph (1). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1: 第百十三条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 115, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2: この条 → 医療法 附則第百十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 115), suppl-3231-205/art-115 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115 - suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 附則第百十五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 115, paragraph (2)), suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2 - suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-4: 前二条 → 医療法 附則第百十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113), suppl-3231-205/art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113 - suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-4: 前二条 → 医療法 附則第百十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 114), suppl-3231-205/art-114 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-114 - suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-4: 第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 115, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第百十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-2 - 医療法 附則第百十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-3 - 医療法 附則第百十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-115/par-4 - 医療法 附則第百十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-118/par-2 - 医療法 附則第百十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-119/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-119/par-2 - 医療法 附則第百二十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-120/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-120/par-2 - 医療法 附則第百二十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-129/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医療法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Care Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4006/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-012, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T164002-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19