# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第九十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 96) - 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: 第九十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 96) — address `suppl-3231-205/art-96` - 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-96 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96 - 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. --- ### 第九十六条 suppl-3231-205/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96 **第一項** 国民医療法（昭和十七年法律第七十号、以下旧法という。）第二十一条の規定により開設の許可を受け、又は国民医療法施行規則（昭和十七年厚生省令第四十八号、以下旧規則という。）第七十四条の規定により許可を受けたとみなされた診療所又は患者二十人以上の収容施設を有する病院であつて、この法律施行の際現に存するものは、これを第七条又は第八条第一項の規定により病院又は診療所の開設の許可を受け、又は診療所の開設の届出をしたものとみなす。 suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1 A clinic, or a hospital having facilities for accommodating 20 or more patients, that has received permission for establishment pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 of the National Medical Care Act (Act No. 70 of 1942; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") or that is deemed to have received permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 74 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the National Medical Care Act (Ministry of Health and Welfare Order No. 48 of 1942; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Regulations"), and that exists at the time of the enforcement of this Act, is deemed to have received permission to establish a hospital or clinic, or to have filed notification of the establishment of a clinic, pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 or Article 8, paragraph (1). machine translation, not official **第二項** 旧法第二十一条の規定により開設の許可を受け、又は旧規則第七十四条の規定により許可を受けたとみなされた患者十九人以下の収容施設を有する病院であつて、この法律施行の際現に存するものは、これを第七条又は第八条第一項の規定により診療所の開設の許可を受け、又は開設の届出をしたものとみなす。ただし、この法律施行の日から六月間は、第三条第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従来の名称を用いることができる。 suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2 A hospital having facilities to accommodate 19 patients or fewer that has received permission for establishment pursuant to Article 21 of the Former Act, or is deemed to have received permission pursuant to Article 74 of the Former Regulations, and that exists at the time of enforcement of this Act, is deemed to have received permission for the establishment of a clinic or to have filed a notification of establishment pursuant to Article 7 or Article 8, paragraph (1). However, for six months from the day of enforcement of this Act, the former name may continue to be used notwithstanding Article 3, paragraph (2). machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項に該当する病院又は診療所の構造設備については、この法律施行の日から三年間は、なお旧法の規定によることができる。但し、構造設備に重大な変更を加える必要がある場合において、その病院又は診療所所在地の都道府県知事の許可を受けたときは、この法律施行の日から三年を経過した後においても当分の間は、なお旧法の規定によることができる。 suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-3 For the buildings and equipment of a hospital or clinic falling under the preceding two paragraphs, the provisions of the Former Act may continue to apply for three years from the day of enforcement of this Act. However, in the case where it is necessary to make a significant change to the buildings and equipment and the permission of the prefectural governor of the area in which the hospital or clinic is situated has been received, the provisions of the Former Act may continue to apply for the time being even after three years have passed from the day of enforcement of this Act. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1: 第七条 → 医療法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7 - suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1: 第八条第一項 → 医療法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-8/par-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2: 第七条 → 医療法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7 - suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2: 第八条第一項 → 医療法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-8/par-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2: 第三条第二項 → 医療法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-3/par-2 - suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-3: 前二項 → 医療法 附則第九十六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 96, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-1 - suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-3: 前二項 → 医療法 附則第九十六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 96, paragraph (2)), suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第九十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-96/par-3 --- ## 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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-010, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-011, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19