# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3371-159`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3371-159
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3371-159
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## 附　則 昭和三七年九月一五日法律第一五九号
<sup>suppl-3371-159 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3371-159 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3371-159</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して八箇月をこえない範囲内で政令で定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3371-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3371-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3371-159/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on a date specified by Cabinet Order, within a period not exceeding eight months from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律による改正後の第七条の二の規定は、病院の開設又は病床数の増加若しくは病床の種別の変更に係るこの法律の施行前になされた許可の申請については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3371-159/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3371-159/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3371-159/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 7-2 as amended by this Act do not apply to an application for permission filed before this Act comes into effect that pertains to the establishment of a hospital, an increase in the number of beds or a change in bed classifications.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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-20261019T151250-015, translated 2026-10-20
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch medical-care-act-20261019T151250-015, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19