# 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-4091-125` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成九年一二月一七日法律第一二五号 suppl-4091-125 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-125/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、第一条の四の改正規定及び第四十二条の改正規定（同条に二項を加える部分を除く。）並びに附則第三条、第九条及び第十四条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4091-125/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 1-4 and the provisions amending Article 42 (excluding the part adding two paragraphs to that Article), as well as the provisions of Articles 3, 9 and 14 of the Supplementary Provisions, come into effect on the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（医療計画に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Medical Care Plans caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-125/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行前に改正前の医療法（附則第五条において「旧法」という。）第三十条の三の規定により定められ、又は変更された医療計画は、改正後の医療法第三十条の三の規定により定められ、又は変更されるまでの間は、同条の規定により定められ、又は変更された医療計画とみなす。 suppl-4091-125/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-2/par-1 A medical care plan that was determined or changed pursuant to Article 30-3 of the Medical Care Act before the revision (referred to as the "Former Act" in Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions) before this Act comes into effect is deemed to be a medical care plan determined or changed pursuant to the provisions of that Article, until it is determined or changed pursuant to Article 30-3 of the Medical Care Act after the revision. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-125/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-3 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条ただし書に規定する規定については、当該規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4091-125/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-3/par-1 The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act (or, for the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect. machine translation, not official ### 第十四条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4091-125/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-14 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4091-125/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-14/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4091-125/art-1/par-1: 附則第三条 → 医療法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4091-125/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-3 - suppl-4091-125/art-1/par-1: 第十四条 → 医療法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-4091-125/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-14 - suppl-4091-125/art-2/par-1: 医療法第三十条の三 → 医療法 第三十条の三 (Article 30-3), art-30-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-3 - suppl-4091-125/art-3/par-1: 附則第一条 → 医療法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4091-125/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-1/par-1 - 医療法 附則第三条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4091-125/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4091-125/art-3/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-20261019T151250-019, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19