# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4181-84/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4181-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成十九年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2007; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 附則第十六条の規定、附則第三十一条の規定及び附則第三十二条の規定　公布の日 suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 16, the provisions of Article 31 and the provisions of Article 32 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **二** 第一条の規定、附則第三条第一項から第三項までの規定及び附則第十七条の規定中健康保険法（大正十一年法律第七十号）第六十五条第二項の改正規定　平成十九年一月一日 suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 1, the provisions of Article 3, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, and, among the provisions of Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1922): January 1, 2007. machine translation, not official **三** 第三条の規定、第七条の規定、第八条の規定中薬事法第七条第一項の改正規定、第九条の規定（薬剤師法第二十二条の改正規定を除く。）、第十一条の規定、附則第十四条第三項及び第四項の規定、附則第十八条の規定中地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）別表第一保健師助産師看護師法（昭和二十三年法律第二百三号）の項及び同表薬剤師法（昭和三十五年法律第百四十六号）の項の改正規定並びに附則第三十条の規定　平成二十年四月一日 suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-3 the provisions of Article 3, the provisions of Article 7, the provisions amending Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act in the provisions of Article 8, the provisions of Article 9 (excluding the provisions amending Article 22 of the Pharmacists Act), the provisions of Article 11, the provisions of Article 14, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending the entry for the Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives and Nurses (Act No. 203 of 1948) and the entry for the Pharmacists Act (Act No. 146 of 1960) in Appended Table 1 of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947) in the provisions of Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Article 30 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2008 machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第十六条 → 医療法 附則第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16), suppl-4181-84/art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-16 - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三十一条 → 医療法 附則第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31), suppl-4181-84/art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-31 - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第三十二条 → 医療法 附則第三十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 32), suppl-4181-84/art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-32 - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条第一項から第三項まで → 医療法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-1 - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条第一項から第三項まで → 医療法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2 - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条第一項から第三項まで → 医療法 附則第三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)), suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3 - suppl-4181-84/art-1/par-1/item-3: 別表第一 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第三条第一項（診療所の療養病床以外の病床に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-1 - 医療法 附則第三条第二項第一号（診療所の療養病床以外の病床に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-1 - 医療法 附則第三条第二項第二号（診療所の療養病床以外の病床に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-2 - 医療法 附則第三条第三項（診療所の療養病床以外の病床に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3 - 医療法 附則第三十一条第一項（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-31/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-20261019T151250-024, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19