# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（診療所の療養病床以外の病床に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4181-84/art-3` - 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-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条（診療所の療養病床以外の病床に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Beds in Clinics Other Than Long-Term Care Beds caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4181-84/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3 **第一項** 診療所の療養病床以外の病床であってその構造設備について附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日前に、医療法第二十七条の規定により許可証の交付を受けたものについては、同日において、第一条の規定による改正後の医療法第七条第三項の規定に基づき診療所の一般病床の設置の許可を受けたものとみなす。 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 A bed in a clinic other than a long-term care bed for whose buildings and equipment a license was issued pursuant to Article 27 of the Medical Care Act before the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect is deemed, on that date, to be a bed for which permission to set up a general bed in a clinic has been received under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1. machine translation, not official **第二項** 次に掲げる病床については、第一条の規定による改正後の医療法第三十条の七の規定にかかわらず、同条の規定による都道府県知事の勧告の対象としない。 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 The following beds are not to be subject to a recommendation by the prefectural governor under Article 30-7 of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1, notwithstanding the provisions of that Article: machine translation, not official **一** 附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日前に現に第一条の規定による改正前の医療法第七条第一項又は第二項の規定により行われている診療所の開設の許可又は病床数の変更の許可の申請に係る診療所の療養病床以外の病床 suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-1 · 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 a bed in a clinic other than a long-term care bed pertaining to an application for permission to establish a clinic or permission to change the number of beds that, before the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, is in fact being made pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Medical Care Act before its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 machine translation, not official **二** 附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日前に現に建築基準法（昭和二十五年法律第二百一号）第六条第一項（同法第八十七条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により同法第四条の建築主事が受理している確認の申請書に係る診療所の療養病床以外の病床 suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-2 · 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 a bed in a clinic other than a long-term care bed pertaining to a written application for confirmation that, before the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, is in fact accepted by the building official under Article 4 of the Building Standards Act (Act No. 201 of 1950) pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (1) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 87, paragraph (1) of that Act) machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定により診療所の一般病床の設置の許可を受けたものとみなされた病床及び前項各号に掲げる病床（次項において「特定病床」という。）は、附則第一条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日から政令で定める日までの間は、第一条の規定による改正後の医療法第七条の二第一項及び第二項に規定する一般病床の数に含まれないものとする。 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 A bed deemed under paragraph (1) to have received permission to set up a general bed in a clinic and a bed listed in the items of the preceding paragraph (referred to as a "specified bed" in the following paragraph) are not to be included in the number of general beds prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1, from the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect until the date specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第四項** 特定病床は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）から前項の政令で定める日までの間は、第二条の規定による改正後の医療法（以下「新医療法」という。）第七条の二第三項に規定する一般病床の数に含まれないものとする。 suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-4 A specified bed is not to be included in the number of general beds prescribed in Article 7-2, paragraph (3) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Medical Care Act"), from the date of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") until the date specified by Cabinet Order in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), 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 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-1: 医療法第二十七条 → 医療法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-27 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-1: 医療法第七条第三項 → 医療法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7/par-3 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2: 医療法第三十条の七 → 医療法 第三十条の七 (Article 30-7), art-30-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-7 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-1: 附則第一条第二号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), 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 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-2: 附則第一条第二号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), 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 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-2: 建築基準法（昭和二十五年法律第二百一号）第六条第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000201, 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — not held in this collection - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-2: 同法第八十七条第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000201, 第八十七条第一項 (Article 87, paragraph (1)), art-87/par-1 — not held in this collection - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-2/item-2: 同法第四条 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000201, 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — not held in this collection - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3: 第一項 → 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-3/par-3: 前項 → 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-3/par-3: 次項 → 医療法 附則第三条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (4)), suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-4 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3: 附則第一条第二号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), 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 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3: 医療法第七条の二第一項 → 医療法 第七条の二第一項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1)), art-7-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-1 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-3: 第二項 → 医療法 第七条の二第二項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (2)), art-7-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-2 - suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-4: 前項 → 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-3/par-4: 第七条の二第三項 → 医療法 第七条の二第三項 (Article 7-2, paragraph (3)), art-7-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — 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 - 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 附則第三条第四項（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-3/par-4 - 医療法 附則第三十二条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4181-84/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4181-84/art-32/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