# 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-4191-110`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110
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## 附　則 平成一九年七月六日法律第一一〇号
<sup>suppl-4191-110 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十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、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2008; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date specified in the relevant item:
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  **一**  第一条、第六条、第十三条、第十六条及び第十九条並びに附則第二十三条、第二十五条、第二十七条及び第二十八条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 1, Article 6, Article 13, Article 16 and Article 19, and Article 23, Article 25, Article 27 and Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions: The date of promulgation
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### 第十二条（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Medical Care Act
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<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  施行日から日本年金機構法の施行の日の前日までの間においては、前条の規定による改正後の医療法第七条の二第一項第八号の規定にかかわらず、同号中「の施設」とあるのは、「の施設並びに国民年金事業等の運営の改善のための国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十九年法律第百十号）附則第四条の規定により政府が運営を引き続き行うことができる施設」とする。
<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-12/par-1</sup>
During the period from the Effective Date until the day before the date on which the Japan Pension Organization Act comes into effect, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article, the term "facilities" in that item is replaced with "facilities, and facilities whose operation the government may continue to carry out pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. for Improving the Management of National Pension Services, etc. (Act No. 110 of 2007)".
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### 第二十七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-27</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。次条において同じ。）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。
<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed before this Act (or, for the provisions listed in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies in the following Article) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第二十八条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-28</sup>

**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。
<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-28/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第二十七条 → 医療法 附則第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27), suppl-4191-110/art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-27
- suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第二十八条 → 医療法 附則第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28), suppl-4191-110/art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-28
- suppl-4191-110/art-12/par-1: 医療法第七条の二第一項第八号 → 医療法 第七条の二第一項第八号 (Article 7-2, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-7-2/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-7-2/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-7-2/par-1/item-8
- suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1: 附則第一条 → 医療法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4191-110/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-1
- suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1: 次条 → 医療法 附則第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28), suppl-4191-110/art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-28

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 医療法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 医療法 附則第二十七条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1

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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-20261019T151250-027, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
