# 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-4231-37` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成二三年五月二日法律第三七号 suppl-4231-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4231-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二十三条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-37/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-23 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、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-4231-37/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-23/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, each of those provisions) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第二十四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-37/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-24 **第一項** 附則第二条から前条まで及び附則第三十六条に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4231-37/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-24/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article and Article 36 of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4231-37/art-23/par-1: 附則第一条 → 医療法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4231-37/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-1 - suppl-4231-37/art-24/par-1: 附則第二条から前条まで → 医療法 附則第二十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 23), suppl-4231-37/art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-23 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第二十三条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-23/par-1 - 医療法 附則第二十四条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4231-37/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4231-37/art-24/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-20261019T151250-028, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19