# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) - 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) — address `suppl-4291-57/art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条 suppl-4291-57/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8 **第一項** 第二号施行日前認定医療法人であって、第二号施行日前認定を受けた日から第二号施行日前認定移行計画に記載された平成十八年改正法附則第十条の三第二項第四号に掲げる移行の期限（以下この項において「移行期限」という。）までの間にあるものは、第二号施行日から当該移行期限までの間のいずれかの日において、同条第一項の認定を受けることができる。この場合における新平成十八年改正法附則第十条の三第四項の規定の適用については、同項第三号中「第一項の認定の日」とあるのは、「医療法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十九年法律第五十七号）附則第七条第一項に規定する第二号施行日前認定を受けた日」とする。 suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 A medical corporation certified before the item (ii) Effective Date that is within the period from the date it received the certification before the item (ii) Effective Date until the transition deadline (meaning the deadline for the transition set forth in Article 10-3, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2006 Amendment Act, as stated in the transition plan certified before the item (ii) Effective Date; hereinafter referred to as the "transition deadline" in this paragraph) may receive the certification under paragraph (1) of that Article on any day from the item (ii) Effective Date until that transition deadline. In this case, with regard to the application of Article 10-3, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New 2006 Amendment Act, the phrase "the date of the certification under paragraph (1)" in item (iii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which it received the certification before the item (ii) Effective Date prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Medical Care Act, etc. (Act No. 57 of 2017)". machine translation, not official **第二項** 第二号施行日前認定医療法人が前項の規定による平成十八年改正法附則第十条の三第一項の認定（以下この項及び次項において「特例認定」という。）を受けたときは、当該第二号施行日前認定医療法人が受けた第二号施行日前認定（第二号施行日前認定移行計画に係る平成十八年改正法附則第十条の四第一項の認定を含む。）は、当該特例認定を受けた日から将来に向かってその効力を失う。 suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2 When a medical corporation certified before the item (ii) Effective Date has received the certification under Article 10-3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2006 Amendment Act pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as "special certification" in this paragraph and the following paragraph), the certification before the item (ii) Effective Date that the medical corporation certified before the item (ii) Effective Date received (including the certification under Article 10-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2006 Amendment Act for the transition plan certified before the item (ii) Effective Date) ceases to be effective prospectively from the date on which it received the special certification. machine translation, not official **第三項** 特例認定に係る移行計画の変更について厚生労働大臣が平成十八年改正法附則第十条の四第一項の認定を行う場合における同条第五項において準用する新平成十八年改正法附則第十条の三第四項の規定の適用については、同項第三号中「第一項の認定の日」とあるのは、「医療法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十九年法律第五十七号）附則第七条第一項に規定する第二号施行日前認定を受けた日」とする。 suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-3 With regard to the application of Article 10-3, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New 2006 Amendment Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of that Article in the case where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare grants the certification under Article 10-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2006 Amendment Act for a change to the transition plan relating to special certification, the phrase "the date of the certification under paragraph (1)" in item (iii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the date on which it received the certification before the item (ii) Effective Date prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Medical Care Act, etc. (Act No. 57 of 2017)". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1: この項 → 医療法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 - suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1: 医療法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十九年法律第五十七号）附則第七条第一項 → 医療法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-1 - suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 - suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2: この項 → 医療法 附則第八条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (2)), suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2 - suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2: 次項 → 医療法 附則第八条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (3)), suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-3 - suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-3: 医療法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十九年法律第五十七号）附則第七条第一項 → 医療法 附則第七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)), suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-1 ## Cited by 7 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-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 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-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-1/par-1/item-2 - 医療法 附則第二条第一項（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-2/par-1 - 医療法 附則第七条第一項（平成十八年改正法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-1 - 医療法 附則第七条第二項（平成十八年改正法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-7/par-2 - 医療法 附則第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-1 - 医療法 附則第八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4291-57/art-8/par-2 --- ## 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-20261019T151250-032, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19