# 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
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（医療機関勤務環境評価センターの指定に係る準備行為） — address `suppl-5031-49/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三条（医療機関勤務環境評価センターの指定に係る準備行為） — Preparatory Acts Concerning Designation of Medical Institution Work Environment Evaluation Centers
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<sup>suppl-5031-49/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  第二条の規定による改正後の医療法（以下「第五号新医療法」という。）第百七条第一項の規定による指定を受けようとする者は、附則第一条第五号に掲げる規定の施行の日（次項及び第三項において「第五号施行日」という。）前においても、第五号新医療法第百七条第一項の規定の例により、その申請を行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1</sup>
A person who intends to receive designation under Article 107, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "item (v) New Medical Care Act") may file the application therefor even before the day of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions (referred to as the "item (v) Effective Date" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)), in accordance with the provisions of Article 107, paragraph (1) of the item (v) New Medical Care Act.
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**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により申請があった場合には、第五号施行日前においても、第五号新医療法第百七条第一項及び第二項の規定の例により、指定をすることができる。この場合において、当該指定は、第五号施行日において同条第一項の規定によりされたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2</sup>
In the case where an application has been filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may make the designation even before the item (v) Effective Date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 107, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the item (v) New Medical Care Act. In this case, that designation is deemed to have been made on the item (v) Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article.
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**第三項**  前項の規定により第五号新医療法第百七条第一項の規定の例による指定を受けた者は、第五号施行日前においても、第五号新医療法第百十二条第一項及び第百十三条第一項の規定の例により、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けることができる。この場合において、当該認可は、第五号施行日において第五号新医療法第百十二条第一項又は第百十三条第一項の規定によりされたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3</sup>
A person who has received designation in accordance with the provisions of Article 107, paragraph (1) of the item (v) New Medical Care Act pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may obtain the approval from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare even before the item (v) Effective Date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 112, paragraph (1) and Article 113, paragraph (1) of the item (v) New Medical Care Act. In this case, that approval is deemed to have been granted on the item (v) Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Article 112, paragraph (1) or Article 113, paragraph (1) of the item (v) New Medical Care Act.
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## Cites
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1: 第百七条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 107, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1: 附則第一条第五号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第五号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (v)), suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-5
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1: 次項 → 医療法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1: 第三項 → 医療法 附則第三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)), suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 医療法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2: 第五号新医療法第百七条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 107, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3: 前項 → 医療法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3: 第五号新医療法第百七条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 107, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-107/par-1
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3: 第五号新医療法第百十二条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 112, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-112/par-1
- suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3: 第百十三条第一項 → 医療法 附則第百十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 113, paragraph (1)), suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-3231-205/art-113/par-1

## 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一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 医療法 附則第三条第一項（医療機関勤務環境評価センターの指定に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-1
- 医療法 附則第三条第二項（医療機関勤務環境評価センターの指定に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-2
- 医療法 附則第三条第三項（医療機関勤務環境評価センターの指定に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5031-49/art-3/par-3

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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-20261019T151250-034, translated 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
