# 医療法 / Medical Care Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1) - 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-5051-31/art-1` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1 - 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. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5051-31/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、令和六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、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2024; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 第三条中国民健康保険法第七十二条第三項、第八十二条の二第三項第一号及び第四項、第八十五条の二、第八十五条の三第三項並びに第百十三条の二第一項の改正規定、第六条中高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第四条に一項を加える改正規定、同法第六条、第七条第二項及び第八条第四項の改正規定、同条第五項の改正規定（第四号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、同法第九条第二項及び第三項の改正規定、同条第四項の改正規定（第四号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、同条第五項、第七項及び第十項並びに同法第十一条、第十二条第一項、第十三条第一項、第十四条第一項、第十五条、第十六条第三項、第百三十八条第一項及び第百五十七条の二の改正規定、第七条の規定並びに第十二条の規定並びに次条第一項並びに附則第四条、第七条、第八条、第十二条、第十五条、第十七条及び第十八条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions amending Article 72, paragraph (3), Article 82-2, paragraph (3), item (i) and paragraph (4), Article 85-2, Article 85-3, paragraph (3), and Article 113-2, paragraph (1) of the National Health Insurance Act in Article 3, the provision adding one paragraph to Article 4 of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People in Article 6, the provisions amending Article 6, Article 7, paragraph (2), and Article 8, paragraph (4) of that Act, the provision amending paragraph (5) of that Article (excluding the amending provision set forth in item (iv)), the provisions amending Article 9, paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Act, the provision amending paragraph (4) of that Article (excluding the amending provision set forth in item (iv)), the provisions amending paragraphs (5), (7) and (10) of that Article and Article 11, Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 13, paragraph (1), Article 14, paragraph (1), Article 15, Article 16, paragraph (3), Article 138, paragraph (1) and Article 157-2 of that Act, the provisions of Article 7 and the provisions of Article 12, and the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article and Articles 4, 7, 8, 12, 15, 17 and 18 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation machine translation, not official **二** 第八条中医療法の目次の改正規定（「第九節　監督（第六十三条―第六十九条）」を「／第九節　監督（第六十三条―第六十九条）／第十節　医療法人に関する情報の調査及び分析等（第六十九条の二・第六十九条の三）／」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第六条の三第三項の改正規定及び同法第六章に一節を加える改正規定並びに附則第十三条及び第三十一条の規定　令和五年八月一日 suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provision in Article 8 amending the table of contents of the Medical Care Act (limited to the part replacing "Section 9 Supervision (Article 63 to Article 69)" with "Section 9 Supervision (Article 63 to Article 69) / Section 10 Surveys and Analysis, etc. of Information on Medical Corporations (Article 69-2 and Article 69-3)"), the provision amending Article 6-3, paragraph (3) of that Act and the provision adding one Section to Chapter VI of that Act, and the provisions of Articles 13 and 31 of the Supplementary Provisions: August 1, 2023; machine translation, not official **三** 略 suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-3 Omitted machine translation, not official **四** 第四条中国民健康保険法第六十四条及び第八十五条の三第二項第二号の改正規定、第六条中高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第八条第五項の改正規定（「推進」の下に「、医療法第六条の三第一項に規定するかかりつけ医機能（次条第四項において「かかりつけ医機能」という。）の確保」を加える部分に限る。）及び同法第九条第四項の改正規定（「推進」の下に「、かかりつけ医機能の確保」を加える部分に限る。）、第八条中医療法の目次の改正規定（第二号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、同法第五条第一項及び第六条の三第一項の改正規定、同法第二章第一節中第六条の四の三を第六条の四の四とし、第六条の四の二を第六条の四の三とし、第六条の四の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第十六条の二第一項第三号、第二十九条第三項第三号及び第四項第三号並びに第三十条の三第二項の改正規定、同法第三十条の三の二に一項を加える改正規定、同法第三十条の四第二項第十号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第三十条の五、第三十条の六第一項、第三十条の十四第一項及び第三十条の十八の四の改正規定、同法第五章第四節中第三十条の十八の四を第三十条の十八の五とし、第三十条の十八の三の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに同法第七十条第一項第二号、第九十二条及び第百六条の改正規定、第十条の規定並びに第十三条中介護保険法第百十七条第五項の改正規定並びに附則第十四条の規定　令和七年四月一日 suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4 the provisions amending Article 64 and Article 85-3, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the National Health Insurance Act in Article 4, the provision amending Article 8, paragraph (5) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People in Article 6 (limited to the part adding ", ensuring of primary care functions prescribed in Article 6-3, paragraph (1) of the Medical Care Act (referred to as "primary care functions" in paragraph (4) of the following Article)" after "promotion") and the provision amending Article 9, paragraph (4) of that Act (limited to the part adding ", ensuring of primary care functions" after "promotion"), the provision amending the table of contents of the Medical Care Act in Article 8 (excluding the amending provision set forth in item (ii)), the provisions amending Article 5, paragraph (1) and Article 6-3, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions in Section 1 of Chapter II of that Act renumbering Article 6-4-3 as Article 6-4-4 and Article 6-4-2 as Article 6-4-3 and adding one Article after Article 6-4, the provisions amending Article 16-2, paragraph (1), item (iii), Article 29, paragraph (3), item (iii) and paragraph (4), item (iii), and Article 30-3, paragraph (2) of that Act, the provision adding one paragraph to Article 30-3-2 of that Act, the provision adding one item after Article 30-4, paragraph (2), item (x) of that Act, the provisions amending Article 30-5, Article 30-6, paragraph (1), Article 30-14, paragraph (1) and Article 30-18-4 of that Act, the provisions in Section 4 of Chapter V of that Act renumbering Article 30-18-4 as Article 30-18-5 and adding one Article after Article 30-18-3, and the provisions amending Article 70, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 92 and Article 106 of that Act, the provisions of Article 10, the provision amending Article 117, paragraph (5) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act in Article 13, and the provisions of Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2025; machine translation, not official **五** 第九条及び第十一条の規定　公布の日から起算して三年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-5 the provisions of Articles 9 and 11: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three years from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第四号 → 医療法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4 - suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次条第一項 → 医療法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-5051-31/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-2/par-1 - suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十八条 → 医療法 附則第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18), suppl-5051-31/art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-18 - suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第十三条 → 医療法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-5051-31/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-13 - suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4: 医療法第六条の三第一項 → 医療法 第六条の三第一項 (Article 6-3, paragraph (1)), art-6-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-6-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-6-3/par-1 - suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4: 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-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-2 - suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4: 附則第十四条 → 医療法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-5051-31/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-14 ## 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-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 医療法 附則第一条第一項第四号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-1/par-1/item-4 - 医療法 附則第十三条第一項（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-13/par-1 - 医療法 附則第十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5051-31/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5051-31/art-14/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-20261019T151250-036, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-care-act-20261019T164002-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 医療法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19