# 医師法 / Medical Practitioners' Act — 第三十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 36) - Law: 医師法 (Medical Practitioners' Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二百一号 - English title "Medical Practitioners' 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: 第三十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 36) — address `suppl-3231-201/art-36` - Text in force since: 2026-05-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36 - 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. --- ### 第三十六条 suppl-3231-201/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36 **第一項** 旧法又は医師法（明治三十九年法律第四十七号、以下旧医師法という。）によつて医師免許を受けた者は、これをこの法律によつて医師免許を受けた者とみなす。旧医師法施行前に医術開業免状を得た者についても同様である。 suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-1 A person who has received a medical practitioner's license under the former Act or the Medical Practitioners' Act (Act No. 47 of 1906; hereinafter referred to as the "former Medical Practitioners' Act") is deemed to have received a medical license under this Act. The same applies to a person who acquired a medical license prior to the enforcement of the former Medical Practitioners' Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 旧医師法施行前医術仮開業免状を得た者の医業については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-2 With regard to the medical practices of persons who acquired a medical license prior to the enforcement of the former Medical Practitioners' Act, prior laws continue to govern. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 昭和二十年八月十五日以前に、朝鮮総督、台湾総督、樺太庁長官、南洋庁長官若しくは満洲国駐さつ特命全権大使又は満洲国の医師免許を受けた日本国民に対する医師免許及び試験については、この法律施行の日から五年間は、なお従前の例によることができる。 suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3 With regard to medical licenses and examinations of Japanese nationals who received medical licenses from the Governor General of Korea, the Governor General of Taiwan, the Governor of the Karafuto Agency, the Governor of the South Pacific Mandate, the Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Manchukuo, or Manchukuo before August 15, 1945, prior laws may continue to govern for a period of five years from the date on which this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項に規定する者の外、昭和二十年八月十五日以前に、外国でその地の法令によつて医師免許若しくは医業免許を受け、又は中華民国（満洲及び蒙彊を含む。）において領事官の医業免許を受けた日本国民に対する医師免許及び試験については、昭和三十年十二月三十一日まで、前項の例によることができる。 suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4 In addition to the persons prescribed in the preceding paragraph, with regard to medical licenses and examinations for Japanese nationals who, on or before August 15, 1945, received a medical practitioner's license or a license for medical practice in a foreign country under the laws and regulations of that place, or received a license for medical practice from a consular officer in the Republic of China (including Manchuria and Mengjiang), the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be followed until December 31, 1955. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4: 前項 → 医師法 附則第三十六条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 36, paragraph (3)), suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-3 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医師法 附則第三十六条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-practitioners-act/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000201/suppl-3231-201/art-36/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 医師法 — the text in force from 2026-05-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000201/20260521_505AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-09 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Medical Practitioners' Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3992/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch medical-practitioners-act-20261009T095312-003, translated 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 165 — 医師法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09