A prefectural governor or the mayor of a Municipality, when he or she determines it is necessary with regard to the payment of an allowance for Preventive Long-Term Care Service, may order a Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, a person that was a Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, or a person that was an employee of the Business Office pertaining to said appointment as service provider (hereinafter referred to as a "Person, etc., that Was a Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service" in this paragraph) to report or to submit or present record books and documents, request a Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, an employee of the Business Office pertaining to said appointment as service provider, or a Person, etc., that Was a Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service to appear, or have the relevant official question the relevant persons, or enter the Business Office pertaining to said appointment as service provider of said Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, its office or another place related to the business of Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Service, and inspect its facilities, record books and documents, and other articles.
都道府県知事又は市町村長は、介護予防サービス費の支給に関して必要があると認めるときは、指定介護予防サービス事業者若しくは指定介護予防サービス事業者であった者若しくは当該指定に係る事業所の従業者であった者（以下この項において「指定介護予防サービス事業者であった者等」という。）に対し、報告若しくは帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示を命じ、指定介護予防サービス事業者若しくは当該指定に係る事業所の従業者若しくは指定介護予防サービス事業者であった者等に対し出頭を求め、又は当該職員に関係者に対して質問させ、若しくは当該指定介護予防サービス事業者の当該指定に係る事業所、事務所その他指定介護予防サービスの事業に関係のある場所に立ち入り、その設備若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。
The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to questions or inspections as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority granted as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
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