A Certification of Needed Long-Term Care is effective according to the Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (herein referred to as the "Effective Period" in this Article).
An Insured Person that is issued a Certification of Needed Long-Term Care, when he or she is expected to be in a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care although after the expiry of the Effective Period, may apply to the Municipality for an application of renewal of said Certification of Needed Long-Term Care (herein referred to as a "Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care") pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.
In a case when an Insured Person that may apply for the renewal application as set forth in the preceding paragraph was not able to apply for said renewal application prior to the expiry of the Effective Period of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pertaining to said application due to a disaster or other compelling reason, said Insured Person may apply for a Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care within one month following the date on which said reason for delay is no longer valid.
The provisions of the preceding Article (except paragraph (8)) apply mutatis mutandis to an application as set forth in the preceding two paragraphs and to an application for Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pertaining to said application. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms used in the provisions of the same Article shall be provided by a Cabinet Order.
A Municipality may entrust an investigation as set forth in the preceding Article, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, to a Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider as prescribed in Article 46, paragraph (1), a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care, a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance, other providers or facilities as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (herein referred to as "Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc." in this Article), or to a Long-Term Care Support Specialist as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.
市町村は、前項において準用する前条第二項の調査を第四十六条第一項に規定する指定居宅介護支援事業者、地域密着型介護老人福祉施設、介護保険施設その他の厚生労働省令で定める事業者若しくは施設（以下この条において「指定居宅介護支援事業者等」という。）又は介護支援専門員であって厚生労働省令で定めるものに委託することができる。
A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc., entrusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to direct a Long-Term Care Support Specialist or other person as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare to perform an investigation pertaining to said entrustment.
前項の規定により委託を受けた指定居宅介護支援事業者等は、介護支援専門員その他厚生労働省令で定める者に当該委託に係る調査を行わせるものとする。
A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc., entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) (in cases when said person is a juridical person, its Officers; the same shall apply in the following paragraph), its personnel (including a Long-Term Care Support Specialist as prescribed in the preceding paragraph or other person as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare; the same shall apply in the following paragraph), a Long-Term Care Support Specialist or other person that was in said position must not divulge any personal confidential information learned from said entrusted operations without a justifiable reason.
A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc., entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5), its personnel, or a Long-Term Care Support Specialist that engages in said entrusted operations shall be deemed as personnel who engage in public service pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations with regard to the application of the Penal Code and other penal provisions.
第五項の規定により委託を受けた指定居宅介護支援事業者等若しくはその職員又は介護支援専門員で、当該委託業務に従事するものは、刑法その他の罰則の適用については、法令により公務に従事する職員とみなす。
A Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pertaining to an application as set forth in paragraph (3) is to be effective retroactively on the date following the date of expiry of the Effective Period of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pertaining to said renewal application.
The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care. In this case, the phrase "period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare from the date following the expiry of the Effective Period."
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