A prefectural governor or mayor of a Municipality, when it is determined to be necessary, may order a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, or a person who was an establisher, the head, or another employee of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly (hereinafter referred to as a "person who was an establisher, etc." in this paragraph), to report or submit or present record books and documents, request an establisher, the head, or another employee of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, or a person who was an establisher, etc., to appear, or direct personnel to ask questions of the relevant persons, or enter a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, the office of an establisher of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, or another place related to the operation of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly in order to inspect its facilities, record books and documents, or other items.
都道府県知事又は市町村長は、必要があると認めるときは、指定介護老人福祉施設若しくは指定介護老人福祉施設の開設者若しくはその長その他の従業者であった者（以下この項において「開設者であった者等」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、指定介護老人福祉施設の開設者若しくはその長その他の従業者若しくは開設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、若しくは指定介護老人福祉施設、指定介護老人福祉施設の開設者の事務所その他指定介護老人福祉施設の運営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 and inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority granted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
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