Article 109-2Special Provisions Concerning the Administrative Procedure for a Full Exemption Application
第百九条の二（全額免除申請の事務手続に関する特例）
A person who is found to be capable of properly and reliably carrying out affairs concerning the application under Article 90, paragraph (1) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "application for full exemption"), and whom the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates based on an application from that person (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "designated full exemption application handler"), may, upon entrustment by an insured person or a person who had been an insured person who falls under any of the items of that paragraph (limited to a person specified by Ministerial Order; hereinafter in this Article referred to as "insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements"), make an application for full exemption relating to insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements.
When insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements entrust a designated full exemption application handler with an application for full exemption, the application for full exemption is deemed to have been made on the day on which that entrustment was made, for the purpose of applying Article 90, paragraphs (1) and (2).
全額免除要件該当被保険者等が指定全額免除申請事務取扱者に全額免除申請の委託をしたときは、第九十条第一項及び第二項の規定の適用については、当該委託をした日に、全額免除申請があつたものとみなす。
When a designated full exemption application handler is entrusted with an application for full exemption by insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements, the designated full exemption application handler must, without delay, make that application for full exemption, as specified by Ministerial Order.
指定全額免除申請事務取扱者は、全額免除要件該当被保険者等から全額免除申請の委託を受けたときは、遅滞なく、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該全額免除申請をしなければならない。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, to the extent necessary for a designated full exemption application handler to properly and reliably carry out the affairs under paragraph (1), provide information concerning the fact that insured persons meeting the full exemption requirements fall under any of the items of Article 90, paragraph (1).
厚生労働大臣は、指定全額免除申請事務取扱者が第一項の事務を適正かつ確実に実施するために必要な限度において、全額免除要件該当被保険者等が第九十条第一項各号のいずれかに該当することの事実に関する情報を提供することができる。
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that a designated full exemption application handler has neglected to process the affairs it is to perform, or that its processing is significantly improper, the Minister may order the designated full exemption application handler to take the measures necessary for improvement.
厚生労働大臣は、指定全額免除申請事務取扱者がその行うべき事務の処理を怠り、又はその処理が著しく不当であると認めるときは、指定全額免除申請事務取扱者に対し、その改善に必要な措置を採るべきことを命ずることができる。
If a designated full exemption application handler violates an order under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may rescind the designation under paragraph (1).
厚生労働大臣は、指定全額免除申請事務取扱者が前項の規定による命令に違反したときは、第一項の指定を取り消すことができる。
A designated full exemption application handler (or, where it is a juridical person, its officer) or its employee, or a person who was formerly one of these, must not, without justifiable grounds, divulge any secret that has come to their knowledge in connection with the affairs under paragraph (1).
指定全額免除申請事務取扱者（その者が法人である場合にあつては、その役員）若しくはその職員又はこれらの者であつた者は、正当な理由なく、第一項の事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。
The procedure for the designation under paragraph (1) and other matters necessary for the enforcement of the preceding paragraphs are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.