①An insurer must provide specified health checks pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (referred to simply as "specified health checks" in the following paragraph) and specified health guidance pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 of the same Act (referred to as "specified health checks, etc." hereinafter in this paragraph and Article 154-2), and must endeavor to provide services other than specified health checks, etc., such as health education, health consulting, and health checks, as well as support for the self-help efforts of insured persons and their dependents (hereinafter referred to as "insured persons, etc." in this Article) concerning health management and disease prevention, and other necessary services for the maintenance and promotion of the health of insured persons, etc.

②When an insurer finds it necessary in providing the services necessary for maintaining and promoting the health of insured persons, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, it may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, request a business operator, etc. that employs insured persons, etc. (meaning an employer prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Industrial Safety and Health Act (Act No. 57 of 1972), any other person who has the duty to conduct health examinations (limited to those that cover items corresponding to specified health checks) under laws and regulations, and any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) or a business operator, etc. that formerly employed them to provide a copy of the records on health examinations pertaining to those insured persons, etc. that the business operator, etc. keeps pursuant to that Act or other laws and regulations, or anything specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent thereto.

③A business operator, etc. that is requested pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to provide a copy of the records on health examinations pertaining to insured persons, etc. that it keeps pursuant to the Industrial Safety and Health Act or other laws and regulations must provide a copy of those records as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

④In providing the services referred to in paragraph (1), an insurer is to make use of the medical insurance-related information prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, copies of records on health examinations pertaining to insured persons, etc. provided by business operators, etc., and other necessary information, for the appropriate and effective provision of the services.

⑤An insurers may provide services such as the loaning of funds or equipment necessary for medical treatment for insured persons, etc. and funds necessary for improving medical treatment and the medical care environment for insured persons, etc. and childbirth for insured persons, etc. or other services for promoting the welfare of insured persons.

⑥An insurer may allow persons other than insured persons, etc. to use the services referred to in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, only if the services will not be impeded. In this case, the insurer may request a user of these services to pay a fee pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.

⑦The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, order a health insurance society to provide the services referred to in paragraph (1) or (5).

⑧The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to publish guidelines, and provide information and other support services regarding services that insurers provide pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) that are necessary for maintaining and promoting insured persons' health, in order for those services to be provided appropriately and effectively.

⑨The guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph must be in harmony with health check guidelines prescribed by Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Health Promotion Act (Act No. 103 of 2002).