The provisions of Article 7-38, Article 7-39, Article 9, paragraph (2), Article 16, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 18, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 19, Article 20, Article 26, paragraph (1) (excluding the part concerning item (ii)) and paragraph (2), Article 29, paragraph (2), Article 30, Article 150, and Article 195 apply mutatis mutandis to a federation. In this case, the phrase "society meeting" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "general meeting", "If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds" in Article 7-39, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds, when collecting reports, raising questions, or conducting inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188," "articles of incorporation" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "constitution", "the preceding paragraph" in Article 16, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 186", "the preceding paragraph" in Article 29, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 188", "a designated health insurance society which has violated the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, of a designated health insurance society which fails to follow the request referred to in paragraph (3) of the same Article, or of another designated health insurance society as specified by Cabinet Order" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "a health insurance society", "the services necessary for maintaining and promoting the health of insured persons, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph" in Article 150, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the services referred to in the preceding paragraph", "employs insured persons, etc." in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "employs health insurance societies or insured persons, etc.", the term "又は" (or) in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "若しくは" (or, joining a smaller group of alternatives), "that Act" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the medical insurance-related information (meaning the medical insurance-related information prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) that the relevant health insurance society keeps, or the Industrial Safety and Health Act, respectively", "the Industrial Safety and Health Act" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a health insurance society requested to provide medical insurance-related information or the Industrial Safety and Health Act", "those records" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "that medical insurance-related information or those records", and "prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "provided by a health insurance society".
第七条の三十八、第七条の三十九、第九条第二項、第十六条第二項及び第三項、第十八条第一項及び第二項、第十九条、第二十条、第二十六条第一項（第二号に係る部分を除く。）及び第二項、第二十九条第二項、第三十条、第百五十条並びに第百九十五条の規定は、連合会について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「組合会」とあるのは「総会」と、第七条の三十九第一項中「厚生労働大臣は」とあるのは「厚生労働大臣は、第百八十八条において準用する前条の規定により報告を徴し、又は質問し、若しくは検査した場合において」と、「定款」とあるのは「規約」と、第十六条第二項中「前項」とあるのは「第百八十六条」と、第二十九条第二項中「前項」とあるのは「第百八十八条」と、「前条第二項の規定に違反した指定健康保険組合、同条第三項の求めに応じない指定健康保険組合その他政令で定める指定健康保険組合の事業」とあるのは「その事業」と、第百五十条第二項中「前項の規定により被保険者等の健康の保持増進のために必要な事業」とあるのは「前項の事業」と、「被保険者等を」とあるのは「健康保険組合又は被保険者等を」と、「又は」とあるのは「若しくは」と、「同法」とあるのは「それぞれ当該健康保険組合が保存している医療保険等関連情報（高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条第一項に規定する医療保険等関連情報をいう。次項及び第四項において同じ。）又は労働安全衛生法」と、同条第三項中「労働安全衛生法」とあるのは「医療保険等関連情報の提供を求められた健康保険組合又は労働安全衛生法」と、「当該」とあるのは「当該医療保険等関連情報又は当該」と、同条第四項中「高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条第一項に規定する」とあるのは「健康保険組合から提供を受けた」と読み替えるものとする。