①The number specified by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act is 700.

②The number specified by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act is 3,000.

①When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has authorized the establishment of a health insurance society, the Minister is to give public notice of the following matters:

②When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has authorized a change to the constitution or accepted a notification of a change to the constitution, and that change relates to the matters set out in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister is to give public notice of those matters.

①When the establishment of a health insurance society has been authorized, the employer of the applicable place of business that applied for authorization of the establishment of the health insurance society must promptly give public notice of its constitution.

②When the constitution has been changed, the president must promptly give public notice of it.

When the establishment of a health insurance society has been authorized, the employer of the applicable place of business that applied for authorization of the establishment of the health insurance society must promptly convene a society meeting and report on the process of establishing the health insurance society and other important matters.

When a health insurance society has been established, until a president is elected, the employer of the applicable place of business that applied for authorization of the establishment of the health insurance society is to perform the duties of the president.

The term of office of a society meeting member is the period specified by the constitution within a period not exceeding three years; provided, however, that the term of office of a substitute society meeting member is the remainder of the term of office of the predecessor.

①A society meeting is convened by the president. When one-third or more of the fixed number of society meeting members submit to the president a document stating the matters to be submitted to the meeting and the reasons for convening it, and request that a society meeting be convened, the president must convene a society meeting within 20 days from the day of the request.

②The president must convene an ordinary society meeting once every fiscal year as specified by the constitution.

③The president may convene an extraordinary society meeting at any time when necessary.

④When a society meeting cannot be formed, or when the president finds it urgent, the president may dispose of any matter that requires a resolution of a society meeting and that needs to be dealt with urgently.

⑤The president must report on a measure taken under the preceding paragraph at the next society meeting and seek its approval.

Except in the case of urgency, a society meeting must be convened by the end of the day that is the fifth day before the day preceding the opening day, counting from that preceding day, by indicating the matters to be submitted to the meeting, the date and time, and the place, in accordance with the method specified by the constitution.

A society meeting may not open proceedings or adopt a resolution unless at least half of the fixed number of society meeting members (excluding the number of society meeting members who cannot exercise voting rights under Article 11) are present.

①A society meeting has a chairperson. The president serves as chairperson.

②Except as otherwise provided by the Act and this Cabinet Order, the proceedings of a society meeting are decided by a majority of the society meeting members present, and in the case of a tie, the chairperson decides.

③Proceedings on a change to the constitution (excluding a change pertaining to matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in Article 16, paragraph (2) of the Act) are decided by a majority of at least two-thirds of the fixed number of society meeting members.

④A society meeting may adopt resolutions only on the matters notified in advance under Article 8; provided, however, that this does not apply where two-thirds or more of the society meeting members present consent.

A society meeting member may not take part in the proceedings on a matter in which the member has a special interest; provided, however, that if the society meeting consents, the member may attend the meeting and speak.

①A society meeting member may, as specified by the constitution, exercise the right to vote or the right to elect, by document or through a proxy, on a matter notified in advance under Article 8; provided, however, that only another society meeting member may act as a proxy.

②A person who exercises the right to vote or the right to elect under the preceding paragraph is deemed to be present.

③A proxy may not act on behalf of five or more society meeting members.

④A proxy must submit to the society meeting a document certifying the authority of proxy.

①For each session of a society meeting, minutes must be prepared, stating the names of the society meeting members present, a summary of the course of the proceedings, and the results.

②The chairperson and two or more society meeting members designated by the society meeting must sign the minutes.

③A health insurance society must keep the minutes at its principal office.

④Members and persons who were members may request a health insurance society to allow them to inspect the minutes. In this case, the health insurance society must not refuse the request except where there is a justifiable reason.

①The term of office of an officer is the period specified by the constitution, not exceeding three years; provided, however, that the term of office of an officer elected to fill a vacancy is the remaining term of the predecessor.

②Even after the expiration of their term of office, an officer continues to perform their duties until a successor officer assumes office.

The fiscal year of a health insurance society begins on April 1 of each year and ends on March 31 of the following year; provided, however, that for the first fiscal year of the commencement of operations, it begins on the date operations are commenced and ends on March 31 of the following year (or, if the date operations are commenced is on or after January 1 and on or before March 31, of that year).

①A health insurance society must prepare a budget of revenue and expenditure for each fiscal year and notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of it before the start of that fiscal year. The same applies when the society changes the budget.

②The amounts of the categories set in the budget may not be diverted among one another.

③The amounts of the sub-categories set in the budget may be diverted among one another with a resolution of the society meeting.

A health insurance society may establish continuing expenditures with a resolution of the society meeting.

①A health insurance society must establish a contingency fund to cover expenditures exceeding the budget or expenditures outside the budget.

②The contingency fund may not be applied to a purpose that the society meeting has rejected.

In a health insurance society, revenue funds are to be received only up to May 31 of the following fiscal year, and expenditure funds are to be paid only up to April 30 of the following fiscal year.