A person that intends to establish an integrated facility for medical and long-term care must obtain approval of the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
介護医療院を開設しようとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事の許可を受けなければならない。
When a person that has established an integrated facility for medical and long-term care intends to change the capacity of residents of said integrated facility for medical and long-term care or other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the same applies as in the preceding paragraph.
A prefectural governor, in a case when the application of approval as set forth in the preceding two paragraphs is filed and when it corresponds to any of the following items (with regard to the application as set forth in the preceding paragraph, item (ii) or item (iii)), may not provide approval as set forth in the preceding two paragraphs:
when a person that intends to establish said integrated facility for medical and long-term care is not a local government, a medical juridical person, a social welfare juridical person, or other person as determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare;
当該介護医療院を開設しようとする者が、地方公共団体、医療法人、社会福祉法人その他厚生労働大臣が定める者でないとき。
when said integrated facility for medical and long-term care does not have the medical care rooms, consultation rooms, treatment rooms and functional training rooms prescribed in Article 111, paragraph (1), and the facilities specified by Prefectural Ordinance, or the personnel specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and by Prefectural Ordinance as set forth in paragraph (2) of the same Article;
when it is determined that proper management of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care cannot be conducted in accordance with the standards pertaining to facilities and management of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care as prescribed in Article 111, paragraph (3);
when the applicant is punished by imprisonment or a severer punishment and execution of said punishment has not yet been completed or has not yet expired;
申請者が、拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者であるとき。
when the applicant is punished by a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act or another Act pertaining to health and medical care or public aid for citizens as determined by a Cabinet Order and execution of said penalty has not yet been completed or has not yet expired;
申請者が、この法律その他国民の保健医療若しくは福祉に関する法律で政令で定めるものの規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者であるとき。
when the applicant is punished by a fine pursuant to the provisions of laws concerning labor specified by Cabinet Order and execution of said penalty has not yet been completed or has not yet expired;
申請者が、労働に関する法律の規定であって政令で定めるものにより罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者であるとき。
when the applicant, with regard to insurance premiums, etc., was subject, by the day before the day of making said application, to a disposition of delinquency based on the provisions of the Act that provides for the obligation of payment, and has continued, for a period of three months or more from the day of receiving said disposition without a justifiable reason, to be delinquent in all of the insurance premiums, etc. whose due dates arrived on or after the day of receiving said disposition;
申請者が、保険料等について、当該申請をした日の前日までに、納付義務を定めた法律の規定に基づく滞納処分を受け、かつ、当該処分を受けた日から正当な理由なく三月以上の期間にわたり、当該処分を受けた日以降に納期限の到来した保険料等の全てを引き続き滞納している者であるとき。
when the applicant has had approval rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 114-6, paragraph (1) or Article 115-35, paragraph (6) and five years have not elapsed from the date of said rescission (including, in the case where the person whose approval was rescinded is a juridical person, a person who was an Officer of said juridical person or a manager of the integrated facility for medical and long-term care that said juridical person established within sixty days prior to the date of notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 of the Administrative Procedure Act pertaining to said disposition of rescission and for whom five years have not elapsed from the date of said rescission, and including, in the case where the person whose approval was rescinded is a person who is not a juridical person among the persons specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in item (i), a person who was a manager of the integrated facility for medical and long-term care established by said person within sixty days prior to the date of said notification and for whom five years have not elapsed from the date of said rescission). However, this does not apply where the rescission of the approval falls under a rescission of the approval of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as one found appropriate not to be treated as the rescission of approval prescribed in the main clause of this item, in consideration of the fact that constituted the ground for the disposition of rescission of the approval, the status of efforts toward the establishment of an operational control system by the establisher of said integrated facility for medical and long-term care to prevent the occurrence of said fact, and other matters concerning the degree of responsibility that the establisher of said integrated facility for medical and long-term care had in relation to said fact;
申請者が、第百十四条の六第一項又は第百十五条の三十五第六項の規定により許可を取り消され、その取消しの日から起算して五年を経過しない者(当該許可を取り消された者が法人である場合においては、当該取消しの処分に係る行政手続法第十五条の規定による通知があった日前六十日以内に当該法人の役員又はその開設した介護医療院の管理者であった者で当該取消しの日から起算して五年を経過しないものを含み、当該許可を取り消された者が第一号の厚生労働大臣が定める者のうち法人でないものである場合においては、当該通知があった日前六十日以内に当該者の開設した介護医療院の管理者であった者で当該取消しの日から起算して五年を経過しないものを含む。)であるとき。ただし、当該許可の取消しが、介護医療院の許可の取消しのうち当該許可の取消しの処分の理由となった事実及び当該事実の発生を防止するための当該介護医療院の開設者による業務管理体制の整備についての取組の状況その他の当該事実に関して当該介護医療院の開設者が有していた責任の程度を考慮して、この号本文に規定する許可の取消しに該当しないこととすることが相当であると認められるものとして厚生労働省令で定めるものに該当する場合を除く。
when the applicant is a person that submitted a notification of abolition pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2) during the period from the date of notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 of the Administrative Procedure Act pertaining to a disposition of rescission of the approval pursuant to the provisions of Article 114-6, paragraph (1) or Article 115-35, paragraph (6) to the date on which said disposition is made or the date on which a decision not to make a disposition is made (excluding a person that has a reasonable basis for said abolition), and five years have not elapsed from the date of said notification;
申請者が、第百十四条の六第一項又は第百十五条の三十五第六項の規定による許可の取消しの処分に係る行政手続法第十五条の規定による通知があった日から当該処分をする日又は処分をしないことを決定する日までの間に第百十三条第二項の規定による廃止の届出をした者(当該廃止について相当の理由がある者を除く。)で、当該届出の日から起算して五年を経過しないものであるとき。
when the applicant is a person that submitted a notification of abolition pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2) during the period from the date on which an inspection pursuant to the provisions of Article 114-2, paragraph (1) was conducted to the expected hearing decision date (meaning, where the prefectural governor has, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notified said applicant of a specific date within 10 days from the date on which said inspection was conducted as the date on which a decision is expected to be made, based on the result of said inspection, as to whether or not to hold a hearing pertaining to a disposition of rescission of the approval pursuant to the provisions of Article 114-6, paragraph (1), said specific date) (excluding a person that has a reasonable basis for said abolition), and five years have not elapsed from the date of said notification;
申請者が、第百十四条の二第一項の規定による検査が行われた日から聴聞決定予定日(当該検査の結果に基づき第百十四条の六第一項の規定による許可の取消しの処分に係る聴聞を行うか否かの決定をすることが見込まれる日として厚生労働省令で定めるところにより都道府県知事が当該申請者に当該検査が行われた日から十日以内に特定の日を通知した場合における当該特定の日をいう。)までの間に第百十三条第二項の規定による廃止の届出をした者(当該廃止について相当の理由がある者を除く。)で、当該届出の日から起算して五年を経過しないものであるとき。
in the case where a notification of abolition pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2) has been submitted within the period prescribed in item (ix), when the applicant is a person that was, within sixty days prior to the date of notification set forth in the same item, an Officer of the juridical person pertaining to said notification (excluding a juridical person that has a reasonable basis for said abolition) or a manager of the integrated facility for medical and long-term care that said juridical person established, or a manager of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care established by a person who is not a juridical person among the persons specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in item (i) pertaining to said notification (excluding a person that has a reasonable basis for said abolition), and five years have not elapsed from the date of said notification;
when the applicant is a person that performed a wrongful or significantly unjustifiable act pertaining to In-Home Service, etc., within five years prior to an application for approval;
申請者が、許可の申請前五年以内に居宅サービス等に関し不正又は著しく不当な行為をした者であるとき。
when the applicant is a juridical person and any of its Officers, etc. is a person who corresponds to any of the provisions of item (iv) through the preceding item;
when the applicant is a person who is not a juridical person among the persons specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in item (i), and among the person who manages the Business Office of the applicant and the other employees specified by Cabinet Order there is a person who corresponds to any of the provisions of item (iv) through item (xii);
申請者が、第一号の厚生労働大臣が定める者のうち法人でないもので、その事業所を管理する者その他の政令で定める使用人のうちに第四号から第十二号までのいずれかに該当する者のあるものであるとき。
A prefectural governor may decline to give the approval set forth in paragraph (1) to a person who intends to establish an integrated facility for medical and long-term care for the purpose of profit.
In a case when an application for the approval set forth in paragraph (1) or the approval set forth in paragraph (2) (limited to those pertaining to an increase in the maximum number of persons who may be admitted to the facility; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and the following paragraph) is filed, the prefectural governor, when it is determined that the total number of the maximum number of persons who may be admitted to integrated facilities for medical and long-term care in the area (which means an area specified by said prefecture pursuant to the provisions of Article 118, paragraph (2), item (i)) including the location of the facility pertaining to said application has already reached the total number of the required number of persons who may be admitted to integrated facilities for medical and long-term care in the area as prescribed in the Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Support Project Plan specified by said prefecture pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article, or will exceed said total number by the establishment of the facility pertaining to said application or the increase in the maximum number of persons who may be admitted to the facility, or when it is determined that it is likely to cause problems with the accomplishment of said Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Support Project Plan, may decline to give the approval set forth in paragraph (1) or the approval set forth in paragraph (2).
都道府県知事は、第一項の許可又は第二項の許可(入所定員の増加に係るものに限る。以下この項及び次項において同じ。)の申請があった場合において、当該申請に係る施設の所在地を含む区域(第百十八条第二項第一号の規定により当該都道府県が定める区域とする。)における介護医療院の入所定員の総数が、同条第一項の規定により当該都道府県が定める都道府県介護保険事業支援計画において定めるその区域の介護医療院の必要入所定員総数に既に達しているか、又は当該申請に係る施設の開設若しくは入所定員の増加によってこれを超えることになると認めるとき、その他の当該都道府県介護保険事業支援計画の達成に支障を生ずるおそれがあると認めるときは、第一項の許可又は第二項の許可を与えないことができる。
A prefectural governor, when he or she intends to give the approval set forth in paragraph (1) or the approval set forth in paragraph (2), must provide notice of matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the mayor of the relevant Municipality, specify a reasonable period, and request opinions from the perspective of coordination with the Municipal Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan as prescribed in Article 117, paragraph (1) of said relevant Municipality.
都道府県知事は、第一項の許可又は第二項の許可をしようとするときは、関係市町村長に対し、厚生労働省令で定める事項を通知し、相当の期間を指定して、当該関係市町村の第百十七条第一項に規定する市町村介護保険事業計画との調整を図る見地からの意見を求めなければならない。
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In conducting hearings, an administrative agency must provide a written notice of the following matters to the person who is to be subject to an adverse disposition…
行政庁は、聴聞を行うに当たっては、聴聞を行うべき期日までに相当な期間をおいて、不利益処分の名宛人となるべき者に対し、次に掲げる事項を書面により通知しなければならない。
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A person that intends to establish an integrated facility for medical and long-term care must obtain approval of the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health…
介護医療院を開設しようとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事の許可を受けなければならない。
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When a person that has established an integrated facility for medical and long-term care intends to change the capacity of residents of said integrated facility for medical and long-term care or…
介護医療院を開設した者が、当該介護医療院の入所定員その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を変更しようとするときも、前項と同様とする。
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when a person that intends to establish said integrated facility for medical and long-term care is not a local government, a medical juridical person, a social welfare juridical person…
当該介護医療院を開設しようとする者が、地方公共団体、医療法人、社会福祉法人その他厚生労働大臣が定める者でないとき。
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when the applicant is a person that submitted a notification of abolition pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2) during the period from the date on which an inspection pursuant to…
申請者が、第百十四条の二第一項の規定による検査が行われた日から聴聞決定予定日(当該検査の結果に基づき第百十四条の六第一項の規定による許可の取消しの処分に係る聴聞を行うか否かの決定をすることが見込まれる日として厚生労働省令で定めるところにより都道府県知事が当該申請者に当該検査が行われた日から十日以内に特定の日を通知した…
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in the case where a notification of abolition pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2) has been submitted within the period prescribed in item (ix)…
第九号に規定する期間内に第百十三条第二項の規定による廃止の届出があった場合において、申請者が、同号の通知の日前六十日以内に当該届出に係る法人(当該廃止について相当の理由がある法人を除く。)の役員若しくはその開設した介護医療院の管理者又は当該届出に係る第一号の厚生労働大臣が定める者のうち法人でないもの(当該廃止について…
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when the applicant is a person that performed a wrongful or significantly unjustifiable act pertaining to In-Home Service, etc., within five years prior to an application for approval;
申請者が、許可の申請前五年以内に居宅サービス等に関し不正又は著しく不当な行為をした者であるとき。
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when said integrated facility for medical and long-term care does not have the medical care rooms, consultation rooms, treatment rooms and functional training rooms prescribed in Article 111…
当該介護医療院が第百十一条第一項に規定する療養室、診察室、処置室及び機能訓練室並びに都道府県の条例で定める施設又は同条第二項の厚生労働省令及び都道府県の条例で定める人員を有しないとき。
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when it is determined that proper management of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care cannot be conducted in accordance with the standards pertaining to facilities and management of…
第百十一条第三項に規定する介護医療院の設備及び運営に関する基準に従って適正な介護医療院の運営をすることができないと認められるとき。
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when the applicant is punished by imprisonment or a severer punishment and execution of said punishment has not yet been completed or has not yet expired;
申請者が、拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者であるとき。
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when the applicant is punished by a fine pursuant to the provisions of this Act or another Act pertaining to health and medical care or public aid for citizens as determined by a Cabinet Order and…
申請者が、この法律その他国民の保健医療若しくは福祉に関する法律で政令で定めるものの規定により罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者であるとき。
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when the applicant is punished by a fine pursuant to the provisions of laws concerning labor specified by Cabinet Order and execution of said penalty has not yet been completed or has not yet expired;
申請者が、労働に関する法律の規定であって政令で定めるものにより罰金の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者であるとき。
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when the applicant, with regard to insurance premiums, etc., was subject, by the day before the day of making said application, to a disposition of delinquency based on the provisions of the Act that…
申請者が、保険料等について、当該申請をした日の前日までに、納付義務を定めた法律の規定に基づく滞納処分を受け、かつ、当該処分を受けた日から正当な理由なく三月以上の期間にわたり、当該処分を受けた日以降に納期限の到来した保険料等の全てを引き続き滞納している者であるとき。
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when the applicant has had approval rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 114-6, paragraph (1) or Article 115-35, paragraph (6) and five years have not elapsed from the date of said…
申請者が、第百十四条の六第一項又は第百十五条の三十五第六項の規定により許可を取り消され、その取消しの日から起算して五年を経過しない者(当該許可を取り消された者が法人である場合においては、当該取消しの処分に係る行政手続法第十五条の規定による通知があった日前六十日以内に当該法人の役員又はその開設した介護医療院の管理者であ…
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when the applicant is a person that submitted a notification of abolition pursuant to the provisions of Article 113, paragraph (2) during the period from the date of notification pursuant to the…
申請者が、第百十四条の六第一項又は第百十五条の三十五第六項の規定による許可の取消しの処分に係る行政手続法第十五条の規定による通知があった日から当該処分をする日又は処分をしないことを決定する日までの間に第百十三条第二項の規定による廃止の届出をした者(当該廃止について相当の理由がある者を除く。)で…
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In a case when an application for the approval set forth in paragraph (1) or the approval set forth in paragraph (2)…
都道府県知事は、第一項の許可又は第二項の許可(入所定員の増加に係るものに限る。以下この項及び次項において同じ。)の申請があった場合において、当該申請に係る施設の所在地を含む区域(第百十八条第二項第一号の規定により当該都道府県が定める区域とする。)における介護医療院の入所定員の総数が…
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A prefectural governor, when he or she intends to give the approval set forth in paragraph (1) or the approval set forth in paragraph (2), must provide notice of matters specified by Order of the…
都道府県知事は、第一項の許可又は第二項の許可をしようとするときは、関係市町村長に対し、厚生労働省令で定める事項を通知し、相当の期間を指定して、当該関係市町村の第百十七条第一項に規定する市町村介護保険事業計画との調整を図る見地からの意見を求めなければならない。
Open this provisionAn integrated facility for medical and long-term care must have medical care rooms, consultation rooms, treatment rooms and functional training rooms pursuant to the provisions of Order of the…
介護医療院は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより療養室、診察室、処置室及び機能訓練室を有するほか、都道府県の条例で定める施設を有しなければならない。
Open this provisionAn integrated facility for medical and long-term care must have physicians and nurses in the number specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare…
介護医療院は、厚生労働省令で定める員数の医師及び看護師のほか、都道府県の条例で定める員数の介護支援専門員及び介護その他の業務に従事する従業者を有しなければならない。
Open this provisionIn addition to what is prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the standards concerning facilities and management of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care are specified by…
前二項に規定するもののほか、介護医療院の設備及び運営に関する基準は、都道府県の条例で定める。
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An establisher of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care, when it intends to abolish or suspend said integrated facility for medical and long-term care…
介護医療院の開設者は、当該介護医療院を廃止し、又は休止しようとするときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その廃止又は休止の日の一月前までに、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。
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A prefectural governor or the mayor of a Municipality, when he or she determines it is necessary, may order an establisher of an integrated facility for medical and long-term care…
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、介護医療院の開設者、介護医療院の管理者若しくは医師その他の従業者(以下「介護医療院の開設者等」という。)に対し報告若しくは診療録その他の帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示を命じ、介護医療院の開設者等に対し出頭を求め、又は当該職員に、介護医療院の開設者等に対して質問させ…
Open this provisionRescission of the Approval, etc.
A prefectural governor, in a case that corresponds to any of the following items, may rescind the approval set forth in Article 107, paragraph (1) pertaining to said integrated facility for medical…
都道府県知事は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、当該介護医療院に係る第百七条第一項の許可(以下この条において「許可」という。)を取り消し、又は期間を定めてその許可の全部若しくは一部の効力を停止することができる。
Open this provision(Report and Public Notice of Long-Term Care Service Information)
A prefectural governor, when a Designated In-Home Service Provider, a Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, or an Establisher of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid…
都道府県知事は、指定居宅サービス事業者若しくは指定介護予防サービス事業者又は指定介護老人福祉施設、介護老人保健施設若しくは介護医療院の開設者が第四項の規定による命令に従わないときは、当該指定居宅サービス事業者…
Open this provision(Municipal Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)
A Municipality, for Basic Guidelines, provide a plan concerning the efficient implementation of Insurance Benefits pertaining to an Insured Long-Term Care Project that is implemented by said…
市町村は、基本指針に即して、三年を一期とする当該市町村が行う介護保険事業に係る保険給付の円滑な実施に関する計画(以下「市町村介護保険事業計画」という。)を定めるものとする。
Open this provision(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)
A prefecture, with regard to Basic Guidelines, is to provide a plan concerning efficient implementation of Insurance Benefits pertaining to an Insured Long-Term Care Project by specifying three years…
都道府県は、基本指針に即して、三年を一期とする介護保険事業に係る保険給付の円滑な実施の支援に関する計画(以下「都道府県介護保険事業支援計画」という。)を定めるものとする。
Open this provision(Prefectural Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan)
the total necessary capacity of persons to utilize Daily Life Care of a Patient Admitted to a Specialized Long-Term Care Specified Facility, Daily Life Long-Term Care for a Person Admitted to a…
当該都道府県が定める区域ごとに当該区域における各年度の介護専用型特定施設入居者生活介護、地域密着型特定施設入居者生活介護及び地域密着型介護老人福祉施設入所者生活介護に係る必要利用定員総数、介護保険施設の種類ごとの必要入所定員総数その他の介護給付等対象サービスの量の見込み
Open this provisionintegrated facility for medical and long-term caremachine translation
「介護医療院」
A facility, licensed by the prefectural governor (都道府県知事) under Article 107, paragraph (1), whose purpose is to give people requiring long-term care (要介護者) who mainly need medical treatment over a long period, and whose need for treatment is of the degree a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets, medical management, nursing, care under medical supervision, functional training, other necessary medical care and help with daily life under a facility service plan (施設サービス計画).
Defined inArticle 8, paragraph (29)· applies throughout the law
In-Home Service, etc.machine translation
「居宅サービス等」
In-home services, community-based services, in-home long-term care support, preventive long-term care services, community-based preventive services and preventive long-term care support, each including equivalent services, and facility services (施設サービス).
Defined inArticle 23, paragraph (1)
Officer, etc.machine translation
「役員等」
An officer (役員) of a corporation — a partner executing its business, a director, an executive officer or an equivalent, including anyone with as much control over it or more, whatever their title — or the manager of one of its business offices or another employee a Cabinet Order (政令) names (Article 70, paragraph (2), item (vi)).
Short name set inArticle 70, paragraph (2), item (vi)
insurance premiums, etc.machine translation
「保険料等」
In Article 86, paragraph (2), item (vii), (c), the insurance premiums (保険料) a person owes under this Act, the National Health Insurance Act or the National Pension Act, including the national health insurance tax (国民健康保険税) under the Local Tax Act.
Short name set inArticle 86, paragraph (2), item (vii), (c)
Municipal Insured Long-Term Care Service Plan
「市町村介護保険事業計画」
A plan each municipality draws up, in line with the basic guidelines (基本指針), for the smooth provision of insurance benefits in the long-term care insurance it runs, covering three years at a time (Article 117, paragraph (1)).
Short name set inArticle 117, paragraph (1)
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.
Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance
条例
A rule a local government makes for itself: a prefecture (都道府県), a city, town or village (市町村), or one of Tokyo's special wards (特別区) (Local Autonomy Act, Articles 1-3, 281 and 283). Its assembly (議会), whose members the residents elect, passes it (Articles 89 and 96, paragraph (1), item (i)), and its head — the governor or the mayor (Article 139) — promulgates it, that is, makes it public so that it can take effect (Article 16). The Constitution lets local governments make them within the limits of Acts (Constitution, Article 94), and one may not go against the national laws and regulations (法令), such as Acts, Cabinet Orders (政令) and Ministerial Orders (省令) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 14, paragraph (1)). Unless national laws and regulations provide otherwise, a local government can impose a duty or restrict a right only by one of these (Article 14, paragraph (2)), and it may write into one penalties for breaking it, within limits the Local Autonomy Act sets (Article 14, paragraph (3)). It is made for that local government's own affairs (Article 2, paragraph (2) and Article 14, paragraph (1)), so the same matter can be handled differently from one place to the next. It is a local rule, not a national one: an "ordinance" in the name of a national rule, such as an Ordinance for Enforcement of an Act, is usually a Ministerial Order (省令) or another national instrument.
Written by AI using Constitution, Art. 94 and Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 1-3, 2, 14, 16, 89, 96, 139, 281, 283 as a reference.