The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Municipalities, Long-Term Care Service Providers, persons conducting a Specified Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support, and other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as persons who use the insured person number, etc. (meaning the insurer number (meaning a number determined for each Municipality by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for identifying Municipalities in an Insured Long-Term Care Project) and the insured person number (meaning a number determined for each Insured Person by a Municipality for managing the qualifications of Insured Persons); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) for the performance of an Insured Long-Term Care Project or affairs related to that project (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc.") must not request anyone to disclose the insured person number, etc. pertaining to that person or a person other than that person, except where necessary for the performance of that project or those affairs.
厚生労働大臣、市町村、介護サービス事業者、特定介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業を行う者その他の介護保険事業又は当該事業に関連する事務の遂行のため被保険者番号等（保険者番号（厚生労働大臣が介護保険事業において市町村を識別するための番号として、市町村ごとに定めるものをいう。）及び被保険者番号（市町村が被保険者の資格を管理するための番号として、被保険者ごとに定めるものをいう。）をいう。以下この条において同じ。）を利用する者として厚生労働省令で定める者（以下この条において「厚生労働大臣等」という。）は、当該事業又は事務の遂行のため必要がある場合を除き、何人に対しても、その者又はその者以外の者に係る被保険者番号等を告知することを求めてはならない。
A person other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. must not request anyone to disclose the insured person number, etc. pertaining to that person or a person other than that person, except in a case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a case where the use of the insured person number, etc. is particularly necessary for the performance of an Insured Long-Term Care Project or affairs related to that project.
No person may, except in the following cases, with regard to an act that the person conducts as a business, request a person who intends to make an application for a contract of sale, lease, employment, or otherwise (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "contract") with the person, a person who makes such an application, or a person who has concluded a contract with the person, to disclose the insured person number, etc. pertaining to the person requested or a person other than the person requested.
何人も、次に掲げる場合を除き、その者が業として行う行為に関し、その者に対し売買、貸借、雇用その他の契約（以下この項において「契約」という。）の申込みをしようとする者若しくは申込みをする者又はその者と契約の締結をした者に対し、当該者又は当該者以外の者に係る被保険者番号等を告知することを求めてはならない。
where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. requests the disclosure of the insured person number, etc. in a case prescribed in paragraph (1);
where a person other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. requests the disclosure of the insured person number, etc. in a case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
No person may, except in the following cases, constitute as a business a database in which the insured person number, etc. are recorded (meaning a collection of information including the insured person number, etc. pertaining to persons other than that person, systematically structured so that such information can be retrieved using a computer) and in which the information recorded is intended to be provided to others (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "database for provision").
何人も、次に掲げる場合を除き、業として、被保険者番号等の記録されたデータベース（その者以外の者に係る被保険者番号等を含む情報の集合物であって、それらの情報を電子計算機を用いて検索することができるように体系的に構成したものをいう。）であって、当該データベースに記録された情報が他に提供されることが予定されているもの（以下この項において「提供データベース」という。）を構成してはならない。
where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. constitutes a database for provision in a case prescribed in paragraph (1);
where a person other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. constitutes a database for provision in a case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in paragraph (2).
When an act in violation of the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs has been committed and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that the person who committed the act is likely to commit further acts in violation of those provisions repeatedly, the Minister may recommend that the person who committed the act cease the act, or recommend that the person take measures necessary to ensure that the act is ceased.
厚生労働大臣は、前二項の規定に違反する行為が行われた場合において、当該行為をした者が更に反復してこれらの規定に違反する行為をするおそれがあると認めるときは、当該行為をした者に対し、当該行為を中止することを勧告し、又は当該行為が中止されることを確保するために必要な措置を講ずることを勧告することができる。
When a person who has received a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph does not comply with the recommendation, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may specify a due date and order that person to comply with the recommendation.
厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による勧告を受けた者がその勧告に従わないときは、その者に対し、期限を定めて、当該勧告に従うべきことを命ずることができる。