The designation set forth in the main clause of Article 42-2, paragraph (1) that is made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "Designation by Public Invitation") is to be made, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, for each type of Periodic Patrol and On-Demand Home-Visit Long-Term Care and Nursing, etc., Specified by the Mayor of a Municipality and each Business Office that conducts the business of Periodic Patrol and On-Demand Home-Visit Long-Term Care and Nursing, etc., Specified by the Mayor of a Municipality pertaining to the type of said Periodic Patrol and On-Demand Home-Visit Long-Term Care and Nursing, etc., Specified by the Mayor of a Municipality, and is to have an effect on the payment of an Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service or an Exceptional Allowance for Community-Based Long-Term Care Service to an Insured Person of Long-Term Care Insurance (in the case of a Designation by Public Invitation pertaining to a Specified Community-Based Service, including an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care to Whom the Domicile Exception Applies who is undergoing Admission, etc. to a Facility Subject to Domicile Exception located within the area of said Municipality) provided by a Municipality of which the mayor who makes said Designation by Public Invitation is the head.
前条第一項の規定により行われる第四十二条の二第一項本文の指定（以下「公募指定」という。）は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、市町村長指定定期巡回・随時対応型訪問介護看護等の種類及び当該市町村長指定定期巡回・随時対応型訪問介護看護等の種類に係る市町村長指定定期巡回・随時対応型訪問介護看護等の事業を行う事業所ごとに行い、当該公募指定をする市町村長がその長である市町村が行う介護保険の被保険者（特定地域密着型サービスに係る公募指定にあっては、当該市町村の区域内に所在する住所地特例対象施設に入所等をしている住所地特例適用要介護被保険者を含む。）に対する地域密着型介護サービス費及び特例地域密着型介護サービス費の支給について、その効力を有する。
A mayor of a Municipality, when intending to make a Designation by Public Invitation, is to conduct a selection by a fair method from among the applicants in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and determine the Designated Community-Based Service Provider.
市町村長は、公募指定をしようとするときは、厚生労働省令で定める基準に従い、その応募者のうちから公正な方法で選考をし、指定地域密着型サービス事業者を決定するものとする。
The provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (2), paragraph (4) (excluding items (iv), (vi)-2, (x) and (xii)), paragraph (5), paragraph (6) (excluding item (i)-2, item (iii)-2 and items (iii)-4 through (v)), paragraph (7) and paragraph (8) apply mutatis mutandis to a Designation by Public Invitation. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms with regard to these provisions is provided by a Cabinet Order.
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