# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百二十六条 (Article 126) - Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号 - English title "Health Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百二十六条 (Article 126)（日雇特例被保険者手帳） — address `art-126` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-126 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百二十六条（日雇特例被保険者手帳） — (Specially-Insured Day Laborer's Insurance Book) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126 **第一項** 日雇労働者は、日雇特例被保険者となったときは、日雇特例被保険者となった日から起算して五日以内に、厚生労働大臣に日雇特例被保険者手帳の交付を申請しなければならない。ただし、既に日雇特例被保険者手帳の交付を受け、これを所持している場合において、その日雇特例被保険者手帳に健康保険印紙をはり付けるべき余白があるときは、この限りでない。 art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126/par-1 A day worker who becomes a specially-insured day laborer must request the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to issue a specially-insured day laborer's insurance book within five days since the day on which the person becomes a specially-insured day laborer; however, this does not apply if the person already has a specially-insured day laborer's insurance book issued that contains a blank space for stamps for proof of health insurance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の申請があったときは、日雇特例被保険者手帳を交付しなければならない。 art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126/par-2 When the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare receives a request referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister must issue a specially-insured day laborer's insurance book. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 日雇特例被保険者手帳の交付を受けた者は、その日雇特例被保険者手帳に健康保険印紙をはり付けるべき余白の残存する期間内において日雇特例被保険者となる見込みのないことが明らかになったとき、又は第三条第二項ただし書の規定による承認を受けたときは、厚生労働大臣に日雇特例被保険者手帳を返納しなければならない。 art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126/par-3 A person who has received a specially-insured day laborer's insurance book must return it to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare if it has become obvious that the person is unlikely to become a specially-insured day laborer within the period during which a blank space for stamps for proof of health insurance remains in the insurance book, or receives approved pursuant to the proviso to Article 3, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 日雇特例被保険者手帳の様式、交付及び返納その他日雇特例被保険者手帳に関して必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。 art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-126/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126/par-4 The form, issuance and return of and other necessary matters concerning an specifically insured day laborer's insurance book are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-126/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126/par-1 - art-126/par-3: 第三条第二項 → 健康保険法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-3/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第百二十六条第二項（日雇特例被保険者手帳） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-126/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126/par-2 - 健康保険法 第百四十五条第一項第二号（特別療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-145/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-145/par-1/item-2 - 健康保険法 第百四十五条第一項第三号（特別療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-145/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-145/par-1/item-3 - 健康保険法 第百四十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-146/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項第十一号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1/item-11 - 健康保険法 第二百十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-211/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-211/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-212/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-212/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10