# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第十六条 (Article 16) - 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（規約） — address `art-16` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16 - 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. --- ### 第十六条（規約） — (Constitution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16 **第一項** 健康保険組合は、規約において、次に掲げる事項を定めなければならない。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1 A health insurance society must specify the particulars listed below in its constitution: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 名称 art-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-1 its name; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 事務所の所在地 art-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-2 the location of its office; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 健康保険組合の設立に係る適用事業所の名称及び所在地 art-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-3 the name and location of the applicable place of business related to the establishment of the health insurance society; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 組合会に関する事項 art-16/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-4 particulars relating to its meetings; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 役員に関する事項 art-16/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-5 particulars relating to officers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 組合員に関する事項 art-16/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-6 particulars relating to its members; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 保険料に関する事項 art-16/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-7 particulars relating to insurance premiums; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 準備金その他の財産の管理に関する事項 art-16/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-8 particulars relating to reserves and other particulars related to property management; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **九** 公告に関する事項 art-16/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-9 particulars relating to giving public notice; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十** 前各号に掲げる事項のほか、厚生労働省令で定める事項 art-16/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-10 beyond the particulars listed in each of the preceding items, particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規約の変更（厚生労働省令で定める事項に係るものを除く。）は、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-2 No change to the health insurance society's constitution referred to in the preceding paragraph (except those pertaining to matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) has effect without the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 健康保険組合は、前項の厚生労働省令で定める事項に係る規約の変更をしたときは、遅滞なく、これを厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。 art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-3 If a health insurance society makes an amendment to its constitution with regard to matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in the preceding paragraph, it must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of the amendment without delay. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a health insurance society makes an amendment to its constitution with regard to matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in paragraph (1), it must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of the amendment without delay." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb --- ## Cites - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第一号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-16/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-1 - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第二号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-16/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-2 - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第三号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-16/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-3 - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第四号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-16/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-4 - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第五号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-16/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-5 - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第六号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-16/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-6 - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第七号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-16/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-7 - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第八号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-16/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-8 - art-16/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第九号 (Article 16, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-16/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-9 - art-16/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1 - art-16/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第十六条第一項第十号（規約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1/item-10 - 健康保険法 第十六条第二項（規約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-2 - 健康保険法 第十六条第三項（規約） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-3 - 健康保険法 第百八十八条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-219/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-3591-77/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-3591-77/art-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act (健康保険法), Article 16, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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