# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百九十四条の二 (Article 194-2) - 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: 第百九十四条の二 (Article 194-2)（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — address `art-194-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2 - 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. --- ### 第百九十四条の二（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — Restrictions, etc. on Use of Insured Person's Symbol and Number, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-194-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣、保険者、保険医療機関等、指定訪問看護事業者その他の健康保険事業又は当該事業に関連する事務の遂行のため保険者番号及び被保険者等記号・番号（以下この条において「被保険者等記号・番号等」という。）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等記号・番号等を告知することを求めてはならない。 art-194-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, insurers, medical institutions providing services covered by health insurance, etc., designated home-nursing providers, and other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as persons who use the insurer number and insured person's symbol and number (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "insured person's symbol and number, etc.") for the performance of health insurance services or affairs related to those services (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc.") must not request anyone to disclose the insured person's symbol and number, etc. pertaining to that person or a person other than that person, except where necessary for the performance of those services or affairs. machine translation, not official **第二項** 厚生労働大臣等以外の者は、健康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等記号・番号等の利用が特に必要な場合として厚生労働省令で定める場合を除き、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等記号・番号等を告知することを求めてはならない。 art-194-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-2 A person other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. must not request anyone to disclose the insured person's symbol and 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's symbol and number, etc. is particularly necessary for the performance of health insurance services or affairs related to those services. machine translation, not official **第三項** 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等記号・番号等を告知することを求めてはならない。 art-194-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-3 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's symbol and number, etc. pertaining to the person requested or a person other than the person requested. machine translation, not official **一** 厚生労働大臣等が、第一項に規定する場合に、被保険者等記号・番号等を告知することを求めるとき。 art-194-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-3/item-1 where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. requests the disclosure of the insured person's symbol and number, etc. in a case prescribed in paragraph (1); machine translation, not official **二** 厚生労働大臣等以外の者が、前項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める場合に、被保険者等記号・番号等を告知することを求めるとき。 art-194-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-3/item-2 where a person other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. requests the disclosure of the insured person's symbol and number, etc. in a case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第四項** 何人も、次に掲げる場合を除き、業として、被保険者等記号・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等記号・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。 art-194-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-4 No person may, except in the following cases, constitute as a business a database in which the insured person's symbol and number, etc. are recorded (meaning a collection of information including the insured person's symbol and 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"). machine translation, not official **一** 厚生労働大臣等が、第一項に規定する場合に、提供データベースを構成するとき。 art-194-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-4/item-1 where the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. constitutes a database for provision in a case prescribed in paragraph (1); machine translation, not official **二** 厚生労働大臣等以外の者が、第二項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める場合に、提供データベースを構成するとき。 art-194-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-4/item-2 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). machine translation, not official **第五項** 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。 art-194-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-5 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. machine translation, not official **第六項** 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。 art-194-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-6 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, by specifying a time limit, order that person to comply with the recommendation. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-194-2/par-1: この条 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二 (Article 194-2), art-194-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2 - art-194-2/par-3: この項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第三項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (3)), art-194-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-3 - art-194-2/par-3/item-1: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第一項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (1)), art-194-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-1 - art-194-2/par-3/item-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第二項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (2)), art-194-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-2 - art-194-2/par-4: この項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第四項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (4)), art-194-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-4 - art-194-2/par-4/item-1: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第一項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (1)), art-194-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-1 - art-194-2/par-4/item-2: 第二項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第二項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (2)), art-194-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-2 - art-194-2/par-5: 前二項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第三項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (3)), art-194-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-3 - art-194-2/par-5: 前二項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第四項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (4)), art-194-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-4 - art-194-2/par-6: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第五項 (Article 194-2, paragraph (5)), art-194-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-5 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第一項（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-1 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第三項（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-3 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第三項第一号（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-3/item-1 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第三項第二号（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-3/item-2 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第四項（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-4 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第四項第一号（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-4/item-1 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第四項第二号（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-4/item-2 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第五項（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-5 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の二第六項（被保険者等記号・番号等の利用制限等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-2/par-6 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の三第一項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-3/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百七条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-207-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-207-4/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-005, translated 2026-10-11 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-006, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10