# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第二百四条の四 (Article 204-4) - 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: 第二百四条の四 (Article 204-4)（滞納処分等実施規程の認可等） — address `art-204-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-4 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百四条の四（滞納処分等実施規程の認可等） — (Authorization of Regulations for Disposition of Delinquency) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-204-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-4 **第一項** 機構は、滞納処分等の実施に関する規程（次項において「滞納処分等実施規程」という。）を定め、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。 art-204-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-4/par-1 JPS must specify regulations for disposition of delinquency (referred to as "regulations for disposition of delinquency" in the following paragraph) and obtain authorization therefor from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies when JPS revises the standards. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生年金保険法第百条の七第二項及び第三項の規定は、滞納処分等実施規程の認可及び変更について準用する。 art-204-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-4/par-2 The provisions of Article 100-7, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Employee's Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to authorization of and revision to regulations for disposition to delinquency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-204-4/par-1: 次項 → 健康保険法 第二百四条の四第二項 (Article 204-4, paragraph (2)), art-204-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-4/par-2 - art-204-4/par-2: 厚生年金保険法第百条の七第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の七第二項 (Article 100-7, paragraph (2)), art-100-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-7/par-2 - art-204-4/par-2: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の七第三項 (Article 100-7, paragraph (3)), art-100-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-7/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第二百四条の三第一項（機構が行う滞納処分等に係る認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-3/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百四条の四第一項（滞納処分等実施規程の認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-204-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204-4/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百二十一条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-221/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-221/par-1/item-1 - 健康保険法 第二百二十一条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-221/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-221/par-1/item-2 - 健康保険法 附則第十一条第一項（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-1 - 健康保険法 附則第十一条第二項（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-11/par-2 --- ## 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