# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) - 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（役員の職務） — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条（役員の職務） — (Duties of Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-22 **第一項** 理事長は、健康保険組合を代表し、その業務を執行する。理事長に事故があるとき、又は理事長が欠けたときは、設立事業所の事業主の選定した組合会議員である理事のうちから、あらかじめ理事長が指定する者がその職務を代理し、又はその職務を行う。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-22/par-1 The president of a health insurance society represents the health insurance society and executes its operations. If the president is incapacitated or the position of president is vacant, another director who is a society meeting member selected by the employer of the establishment and appointed by the president in advance represents or performs the president's duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 健康保険組合の業務は、規約に別段の定めがある場合を除くほか、理事の過半数により決し、可否同数のときは、理事長の決するところによる。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-22/par-2 Unless otherwise specified in the constitution, the operations of the health insurance society are determined by the majority of the directors, and by the president in the event of a tie. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 理事は、理事長の定めるところにより、理事長を補佐して、健康保険組合の業務を執行することができる。 art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-22/par-3 The directors may assist the president in executing the operations of the health insurance society as determined by the president. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 監事は、健康保険組合の業務の執行及び財産の状況を監査する。 art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-22/par-4 An auditor audits the execution of business and the status of the property of the health insurance society. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## 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