# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第四十九条 (Article 49) - 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: 第四十九条 (Article 49)（通知） — address `art-49` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49 - 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. --- ### 第四十九条（通知） — (Notice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第三十三条第一項の規定による認可を行ったときは、その旨を当該事業主に通知するものとし、保険者等は、第三十九条第一項の規定による確認又は標準報酬（標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額をいう。以下同じ。）の決定若しくは改定を行ったときは、その旨を当該事業主に通知しなければならない。 art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare gives authorization pursuant to the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (1), the Minister must notify the employer to that effect, and the insurer, upon performing confirmation pursuant to Article 39, paragraph (1), or determining or revising the standard remuneration amount (meaning the standard monthly remuneration amount and standard monthly bonus amount; the same applies hereinafter), must notify the employer to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事業主は、前項の通知があったときは、速やかに、これを被保険者又は被保険者であった者に通知しなければならない。 art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-2 When a notice referred to in the preceding paragraph is given, the employer must promptly notify the person who is or was insured. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a notice referred to in the preceding item is given, the employer must promptly notify the person who is or was insured." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb **第三項** 被保険者が被保険者の資格を喪失した場合において、その者の所在が明らかでないため前項の通知をすることができないときは、事業主は、厚生労働大臣又は保険者等にその旨を届け出なければならない。 art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-3 When an insured person loses eligibility as an insured person and a notice referred to in the preceding paragraph cannot be given since the whereabouts of the person are unknown, the employer must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the insurer to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の届出があったときは、所在が明らかでない者について第一項の規定により事業主に通知した事項を公告するものとし、保険者等は、前項の届出があったときは、所在が明らかでない者について第一項の規定により事業主に通知した事項を公告しなければならない。 art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-4 When the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph is given, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the insurer must give public notice of the matters stated in the notification given to the employer pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) about the person whose whereabouts are unknown. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 厚生労働大臣は、事業所が廃止された場合その他やむを得ない事情のため第一項の通知をすることができない場合においては、同項の通知に代えて、その通知すべき事項を公告するものとし、保険者等は、事業所が廃止された場合その他やむを得ない事情のため同項の通知をすることができない場合においては、同項の通知に代えて、その通知すべき事項を公告しなければならない。 art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-5 If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the insurer fail to give a notice referred to in paragraph (1) due to abolishment of the place of business or other unavoidable circumstances, they must make a public notice of the matters to be notified in lieu of the notice referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-49/par-1: 第三十三条第一項 → 健康保険法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-33/par-1 - art-49/par-1: 第三十九条第一項 → 健康保険法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39/par-1 - art-49/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-1 - art-49/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-2 - art-49/par-4: 前項 → 健康保険法 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-3 - art-49/par-4: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-1 - art-49/par-5: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第四十九条第一項 (Article 49, paragraph (1)), art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第四十九条第二項（通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-2 - 健康保険法 第四十九条第三項（通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-3 - 健康保険法 第四十九条第四項（通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-4 - 健康保険法 第四十九条第五項（通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-5 - 健康保険法 第五十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-50/par-2 - 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項第八号（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-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1/item-8 - 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項第九号（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-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1/item-9 - 健康保険法 第二百八条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-208/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-208/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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 49, paragraph (2) — 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