# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条 (Article 7)

- 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（二以上の事業所に使用される者の保険者） — address `art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7
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### 第七条（二以上の事業所に使用される者の保険者） — (Insurers of Workers Employed at Two or More Places of Business)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7</sup>

  **第一項**  同時に二以上の事業所に使用される被保険者の保険を管掌する者は、第五条第一項及び前条の規定にかかわらず、厚生労働省令で定めるところによる。
  <sup>art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7/par-1</sup>
  Persons who administers insurance for insured persons who are employed at two or more places of business at the same time are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) and the preceding Article.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-7/par-1: 第五条第一項 → 健康保険法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-5/par-1
- art-7/par-1: 前条 → 健康保険法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-6

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## 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