# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の十一 (Article 7-11) - 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: 第七条の十一 (Article 7-11)（役員の任命） — address `art-7-11` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11 - 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. --- ### 第七条の十一（役員の任命） — (Appointment of Officers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11 **第一項** 理事長及び監事は、厚生労働大臣が任命する。 art-7-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11/par-1 The president and auditors are appointed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により理事長を任命しようとするときは、あらかじめ、第七条の十八第一項に規定する運営委員会の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-7-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when intending to appoint the president pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, must hear the opinions of the Management Board in advance as provided for by Article 7-18, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 理事は、理事長が任命する。 art-7-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11/par-3 The directors are appointed by the president. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 理事長は、前項の規定により理事を任命したときは、遅滞なく、厚生労働大臣に届け出るとともに、これを公表しなければならない。 art-7-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11/par-4 When the president appoints a director pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the president must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of the appointment and publicize it without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7-11/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七条の十一第一項 (Article 7-11, paragraph (1)), art-7-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11/par-1 - art-7-11/par-2: 第七条の十八第一項 → 健康保険法 第七条の十八第一項 (Article 7-18, paragraph (1)), art-7-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-18/par-1 - art-7-11/par-4: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七条の十一第三項 (Article 7-11, paragraph (3)), art-7-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第七条の十一第二項（役員の任命） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11/par-2 - 健康保険法 第七条の十一第四項（役員の任命） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-11/par-4 - 健康保険法 附則第十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-12/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