# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の十八 (Article 7-18) - 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: 第七条の十八 (Article 7-18)（運営委員会） — address `art-7-18` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-18 - 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. --- ### 第七条の十八（運営委員会） — (Management Board) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-18 **第一項** 事業主（被保険者を使用する適用事業所の事業主をいう。以下この節において同じ。）及び被保険者の意見を反映させ、協会の業務の適正な運営を図るため、協会に運営委員会を置く。 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 In order to reflect opinions of employers (meaning employers of an applicable place of business at which insured persons are employed; the same applies hereinafter in this section) and insured persons, and to ensure that JHIA's operations are appropriate, JHIA has a management board. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 運営委員会の委員は、九人以内とし、事業主、被保険者及び協会の業務の適正な運営に必要な学識経験を有する者のうちから、厚生労働大臣が各同数を任命する。 art-7-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-18/par-2 The management board has nine or less members who are appointed by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare from among employers, insured persons, and persons with relevant knowledge and experience for properly operating JHIA. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の委員の任期は、二年とする。 art-7-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-18/par-3 The term of the members in the preceding paragraph is two years. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第七条の十二第一項ただし書及び第二項の規定は、運営委員会の委員について準用する。 art-7-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-18/par-4 The proviso to Article 7-12, paragraph (1) and the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to members of the management board. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7-18/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七条の十八第二項 (Article 7-18, paragraph (2)), art-7-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-18/par-2 - art-7-18/par-4: 第七条の十二第一項 → 健康保険法 第七条の十二第一項 (Article 7-12, paragraph (1)), art-7-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-12/par-1 - art-7-18/par-4: 第二項 → 健康保険法 第七条の十二第二項 (Article 7-12, paragraph (2)), art-7-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-12/par-2 ## Cited by 2 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 第七条の十八第三項（運営委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-18/par-3 --- ## 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