# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の三十八 (Article 7-38) - 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: 第七条の三十八 (Article 7-38)（報告の徴収等） — address `art-7-38` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38 - 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. --- ### 第七条の三十八（報告の徴収等） — (Collection of Reports) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、協会について、必要があると認めるときは、その事業及び財産の状況に関する報告を徴し、又は当該職員をして協会の事務所に立ち入って関係者に質問させ、若しくは実地にその状況を検査させることができる。 art-7-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary in relation to JHIA, the Minister may collect reports on the status of its business or property, or have the ministry's officials enter JHIA's office to ask persons concerned questions or to inspect that status. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定によって質問又は検査を行う当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、かつ、関係者の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-7-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38/par-2 The relevant official who asks questions or conducts inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card and present it at the request of any person concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-7-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38/par-3 The authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7-38/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十八第一項 (Article 7-38, paragraph (1)), art-7-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38/par-1 - art-7-38/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十八第一項 (Article 7-38, paragraph (1)), art-7-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38/par-1 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第七条の三十八第二項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38/par-2 - 健康保険法 第七条の三十八第三項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38/par-3 - 健康保険法 第二十九条第一項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-29/par-1 - 健康保険法 第六十条第三項（診療録の提示等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-60/par-3 - 健康保険法 第七十八条第二項（保険医療機関又は保険薬局の報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-78/par-2 - 健康保険法 第九十四条第二項（指定訪問看護事業者等の報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-94/par-2 - 健康保険法 第百五十条の七第二項（立入検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-150-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-7/par-2 - 健康保険法 第百八十八条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188/par-1 - 健康保険法 第百九十四条の三第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-194-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-194-3/par-2 - 健康保険法 第百九十八条第二項（立入検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-198/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-198/par-2 - 健康保険法 第二百十二条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-212-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-212-2/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-219/par-1 --- ## 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