# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の三十九 (Article 7-39)

- 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: 第七条の三十九 (Article 7-39)（監督） — address `art-7-39`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39
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### 第七条の三十九（監督） — (Supervision)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7-39 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39</sup>

  **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、協会の事業若しくは財産の管理若しくは執行が法令、定款若しくは厚生労働大臣の処分に違反していると認めるとき、確保すべき収入を不当に確保せず、不当に経費を支出し、若しくは不当に財産を処分し、その他協会の事業若しくは財産の管理若しくは執行が著しく適正を欠くと認めるとき、又は協会の役員がその事業若しくは財産の管理若しくは執行を明らかに怠っていると認めるときは、期間を定めて、協会又はその役員に対し、その事業若しくは財産の管理若しくは執行について違反の是正又は改善のため必要な措置を採るべき旨を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-7-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39/par-1</sup>
  If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that JHIA's management or execution of its business or assets violates any law or regulation, its articles of incorporation, or any disposition of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, or that JHIA has unjustly failed to secure income that it should have secured, has unjustly incurred expenses, has unjustly disposed of its assets or has otherwise significantly failed to appropriately manage or execute its business or assets, or that the officers of JHIA have evidently failed to manage or execute its business or assets, then the Minister may order JHIA or its officers to take measures necessary to rectify the violation or improve the management or performance of its business or assets within a specified period.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  協会又はその役員が前項の命令に違反したときは、厚生労働大臣は、協会に対し、期間を定めて、当該違反に係る役員の全部又は一部の解任を命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-7-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39/par-2</sup>
  If JHIA or its officers violate an order referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order JHIA to dismiss all or some of its officers involved in the violation after a certain period.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  協会が前項の命令に違反したときは、厚生労働大臣は、同項の命令に係る役員を解任することができる。
  <sup>art-7-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39/par-3</sup>
  If JHIA violates an order referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may dismiss the officers to which the order pertained.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-7-39/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十九第一項 (Article 7-39, paragraph (1)), art-7-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39/par-1
- art-7-39/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十九第二項 (Article 7-39, paragraph (2)), art-7-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39/par-2

## Cited by

8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 第七条の三十九第二項（監督） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39/par-2
- 健康保険法 第七条の三十九第三項（監督） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-7-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39/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 第二十九条第二項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-29/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
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第六項（健康保険組合の財政調整） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-2/par-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
