# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第九十条 (Article 90)

- 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: 第九十条 (Article 90)（指定訪問看護事業者の責務） — address `art-90`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-90
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### 第九十条（指定訪問看護事業者の責務） — (Responsibilities of Designated Home-Nursing Provider)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-90 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-90</sup>

    **第一項**  指定訪問看護事業者は、第九十二条第二項に規定する指定訪問看護の事業の運営に関する基準に従い、訪問看護を受ける者の心身の状況等に応じて自ら適切な指定訪問看護を提供するものとする。
    <sup>art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-90/par-1</sup>
    A home-nursing provider is to provide appropriate designated home-nursing itself according to the physical and mental conditions of the person receiving home-nursing, in accordance with the standards for operations in home-nursing prescribed in Article 92, paragraph (2).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  指定訪問看護事業者は、前項（第百十一条第三項及び第百四十九条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定によるほか、この法律以外の医療保険各法による被保険者及び被扶養者の指定訪問看護並びに高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律による被保険者の指定訪問看護を提供するものとする。
    <sup>art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-90/par-2</sup>
    Beyond what is provided for in the provisions of the preceding paragraph (including when applied mutatis mutandis to Article 111, paragraph (3) and Article 149), a home-nursing provider is to provide insured persons and their dependents with designated home-nursing under medical insurance laws other than this act as well as the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-90/par-1: 第九十二条第二項 → 健康保険法 第九十二条第二項 (Article 92, paragraph (2)), art-92/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-92/par-2
- art-90/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第九十条第一項 (Article 90, paragraph (1)), art-90/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-90/par-1
- art-90/par-2: 第百十一条第三項 → 健康保険法 第百十一条第三項 (Article 111, paragraph (3)), art-111/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-111/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-111/par-3
- art-90/par-2: 第百四十九条 → 健康保険法 第百四十九条 (Article 149), art-149 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-149 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-149

## Cited by

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

- 健康保険法 第九十条第二項（指定訪問看護事業者の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-90/par-2
- 健康保険法 第百十一条第三項（家族訪問看護療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-111/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-111/par-3
- 健康保険法 第百四十九条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-149/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-149/par-1

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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
