# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第九章 (Chapter 9) - 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: 第九章 (Chapter 9) — address `ch-9` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/ch-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/ch-9 - 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. --- ## 第九章　不服申立て — Chapter IX Appeals heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/ch-9 ### 第百八十九条（審査請求及び再審査請求） — (Applications for Examination or Reexamination) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189 **第一項** 被保険者の資格、標準報酬又は保険給付に関する処分に不服がある者は、社会保険審査官に対して審査請求をし、その決定に不服がある者は、社会保険審査会に対して再審査請求をすることができる。 art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189/par-1 A person who has an objection to a disposition relating to eligibility as an insured person, standard remuneration, or insurance benefits may request a social insurance examiner to conduct an examination, and if the person has any objection to the examiner's determination, the person may request the Social Insurance Examination Committee to conduct a re-examination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 審査請求をした日から二月以内に決定がないときは、審査請求人は、社会保険審査官が審査請求を棄却したものとみなすことができる。 art-189/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189/par-2 If a determination has not been made within two months from the date on which a request for examination was made, the applicant may deem that the social insurance examiner has dismissed the request. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の審査請求及び再審査請求は、時効の完成猶予及び更新に関しては、裁判上の請求とみなす。 art-189/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189/par-3 The request for examination and the request for re-examination referred to in paragraph (1) are deemed to be a judicial claim with regard to the postponement of the completion of prescription and the renewal of prescription. machine translation, not official **第四項** 被保険者の資格又は標準報酬に関する処分が確定したときは、その処分についての不服を当該処分に基づく保険給付に関する処分についての不服の理由とすることができない。 art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189/par-4 When a disposition for eligibility or standard remuneration of an insured person becomes final and binding, an objection to the disposition may not be permitted as a reason for an objection to a disposition for the payment of insurance benefits based on the final and binding disposition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十条 art-190 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-190 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-190 **第一項** 保険料等の賦課若しくは徴収の処分又は第百八十条の規定による処分に不服がある者は、社会保険審査会に対して審査請求をすることができる。 art-190/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-190/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-190/par-1 A person who has an objection to an imposition of insurance premiums, etc., a disposition of collection, or a disposition pursuant to the provisions of Article 180 may request the Social Insurance Examination Committee to conduct an examination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十一条（行政不服審査法の適用関係） — (Application of the Administrative Appeal Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-191 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-191 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-191 **第一項** 前二条の審査請求及び第百八十九条第一項の再審査請求については、行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二章（第二十二条を除く。）及び第四章の規定は、適用しない。 art-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-191/par-1 Chapter II (excluding Article 22) and Chapter IV of the Administrative Appeal Act (Act No. 68 of 1951) do not apply to the provisions pertaining to application for examination referred to in the preceding two Articles or application for re-examination referred to in Article 189, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十二条（審査請求と訴訟との関係） — (Relationship between Application for Examination and Litigation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-192 **第一項** 第百八十九条第一項に規定する処分の取消しの訴えは、当該処分についての審査請求に対する社会保険審査官の決定を経た後でなければ、提起することができない。 art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-192/par-1 An action for rescission of a disposition prescribed in Article 189, paragraph (1) may not be filed until a ruling with regard to the application for examination pertaining to the disposition has been determined by a social insurance examiner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-189/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第百八十九条第一項 (Article 189, paragraph (1)), art-189/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189/par-1 - art-190/par-1: 第百八十条 → 健康保険法 第百八十条 (Article 180), art-180 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-180 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-180 - art-191/par-1: 前二条 → 健康保険法 第百八十九条 (Article 189), art-189 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189 - art-191/par-1: 前二条 → 健康保険法 第百九十条 (Article 190), art-190 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-190 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-190 - art-191/par-1: 第百八十九条第一項 → 健康保険法 第百八十九条第一項 (Article 189, paragraph (1)), art-189/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189/par-1 - art-191/par-1: 第二十二条 → e-Gov law 426AC0000000068, 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — not held in this collection - art-192/par-1: 第百八十九条第一項 → 健康保険法 第百八十九条第一項 (Article 189, paragraph (1)), art-189/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-189/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-189/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T183826-005, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10