# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)

- 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: 第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10)（郵政会社等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-2111-70/art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-10
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-10
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### 第十条（郵政会社等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning Japan Post Holdings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-2111-70/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  国家公務員共済組合法附則第二十条の二第二項に規定する郵政会社等が保険医療機関、保険薬局又は指定訪問看護事業者の指定の申請を行う場合におけるこの法律の適用については、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
第六十五条第三項第五号	高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律	高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律、国家公務員共済組合法（昭和三十三年法律第百二十八号）
第七十条第二項	国家公務員共済組合法（昭和三十三年法律第百二十八号。	国家公務員共済組合法（
<sup>suppl-2111-70/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-2111-70/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-2111-70/art-10/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of this Act when Japan Post Holdings, etc. as prescribed in Article 20-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act applies for designation as a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance, or a designated home-nursing provider, the phrases listed in the middle column of the following table pursuant to the provisions listed in the left column of the same table are replaced with the phrases listed in the right column of the table.
Article 65, paragraph (3), item (v)	The Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People	The Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, the National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958)
Article 70, paragraph (2)	National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958	National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to the application of this Act when Japan Post Holdings, etc. as prescribed in Article 20-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act applies for designation as a medical institution providing services covered by health insurance, a pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance, or a designated home-nursing provider, the phrases listed in the middle column of the following table pursuant to the provisions listed in the right column of the same table are replaced with the phrases listed in the left columns of the table.
Article 65, paragraph (3), item (v)	The Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People	The Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, the National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958)
Article 70, paragraph (2)	National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958	National Public Employees Mutual Aid Association Act (" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-2111-70/art-10/par-1: 第六十五条第三項第五号 → 健康保険法 第六十五条第三項第五号 (Article 65, paragraph (3), item (v)), art-65/par-3/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-65/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-65/par-3/item-5
- suppl-2111-70/art-10/par-1: 第七十条第二項 → 健康保険法 第七十条第二項 (Article 70, paragraph (2)), art-70/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-70/par-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-11
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act (健康保険法), Supplementary Provisions, Article 10, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
