# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（指定助産所の指定に係る準備行為） — address `suppl-5081-31/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（指定助産所の指定に係る準備行為） — Preparatory Acts Concerning Designation of Designated Birthing Centers caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-31/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4 **第一項** 第六号新健康保険法第九十八条の二第一項第一号の指定を受けようとする助産所は、第六号施行日前においても、第六号新健康保険法第九十八条の六第一項の規定の例により、その申請を行うことができる。 suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-1 A birthing center seeking the designation referred to in Article 98-2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the item (vi) New Health Insurance Act may, even before the item (vi) Effective Date, file its application in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 98-6, paragraph (1) of the item (vi) New Health Insurance Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により申請があった場合には、第六号施行日前においても、第六号新健康保険法第九十八条の二第一項第一号、第九十八条の六第二項、第九十八条の七、第九十八条の十七第二項及び第九十八条の十八の規定の例により、指定をすることができる。この場合において、当該指定は、第六号施行日において同号の規定によりされたものとみなす。 suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2 In the case where an application is filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, even before the item (vi) Effective Date, grant the designation in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 98-2, paragraph (1), item (i), Article 98-6, paragraph (2), Article 98-7, Article 98-17, paragraph (2) and Article 98-18 of the item (vi) New Health Insurance Act. In this case, the designation is deemed to have been made on the item (vi) Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of that item. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定による厚生労働大臣の権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生局長に委任することができる。 suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3 The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the chief of a regional bureau of health and welfare as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定により地方厚生局長に委任された権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生支局長に委任することができる。 suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-4 The authority delegated to the chief of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to a branch manager of the regional bureau of health and welfare as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-1 - suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2 - suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-4: 前項 → 健康保険法 附則第四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (3)), suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 健康保険法 附則第四条第二項（指定助産所の指定に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-2 - 健康保険法 附則第四条第三項（指定助産所の指定に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-3 - 健康保険法 附則第四条第四項（指定助産所の指定に係る準備行為） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5081-31/art-4/par-4 --- ## 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-20261010T183826-044, 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