# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百十五条の二十三 (Article 115-23)

- Law: 介護保険法 (Long-Term Care Insurance Act), 平成九年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Long-Term Care 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: 第百十五条の二十三 (Article 115-23)（指定介護予防支援の事業の基準） — address `art-115-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-23
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-23
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### 第百十五条の二十三（指定介護予防支援の事業の基準） — (Standards of the Business of Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-115-23 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-23</sup>

  **第一項**  指定介護予防支援事業者は、次条第二項に規定する指定介護予防支援に係る介護予防のための効果的な支援の方法に関する基準及び指定介護予防支援の事業の運営に関する基準に従い、要支援者の心身の状況等に応じて適切な指定介護予防支援を提供するとともに、自らその提供する指定介護予防支援の質の評価を行うことその他の措置を講ずることにより常に指定介護予防支援を受ける者の立場に立ってこれを提供するように努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-115-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-23/par-1</sup>
  A Designated Provider of Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care must act in compliance with the standards concerning effective support methods for Prevention of Long-Term Care pertaining to Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care and standards concerning management of the business of Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care as prescribed in paragraph (2) of the following Article, offer appropriate Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care according to the mental and physical condition, etc., of a Person Requiring Long-Term Care, and always engage in offering said services from the viewpoint of the person that receives Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care by implementing self-evaluation of the quality of the Provider's own Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care and other measures.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  指定介護予防支援事業者は、指定介護予防支援を受けようとする被保険者から提示された被保険者証に、認定審査会意見が記載されているときは、当該認定審査会意見に配慮して、当該被保険者に当該指定介護予防支援を提供するように努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-115-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-23/par-2</sup>
  A Designated Provider of Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care, when an Opinion of the Certification Committee is entered on the Certificate of Insured Person that is presented by an Insured Person that intends to receive Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care, must engage in offering said Designated Support for Prevention of Long-Term Care of said Insured Person in consideration of said Opinion of the Certification Committee.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  第百十五条の四十六第一項に規定する地域包括支援センターの設置者である指定介護予防支援事業者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、指定介護予防支援の一部を、厚生労働省令で定める者に委託することができる。
  <sup>art-115-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-23/par-3</sup>
  A Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support Provider that is the founder of a community general support center prescribed in Article 115-46, paragraph (1) may, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, entrust a part of the Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support to a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-115-23/par-1: 次条第二項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の二十四第二項 (Article 115-24, paragraph (2)), art-115-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-24/par-2
- art-115-23/par-3: 第百十五条の四十六第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第一項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (1)), art-115-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 介護保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-021, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
