# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百十五条の三十九 (Article 115-39)

- 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: 第百十五条の三十九 (Article 115-39)（帳簿の備付け等） — address `art-115-39`
- 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-115-39
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-39
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### 第百十五条の三十九（帳簿の備付け等） — Maintenance of Books
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<sup>art-115-39 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-39</sup>

  **第一項**  指定調査機関は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、調査事務に関する事項で厚生労働省令で定めるものを記載した帳簿を備え、保存しなければならない。
  <sup>art-115-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-39/par-1</sup>
  A Designated Investigative Agency, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must keep books in which the matters concerning Investigation Affairs that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare are recorded, and preserve them.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十二第三項（指定情報公表センターの指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-42/par-3
- 介護保険法 第二百六条の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206-2/par-1/item-1
- 介護保険法 附則第三条第一項（介護保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-3/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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T203319-030, 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
