# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百十五条の四十五の八 (Article 115-45-8)

- 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: 第百十五条の四十五の八 (Article 115-45-8)（勧告、命令等） — address `art-115-45-8`
- 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-115-45-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8
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### 第百十五条の四十五の八（勧告、命令等） — Recommendations, Orders
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<sup>art-115-45-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8</sup>

**第一項**  市町村長は、指定事業者が、第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号イからニまで又は第百十五条の四十五の五第二項の厚生労働省令で定める基準に従って第一号事業を行っていないと認めるときは、当該指定事業者に対し、期限を定めて、これらの厚生労働省令で定める基準に従って第一号事業を行うことを勧告することができる。
<sup>art-115-45-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-1</sup>
A mayor of a Municipality, when finding that a Designated Provider is not conducting category 1 projects in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) through (d) or Article 115-45-5, paragraph (2), may specify a due date and recommend to said Designated Provider that it conduct category 1 projects in accordance with those standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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**第二項**  市町村長は、前項の規定による勧告をした場合において、その勧告を受けた指定事業者が同項の期限内にこれに従わなかったときは、その旨を公表することができる。
<sup>art-115-45-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-2</sup>
A mayor of a Municipality, in a case of providing a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may provide public notice of the fact that said Designated Provider that is issued said recommendation did not act in compliance with said recommendation within the due date as set forth in the same paragraph.
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**第三項**  市町村長は、第一項の規定による勧告を受けた指定事業者が、正当な理由がなくてその勧告に係る措置をとらなかったときは、当該指定事業者に対し、期限を定めて、その勧告に係る措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-115-45-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-3</sup>
A mayor of a Municipality, when a Designated Provider that is issued a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) does not implement the measures pertaining to said recommendation without a justifiable basis, may specify a due date and order said Designated Provider to implement the measures pertaining to said recommendation.
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**第四項**  市町村長は、前項の規定による命令をした場合においては、その旨を公示しなければならない。
<sup>art-115-45-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-4</sup>
The mayor of a Municipality, when issuing an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, must issue public notice of the said fact.
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## Cites
- art-115-45-8/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-115-45/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-1/item-1
- art-115-45-8/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五の五第二項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の五第二項 (Article 115-45-5, paragraph (2)), art-115-45-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-5/par-2
- art-115-45-8/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の八第一項 (Article 115-45-8, paragraph (1)), art-115-45-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-1
- art-115-45-8/par-3: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の八第一項 (Article 115-45-8, paragraph (1)), art-115-45-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-1
- art-115-45-8/par-4: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の八第三項 (Article 115-45-8, paragraph (3)), art-115-45-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の八第二項（勧告、命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-2
- 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の八第三項（勧告、命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-3
- 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の八第四項（勧告、命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-8/par-4
- 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五の十一第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45-11/par-1
- 介護保険法 附則第十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-83/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-83/art-14/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-20261018T212610-025, 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
