# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百十五条の四十六 (Article 115-46) - 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: 第百十五条の四十六 (Article 115-46)（地域包括支援センター） — address `art-115-46` - 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-115-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46 - 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. --- ### 第百十五条の四十六（地域包括支援センター） — (Community General Support Center) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-115-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46 **第一項** 地域包括支援センターは、第一号介護予防支援事業（居宅要支援被保険者に係るものを除く。）及び第百十五条の四十五第二項第一号から第六号までに掲げる事業（以下「包括的支援事業」という。）その他厚生労働省令で定める事業を実施し、地域住民の心身の健康の保持及び生活の安定のために必要な援助を行うことにより、その保健医療の向上及び福祉の増進を包括的に支援することを目的とする施設とする。 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 A community general support center is a facility that aims to provide comprehensive support for improvement of health and medical care and promotion of public aid of local residents, by implementing category 1 Preventive Long-Term Care Support projects (excluding those pertaining to Insured In-Home Persons Requiring Support) and the projects listed in Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (i) through item (vi) (hereinafter referred to as "Comprehensive Support Project") and other projects as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and by providing assistance necessary for maintaining mental and physical health and for stabilization of the lives of local residents. machine translation, not official **第二項** 市町村は、地域包括支援センターを設置することができる。 art-115-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-2 A Municipality may establish a community general support center. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 次条第一項の規定による委託を受けた者（第百十五条の四十五第二項第四号から第六号までに掲げる事業のみの委託を受けたものを除く。）は、包括的支援事業その他第一項の厚生労働省令で定める事業を実施するため、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、厚生労働省令で定める事項を市町村長に届け出て、地域包括支援センターを設置することができる。 art-115-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-3 A person entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article (excluding a person entrusted with only the projects listed in Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (iv) through item (vi)) may, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, provide notice in advance to the mayor of the Municipality of matters as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and establish a community general support center, in order to implement a Comprehensive Support Project and other projects as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as set forth in paragraph (1). machine translation, not official **第四項** 地域包括支援センターの設置者は、自らその実施する事業の質の評価を行うことその他必要な措置を講ずることにより、その実施する事業の質の向上を図らなければならない。 art-115-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-4 The founder of a community general support center must improve the quality of the projects it implements by evaluating, on its own, the quality of those projects and by taking other necessary measures. machine translation, not official **第五項** 地域包括支援センターの設置者は、包括的支援事業を実施するために必要なものとして市町村の条例で定める基準を遵守しなければならない。 art-115-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-5 The founder of a community general support center must comply with standards as determined by Municipal Ordinance as necessary for the implementation of a Comprehensive Support Project. machine translation, not official **第六項** 市町村が前項の条例を定めるに当たっては、地域包括支援センターの職員に係る基準及び当該職員の員数については厚生労働省令で定める基準に従い定めるものとし、その他の事項については厚生労働省令で定める基準を参酌するものとする。 art-115-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-6 A Municipality, in establishing the Municipal Ordinance set forth in the preceding paragraph, is to establish the standards concerning the employees of a community general support center and the number of those employees in accordance with the standards determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and is to take into consideration the standards determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for other matters. machine translation, not official **第七項** 地域包括支援センターの設置者は、包括的支援事業の効果的な実施のために、介護サービス事業者、医療機関、民生委員法（昭和二十三年法律第百九十八号）に定める民生委員、被保険者の地域における自立した日常生活の支援又は要介護状態等となることの予防若しくは要介護状態等の軽減若しくは悪化の防止のための事業を行う者その他の関係者との連携に努めなければならない。 art-115-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-7 The founder of a community general support center must endeavor to collaborate with Long-Term Care Service Providers, medical institutions, commissioned welfare volunteers prescribed in the Commissioned Welfare Volunteers Act (Act No. 198 of 1948), persons conducting projects for supporting independent daily life of Insured Persons in the community or for preventing them from falling into a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc., or for reducing or preventing deterioration of a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc., and other relevant persons, for the effective implementation of a Comprehensive Support Project. machine translation, not official **第八項** 地域包括支援センターの設置者（設置者が法人である場合にあっては、その役員）若しくはその職員又はこれらの職にあった者は、正当な理由なしに、その業務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。 art-115-46/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-8 Institution personnel of a community general support center (in a case when the institution personnel refers to a juridical person, said Officers) or the personnel or a person that were in said occupation must not divulge any confidential information that said person learned concerning said business without justifiable reasons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 市町村は、定期的に、地域包括支援センターにおける事業の実施状況について、評価を行うとともに、必要があると認めるときは、次条第一項の方針の変更その他の必要な措置を講じなければならない。 art-115-46/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-9 A Municipality must periodically evaluate the status of implementation of projects at community general support centers and, when it is determined to be necessary, take necessary measures such as changing the policy under paragraph (1) of the following Article. machine translation, not official **第十項** 市町村は、地域包括支援センターが設置されたとき、その他厚生労働省令で定めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該地域包括支援センターの事業の内容及び運営状況に関する情報を公表するよう努めなければならない。 art-115-46/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-10 A Municipality, when a community general support center has been established and in other cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must endeavor to publish information on the content and operating status of the projects of said community general support center, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第十一項** 第六十九条の十四の規定は、地域包括支援センターについて準用する。この場合において、同条の規定に関し必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 art-115-46/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-11 The provisions of Article 69-14 apply mutatis mutandis to a community general support center. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is provided by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十二項** 前各項に規定するもののほか、地域包括支援センターに関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-115-46/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-12 In addition to the provisions as prescribed in each of the preceding paragraphs, other necessary matters concerning a community general support center are prescribed by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In addition to the provisions as prescribed in each of the preceding paragraph, other necessary matters concerning a community general support center are prescribed by a Cabinet Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb --- ## Cites - art-115-46/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第一号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第一号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-115-45/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-1 - art-115-46/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第一号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第二号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-115-45/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-2 - art-115-46/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第一号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第三号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-115-45/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-3 - art-115-46/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第一号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第四号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-115-45/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-4 - art-115-46/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第一号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第五号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-115-45/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-5 - art-115-46/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第一号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第六号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-115-45/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-6 - art-115-46/par-3: 次条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十七第一項 (Article 115-47, paragraph (1)), art-115-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-47/par-1 - art-115-46/par-3: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第四号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第四号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-115-45/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-4 - art-115-46/par-3: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第四号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第五号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (v)), art-115-45/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-5 - art-115-46/par-3: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第四号から第六号まで → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第二項第六号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-115-45/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-2/item-6 - art-115-46/par-3: 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 - art-115-46/par-6: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第五項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (5)), art-115-46/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-5 - art-115-46/par-9: 次条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十七第一項 (Article 115-47, paragraph (1)), art-115-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-47/par-1 - art-115-46/par-11: 第六十九条の十四 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の十四 (Article 69-14), art-69-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-14 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 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 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第十項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (10)), art-115-46/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-10 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第十一項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (11)), art-115-46/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-11 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第二項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (2)), art-115-46/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-2 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第三項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (3)), art-115-46/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-3 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第四項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (4)), art-115-46/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-4 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第五項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (5)), art-115-46/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-5 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第六項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (6)), art-115-46/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-6 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第七項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (7)), art-115-46/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-7 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第八項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (8)), art-115-46/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-8 - art-115-46/par-12: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第九項 (Article 115-46, paragraph (9)), art-115-46/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-9 ## Cited by 15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第八条の二第十六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8-2/par-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8-2/par-16 - 介護保険法 第二十七条第一項（要介護認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-1 - 介護保険法 第三十二条第一項（要支援認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の二十二第一項（指定介護予防支援事業者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-22/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の二十三第三項（指定介護予防支援の事業の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-23/par-3 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の三十の二第二項（介護予防支援事業に関する情報提供の求め等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-30-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-30-2/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第三項（地域包括支援センター） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-3 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第六項（地域包括支援センター） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-6 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十六第十二項（地域包括支援センター） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-46/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-46/par-12 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十七第三項（実施の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-47/par-3 - 介護保険法 第二百五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-205/par-2 - 介護保険法 附則第六条第二項（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-4251-44/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4251-44/art-6/par-2 - 介護保険法 附則第十八条第一項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4251-44/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4251-44/art-18/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 - 生活保護法 第十五条の二第六項（介護扶助） — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-6 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法), Article 115-46, paragraph (12) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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-20261018T212610-026, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261019T014622-003, 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