# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百十五条の四十八 (Article 115-48) - 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: 第百十五条の四十八 (Article 115-48)（会議） — address `art-115-48` - 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-115-48 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48 - 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. --- ### 第百十五条の四十八（会議） — Meetings caption: machine translation, not official art-115-48 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48 **第一項** 市町村は、第百十五条の四十五第二項第三号に掲げる事業の効果的な実施のために、介護支援専門員、保健医療及び福祉に関する専門的知識を有する者、民生委員その他の関係者、関係機関及び関係団体（以下この条において「関係者等」という。）により構成される会議（以下この条において「会議」という。）を置くように努めなければならない。 art-115-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-1 A Municipality must endeavor to establish a meeting (hereinafter referred to as "meeting" in this Article) composed of Long-Term Care Support Specialists, persons with expert knowledge concerning health and medical care and public aid, commissioned welfare volunteers and other relevant persons, relevant institutions, and relevant organizations (hereinafter referred to as "person concerned, etc." in this Article), for the effective implementation of the project listed in Article 115-45, paragraph (2), item (iii). machine translation, not official **第二項** 会議は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、要介護被保険者その他の厚生労働省令で定める被保険者（以下この項において「支援対象被保険者」という。）への適切な支援を図るために必要な検討を行うとともに、支援対象被保険者が地域において自立した日常生活を営むために必要な支援体制に関する検討を行うものとする。 art-115-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-2 A meeting is to, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, conduct the studies necessary to provide appropriate support to Insured Persons Requiring Long-Term Care and other Insured Persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as "Insured Person Subject to Support" in this paragraph), and conduct studies concerning the support system necessary for Insured Persons Subject to Support to lead independent daily lives in the community. machine translation, not official **第三項** 会議は、前項の検討を行うため必要があると認めるときは、関係者等に対し、資料又は情報の提供、意見の開陳その他必要な協力を求めることができる。 art-115-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-3 A meeting may, when it finds it necessary in order to conduct the studies under the preceding paragraph, request persons concerned, etc. to provide materials or information, state opinions, and give other necessary cooperation. machine translation, not official **第四項** 関係者等は、前項の規定に基づき、会議から資料又は情報の提供、意見の開陳その他必要な協力の求めがあった場合には、これに協力するよう努めなければならない。 art-115-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-4 In the case where a meeting makes a request, based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, for the provision of materials or information, the statement of opinions, or other necessary cooperation, a person concerned, etc. must endeavor to cooperate therewith. machine translation, not official **第五項** 会議の事務に従事する者又は従事していた者は、正当な理由がなく、会議の事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。 art-115-48/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-5 A person engaged in the affairs of a meeting, or a person that was so engaged, must not divulge any secret learned concerning the affairs of the meeting without justifiable reasons. machine translation, not official **第六項** 前各項に定めるもののほか、会議の組織及び運営に関し必要な事項は、会議が定める。 art-115-48/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-6 In addition to what is provided for in the respective preceding paragraphs, necessary matters concerning the organization and operation of a meeting are to be specified by the meeting. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-115-48/par-1: 第百十五条の四十五第二項第三号 → 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-115-48/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八 (Article 115-48), art-115-48 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48 - art-115-48/par-2: この項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第二項 (Article 115-48, paragraph (2)), art-115-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-2 - art-115-48/par-3: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第二項 (Article 115-48, paragraph (2)), art-115-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-2 - art-115-48/par-4: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第三項 (Article 115-48, paragraph (3)), art-115-48/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-3 - art-115-48/par-6: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第一項 (Article 115-48, paragraph (1)), art-115-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-1 - art-115-48/par-6: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第二項 (Article 115-48, paragraph (2)), art-115-48/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-2 - art-115-48/par-6: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第三項 (Article 115-48, paragraph (3)), art-115-48/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-3 - art-115-48/par-6: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第四項 (Article 115-48, paragraph (4)), art-115-48/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-4 - art-115-48/par-6: 前各項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第五項 (Article 115-48, paragraph (5)), art-115-48/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-5 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第一項（会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第二項（会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第三項（会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-3 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第四項（会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-4 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十八第六項（会議） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-48/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-48/par-6 - 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 --- ## 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-20261018T212610-026, 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