# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百三十八条 (Article 138)

- 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: 第百三十八条 (Article 138)（被保険者資格喪失等の場合の市町村の特別徴収義務者等に対する通知） — address `art-138`
- 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-138
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### 第百三十八条（被保険者資格喪失等の場合の市町村の特別徴収義務者等に対する通知） — (Notification to Persons under Duty of Special Collection by a Municipality in the Case of Loss of Status of Insured Person)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138</sup>

  **第一項**  市町村は、第百三十六条第一項の規定により支払回数割保険料額を特別徴収義務者に通知した後に当該通知に係る特別徴収対象被保険者が被保険者資格を喪失した場合その他厚生労働省令で定める場合においては、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その旨を当該特別徴収義務者及び当該特別徴収対象被保険者に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-1</sup>
  A Municipality, in a case when an Insured Person Subject to Special Collection pertaining to said notification has lost status as an Insured Person after notification of an insurance premium amount divided by the number of payments to a Person Under Obligation of Special Collection pursuant to the provisions of Article 136, paragraph (1) or other cases as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, must provide notification of said fact, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, to said Person Under Obligation of Special Collection and said Insured Person Subject to Special Collection.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  第百三十六条第四項から第八項までの規定は、前項の規定による特別徴収義務者に対する通知について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定に関し必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
  <sup>art-138/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 136, paragraph (4) to paragraph (8) apply mutatis mutandis to a notification to a Person Under Obligation of Special Collection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, necessary technical replacement of the terms of these provisions shall be provided by a Cabinet Order.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  特別徴収義務者は、第一項の規定による通知を受けた場合においては、その通知を受けた日以降特別徴収対象保険料額を徴収して納入する義務を負わない。この場合において、特別徴収義務者は、直ちに当該通知に係る特別徴収対象被保険者に係る保険料徴収の実績その他必要な事項を当該通知をした市町村に通知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-138/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-3</sup>
  A Person Under Obligation of Special Collection, in a case when said Person received a notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), has no obligation to collect and pay an Insurance Premium Amount Subject to Special Collection after the date of said notification. In this case, a Person Under Obligation of Special Collection must provide notice of the result of an insurance premium collection pertaining to an Insured Person Subject to Special Collection pertaining to said notification and other necessary matters, immediately to the Municipality which issued said notification.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  第百三十四条第七項から第十三項までの規定は、前項の規定による通知について準用する。
  <sup>art-138/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of Article 134, paragraph (7) to paragraph (13) apply mutatis mutandis to a notification pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-138/par-1: 第百三十六条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百三十六条第一項 (Article 136, paragraph (1)), art-136/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-136/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-136/par-1
- art-138/par-2: 第百三十六条第四項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十六条第四項 (Article 136, paragraph (4)), art-136/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-136/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-136/par-4
- art-138/par-2: 第百三十六条第四項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十六条第五項 (Article 136, paragraph (5)), art-136/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-136/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-136/par-5
- art-138/par-2: 第百三十六条第四項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十六条第六項 (Article 136, paragraph (6)), art-136/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-136/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-136/par-6
- art-138/par-2: 第百三十六条第四項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十六条第七項 (Article 136, paragraph (7)), art-136/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-136/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-136/par-7
- art-138/par-2: 第百三十六条第四項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十六条第八項 (Article 136, paragraph (8)), art-136/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-136/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-136/par-8
- art-138/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百三十八条第一項 (Article 138, paragraph (1)), art-138/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-1
- art-138/par-3: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第百三十八条第一項 (Article 138, paragraph (1)), art-138/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-1
- art-138/par-4: 第百三十四条第七項から第十三項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十四条第十項 (Article 134, paragraph (10)), art-134/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-134/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-134/par-10
- art-138/par-4: 第百三十四条第七項から第十三項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十四条第十一項 (Article 134, paragraph (11)), art-134/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-134/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-134/par-11
- art-138/par-4: 第百三十四条第七項から第十三項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十四条第十二項 (Article 134, paragraph (12)), art-134/par-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-134/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-134/par-12
- art-138/par-4: 第百三十四条第七項から第十三項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十四条第十三項 (Article 134, paragraph (13)), art-134/par-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-134/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-134/par-13
- art-138/par-4: 第百三十四条第七項から第十三項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十四条第七項 (Article 134, paragraph (7)), art-134/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-134/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-134/par-7
- art-138/par-4: 第百三十四条第七項から第十三項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十四条第八項 (Article 134, paragraph (8)), art-134/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-134/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-134/par-8
- art-138/par-4: 第百三十四条第七項から第十三項まで → 介護保険法 第百三十四条第九項 (Article 134, paragraph (9)), art-134/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-134/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-134/par-9
- art-138/par-4: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百三十八条第三項 (Article 138, paragraph (3)), art-138/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 第百三十八条第二項（被保険者資格喪失等の場合の市町村の特別徴収義務者等に対する通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-2
- 介護保険法 第百三十八条第三項（被保険者資格喪失等の場合の市町村の特別徴収義務者等に対する通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-3
- 介護保険法 第百三十八条第四項（被保険者資格喪失等の場合の市町村の特別徴収義務者等に対する通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-138/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-138/par-4
- 介護保険法 第百四十条第三項（仮徴収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-140/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-140/par-3
- 国民健康保険法 第七十六条の四第一項（介護保険法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-76-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-76-4/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百十条第一項（介護保険法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-110/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-20261018T212610-030, 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
