# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百五十六条 (Article 156) - 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: 第百五十六条 (Article 156)（督促及び滞納処分） — address `art-156` - 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-156 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156 - 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. --- ### 第百五十六条（督促及び滞納処分） — (Demand for Levy and Disposition to Delinquency) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-156 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156 **第一項** 機構は、医療保険者が、納付すべき期限までに納付金を納付しないときは、期限を指定してこれを督促しなければならない。 art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-1 The Organization, when a medical insurer does not pay the Levy by the due date of said Levy, must specify the due date and present a demand for said Levy to said medical insurer. machine translation, not official **第二項** 機構は、前項の規定により督促をするときは、当該医療保険者に対し、督促状を発する。この場合において、督促状により指定すべき期限は、督促状を発する日から起算して十日以上経過した日でなければならない。 art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-2 The Organization, when presenting a demand pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, issues a demand note to said medical insurer. In this case, the due date to be specified by the demand note must be a date ten days or more after the date of issuance of said demand note. machine translation, not official **第三項** 機構は、第一項の規定による督促を受けた医療保険者がその指定期限までにその督促状に係る納付金及び次条の規定による延滞金を完納しないときは、政令で定めるところにより、その徴収を、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事に請求するものとする。 art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-3 The Organization, when a medical insurer that is presented a demand for Levy pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) does not pay the full amount of the Levy pertaining to said demand note or the delinquent charge pursuant to the provisions of the following Article by said specified due date, is to demand said collection from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor, pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定による徴収の請求を受けたときは、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、国税滞納処分の例により処分することができる。 art-156/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-4 The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare or the prefectural governor, when receiving a demand for collection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may dispose of the demand as governed by the disposition of a matter with regard to a failure to pay a national tax. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-156/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-1 - art-156/par-3: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-1 - art-156/par-3: 次条 → 介護保険法 第百五十七条 (Article 157), art-157 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-157 - art-156/par-4: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百五十六条第三項 (Article 156, paragraph (3)), art-156/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第百五十六条第二項（督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百五十六条第三項（督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-3 - 介護保険法 第百五十六条第四項（督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-156/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-156/par-4 - 介護保険法 第百五十七条第一項（延滞金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-157/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百五十八条第三項（納付の猶予） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-158/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-158/par-3 - 介護保険法 第二百三条の四第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-203-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-203-4/par-1 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-031, 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