# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百七十条の二 (Article 170-2)

- 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: 第百七十条の二 (Article 170-2)（協議） — address `art-170-2`
- 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-170-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-170-2
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### 第百七十条の二（協議） — (Consultation)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-170-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-170-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-170-2</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、次の場合には、あらかじめ、財務大臣に協議しなければならない。
<sup>art-170-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-170-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-170-2/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare must consult with the Minister of Finance in advance, in the following cases:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第百六十八条第一項、第三項又は第八項の認可をしようとするとき。
  <sup>art-170-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-170-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-170-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  when intending to provide an approval as set forth in Article 168, paragraph (1), paragraph (3), or paragraph (8);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  前条第一号又は第二号の指定をしようとするとき。
  <sup>art-170-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-170-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-170-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  when intending to provide an appointment as set forth in item (i) or item (ii) of the preceding Article.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "when intending to provide an appointment as set forth in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-170-2/par-1/item-1: 第百六十八条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百六十八条第一項 (Article 168, paragraph (1)), art-168/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-168/par-1
- art-170-2/par-1/item-1: 第三項 → 介護保険法 第百六十八条第三項 (Article 168, paragraph (3)), art-168/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-168/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-168/par-3
- art-170-2/par-1/item-1: 第八項 → 介護保険法 第百六十八条第八項 (Article 168, paragraph (8)), art-168/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-168/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-168/par-8
- art-170-2/par-1/item-2: 前条第一号 → 介護保険法 第百七十条第一項第一号 (Article 170, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-170/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-170/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-170/par-1/item-1
- art-170-2/par-1/item-2: 第二号 → 介護保険法 第百七十条第一項第二号 (Article 170, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-170/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-170/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-170/par-1/item-2

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## 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 170-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18