# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百七十二条 (Article 172) - 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: 第百七十二条 (Article 172)（報告の徴収等） — address `art-172` - 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-172 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172 - 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. --- ### 第百七十二条（報告の徴収等） — (Collection of Reports) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、機構又は第百六十一条の規定による委託を受けた者（以下この項及び第二百七条第二項において「受託者」という。）について、介護保険関係業務に関し必要があると認めるときは、その業務又は財産の状況に関する報告を徴し、又は当該職員に実地にその状況を検査させることができる。ただし、受託者に対しては、当該受託業務の範囲内に限る。 art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor, with regard to the Organization or a person that is entrusted pursuant to the provisions of Article 161 (hereinafter referred to as "trustee" in this paragraph and Article 207, paragraph (2)), when he or she determines it necessary with respect to business related to insured long-term care, may collect a report concerning the status of said operations or property, or direct personnel to inspect said condition in practice, provided, however, that with regard to a trustee, this applies only within the scope of the entrusted business. machine translation, not official **第二項** 第二十四条第三項の規定は、前項の規定による検査について、同条第四項の規定は、前項の規定による権限について準用する。 art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172/par-2 The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to an inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (4) of the same Article apply mutatis mutandis to the authority granted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県知事は、機構につき介護保険関係業務に関し医療情報基盤・診療報酬審査支払機構法第三十九条の規定による処分が行われる必要があると認めるとき、又は機構の役員につき介護保険関係業務に関し同法第十四条第三項若しくは第四項の規定による処分が行われる必要があると認めるときは、理由を付して、その旨を厚生労働大臣に通知しなければならない。 art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-172/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172/par-3 A prefectural governor, with regard to the Organization, when it is determined necessary with respect to business related to insured long-term care to conduct the disposition of a matter pursuant to the provisions of Article 39 of the Medical Information Infrastructure and Medical Fee Examination and Payment Organization Act, or when it is determined necessary to execute an action for an officer of the Organization with respect to business related to insured long-term care, pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (3) or paragraph (4) of the same Act, must provide notification of said fact to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and provide the reasons thereof. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-172/par-1: 第百六十一条 → 介護保険法 第百六十一条 (Article 161), art-161 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-161 - art-172/par-1: この項 → 介護保険法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172/par-1 - art-172/par-1: 第二百七条第二項 → 介護保険法 第二百七条第二項 (Article 207, paragraph (2)), art-207/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-207/par-2 - art-172/par-2: 第二十四条第三項 → 介護保険法 第二十四条第三項 (Article 24, paragraph (3)), art-24/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-24/par-3 - art-172/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172/par-1 - art-172/par-2: 同条第四項 → 介護保険法 第二十四条第四項 (Article 24, paragraph (4)), art-24/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-24/par-4 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第百七十二条第一項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百七十二条第二項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-172/par-2 - 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 - 介護保険法 第二百七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-207/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-20261018T203319-040, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T203319-040, 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