# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百九十四条 (Article 194)

- 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: 第百九十四条 (Article 194)（審理のための処分） — address `art-194`
- 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-194
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-194
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### 第百九十四条（審理のための処分） — (Disposition for Proceedings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-194 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-194 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-194</sup>

**第一項**  保険審査会は、審理を行うため必要があると認めるときは、審査請求人若しくは関係人に対して報告若しくは意見を求め、その出頭を命じて審問し、又は医師その他保険審査会の指定する者（次項において「医師等」という。）に診断その他の調査をさせることができる。
<sup>art-194/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-194/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-194/par-1</sup>
A Certification Committee for Insurance, when it determines necessary to conduct proceedings, may request reports or opinions of the person requesting said examination or other relevant person, order to appear and conduct hearings, or direct a physician or other person appointed by said Certification Committee for Insurance (referred to as "Physician, etc." in the following paragraph) to conduct a diagnosis or other investigations.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  都道府県は、前項の規定により保険審査会に出頭した関係人又は診断その他の調査をした医師等に対し、政令で定めるところにより、旅費、日当及び宿泊料又は報酬を支給しなければならない。
<sup>art-194/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-194/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-194/par-2</sup>
A prefecture must pay the travel expenses, a daily allowance, and accommodation charges, or pay remuneration, pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order, to said relevant person that appears before said Certification Committee for Insurance pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph or Physician, etc., that conducted said diagnosis or other investigation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-194/par-1: 次項 → 介護保険法 第百九十四条第二項 (Article 194, paragraph (2)), art-194/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-194/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-194/par-2
- art-194/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百九十四条第一項 (Article 194, paragraph (1)), art-194/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-194/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-194/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 第百九十四条第一項（審理のための処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-194/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-194/par-1
- 介護保険法 第百九十四条第二項（審理のための処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-194/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-194/par-2
- 介護保険法 第二百十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-210/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-210/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
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
