# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第二百条 (Article 200)

- 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: 第二百条 (Article 200)（時効） — address `art-200`
- 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-200
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-200
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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### 第二百条（時効） — (Prescription)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-200 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-200 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-200</sup>

**第一項**  保険料、納付金その他この法律の規定による徴収金を徴収し、又はその還付を受ける権利及び保険給付を受ける権利は、これらを行使することができる時から二年を経過したときは、時効によって消滅する。
<sup>art-200/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-200/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-200/par-1</sup>
The right to collect an insurance premium, a Levy, or other money collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act, or to receive a refund thereof, and the right to receive an Insurance Benefit are extinguished by prescription when two years have elapsed from the time when those rights may be exercised.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の督促は、時効の更新の効力を生ずる。
<sup>art-200/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-200/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-200/par-2</sup>
A demand for payment of an insurance premium or other money collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act has the effect of renewal of prescription.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261018T212610-032, 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