# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第二百三条の五 (Article 203-5) - 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: 第二百三条の五 (Article 203-5)（権限の委任） — address `art-203-5` - 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-203-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-203-5 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百三条の五（権限の委任） — (Delegation of Authority) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-203-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-203-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-203-5 **第一項** この法律に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生局長に委任することができる。 art-203-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-203-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-203-5/par-1 The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare as provided in this Act, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, may be delegated to the chief of the relevant Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により地方厚生局長に委任された権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生支局長に委任することができる。 art-203-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-203-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-203-5/par-2 The authority that is delegated to the chief of said Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, may be delegated to a branch manager of said Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-203-5/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第二百三条の五第一項 (Article 203-5, paragraph (1)), art-203-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-203-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-203-5/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第二百三条の五第二項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-203-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-203-5/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 - This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18