# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29) - 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29)（要介護状態区分の変更の認定） — address `art-29` - 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-29 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-29 - 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. --- ### 第二十九条（要介護状態区分の変更の認定） — (Certification of Change of Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-29 **第一項** 要介護認定を受けた被保険者は、その介護の必要の程度が現に受けている要介護認定に係る要介護状態区分以外の要介護状態区分に該当すると認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、市町村に対し、要介護状態区分の変更の認定の申請をすることができる。 art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-29/par-1 An Insured Person that was issued a Certification of Needed Long-Term Care, when it is determined that the degree of necessity of care qualifies for a Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care other than the Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care pertaining to the Certification of Needed Long-Term Care which is currently issued, may apply to a Municipality for a Certification of Change of Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第二十七条及び前条第五項から第八項までの規定は、前項の申請及び当該申請に係る要介護状態区分の変更の認定について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定に関し必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-29/par-2 The provisions of Article 27 and the preceding Article, paragraphs (5) to (8) apply mutatis mutandis to an application as prescribed in the preceding paragraph and to a Certification of Change of Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care pertaining to said application. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of the terms of these provisions shall be provided by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-29/par-2: 第二十七条 → 介護保険法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27 - art-29/par-2: 前条第五項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第二十八条第五項 (Article 28, paragraph (5)), art-28/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-5 - art-29/par-2: 前条第五項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第二十八条第六項 (Article 28, paragraph (6)), art-28/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-6 - art-29/par-2: 前条第五項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第二十八条第七項 (Article 28, paragraph (7)), art-28/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-7 - art-29/par-2: 前条第五項から第八項まで → 介護保険法 第二十八条第八項 (Article 28, paragraph (8)), art-28/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-8 - art-29/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-29/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第二十四条の二第一項第二号（指定市町村事務受託法人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-24-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-24-2/par-1/item-2 - 介護保険法 第二十九条第二項（要介護状態区分の変更の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-29/par-2 - 介護保険法 第三十七条第一項（介護給付等対象サービスの種類の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-37/par-1 - 介護保険法 第三十八条第一項（都道府県の援助等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-38/par-1 - 介護保険法 第三十八条第二項（都道府県の援助等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-38/par-2 - 介護保険法 第三十八条第四項（都道府県の援助等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-38/par-4 - 介護保険法 第六十九条第一項（保険料を徴収する権利が消滅した場合の保険給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69/par-1 - 介護保険法 第七十三条第二項（指定居宅サービスの事業の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-73/par-2 - 介護保険法 第七十八条の十第一項第七号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-10/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-10/par-1/item-7 - 介護保険法 第二百五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-205/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-205/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