# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31) - 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31)（要介護認定の取消し） — address `art-31` - 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-31 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31 - 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. --- ### 第三十一条（要介護認定の取消し） — (Rescission of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31 **第一項** 市町村は、要介護認定を受けた被保険者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、当該要介護認定を取り消すことができる。この場合において、市町村は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該取消しに係る被保険者に対しその被保険者証の提出を求め、第二十七条第七項各号に掲げる事項の記載を消除し、これを返付するものとする。 art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31/par-1 When an Insured Person that was issued a Certification of Needed Long-Term Care is subject to any of the following items, a Municipality may rescind said Certification of Needed Long-Term Care. In this case, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, the Municipality is to request the Insured Person pertaining to said rescission to submit said Certificate of Insured Person, delete the entry of matters listed in each item of Article 27, paragraph (7), and return the Certificate of Insured Person to the Insured Person: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 要介護者に該当しなくなったと認めるとき。 art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31/par-1/item-1 when the Municipality determines that the Insured Person fails to or no longer qualifies as a Person Requiring Long-Term Care; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 正当な理由なしに、前条第二項若しくは次項において準用する第二十七条第二項の規定による調査（第二十四条の二第一項第二号又は前条第二項若しくは次項において準用する第二十八条第五項の規定により委託された場合にあっては、当該委託に係る調査を含む。）に応じないとき、又は前条第二項若しくは次項において準用する第二十七条第三項ただし書の規定による診断命令に従わないとき。 art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31/par-1/item-2 when the Insured Person fails to comply with an investigation pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article, paragraph (2) and the following paragraph (in a case when said investigation is entrusted pursuant to the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-2, paragraph (1), item (ii), the preceding Article, paragraph (2), or the following paragraph, including an investigation pertaining to said entrustment) without a justifiable reason, or when the Insured Person fails to act in compliance with an order for diagnosis pursuant to the provisions of the proviso of Article 27, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article, paragraph (2), and the following paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第二十七条第二項から第四項まで、第五項前段、第六項及び第七項前段並びに第二十八条第五項から第八項までの規定は、前項第一号の規定による要介護認定の取消しについて準用する。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-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31/par-2 The provisions of Article 27, paragraphs (2) to (4), the first sentence of paragraph (5), paragraph (6), the first sentence of paragraph (7), and Article 28, paragraphs (5) to (8) apply mutatis mutandis to a rescission of a Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, item (i). 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-31/par-1: 第二十七条第七項 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第七項 (Article 27, paragraph (7)), art-27/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-7 - art-31/par-1/item-2: 前条第二項 → 介護保険法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-30/par-2 - art-31/par-1/item-2: 次項 → 介護保険法 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31/par-2 - art-31/par-1/item-2: 第二十七条第二項 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-2 - art-31/par-1/item-2: 第二十四条の二第一項第二号 → 介護保険法 第二十四条の二第一項第二号 (Article 24-2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-24-2/par-1/item-2 — 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 - art-31/par-1/item-2: 第二十八条第五項 → 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-31/par-1/item-2: 第二十七条第三項 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-3 - art-31/par-2: 第二十七条第二項から第四項まで → 介護保険法 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-2 - art-31/par-2: 第二十七条第二項から第四項まで → 介護保険法 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-3 - art-31/par-2: 第二十七条第二項から第四項まで → 介護保険法 第二十七条第四項 (Article 27, paragraph (4)), art-27/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-4 - art-31/par-2: 第五項 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第五項 (Article 27, paragraph (5)), art-27/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-5 - art-31/par-2: 第六項 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第六項 (Article 27, paragraph (6)), art-27/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-6 - art-31/par-2: 第七項 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第七項 (Article 27, paragraph (7)), art-27/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-7 - art-31/par-2: 第二十八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-31/par-2: 第二十八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-31/par-2: 第二十八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-31/par-2: 第二十八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-31/par-2: 前項第一号 → 介護保険法 第三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-31/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31/par-1/item-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 第三十一条第一項第二号（要介護認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31/par-1/item-2 - 介護保険法 第三十一条第二項（要介護認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-31/par-2 - 介護保険法 第三十五条第五項（要介護認定等の手続の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-35/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-35/par-5 - 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 - 介護保険法 第二百十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-214/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-214/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