# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第三十三条 (Article 33) - 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33)（要支援認定の更新） — address `art-33` - 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-33 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33 - 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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Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 要支援認定を受けた被保険者は、有効期間の満了後においても要支援状態に該当すると見込まれるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、市町村に対し、当該要支援認定の更新（以下「要支援更新認定」という。）の申請をすることができる。 art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-2 An Insured Person that has been issued a Certification of Needed Support, when he or she is expected to be in a Needed Support Condition after the expiry of the Effective Period, may apply to the Municipality for application of renewal of said Certification of Needed Support (herein referred to as "Renewal of Certification of Needed Support") pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の申請をすることができる被保険者が、災害その他やむを得ない理由により当該申請に係る要支援認定の有効期間の満了前に当該申請をすることができなかったときは、当該被保険者は、その理由のやんだ日から一月以内に限り、要支援更新認定の申請をすることができる。 art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-3 In a case when an Insured Person that may apply for the application as set forth in the preceding paragraph was not able to apply for said application prior to expiry of the Effective Period of Certification of Needed Support pertaining to said application due to a disaster or other compelling reason, said Insured Person may apply for a Renewal of Certification of Needed Support within one month from the date on which said reasons are no longer valid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条（第七項を除く。）及び第二十八条第五項から第八項までの規定は、前二項の申請及び当該申請に係る要支援更新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-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-4 The provisions of the preceding Article (except for paragraph (7)) and Article 28, paragraphs (5) to (8) apply mutatis mutandis to an application as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs and a Renewal of Certification of Needed Support pertaining to said application. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of the terms of these provisions is specified by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項の申請に係る要支援更新認定は、当該申請に係る要支援認定の有効期間の満了日の翌日にさかのぼってその効力を生ずる。 art-33/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-5 A Renewal of Certification of Needed Support pertaining to an application as set forth in paragraph (3) becomes effective retroactively on the date following the date of expiry of the Effective Period of Certification of Needed Support pertaining to said application. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項の規定は、要支援更新認定について準用する。この場合において、同項中「厚生労働省令で定める期間」とあるのは、「有効期間の満了日の翌日から厚生労働省令で定める期間」と読み替えるものとする。 art-33/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-6 The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a Renewal of Certification of Needed Support. In this case, the phrase "period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare from the date following the expiry of the Effective Period." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-33/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33 - art-33/par-3: 前項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-2 - art-33/par-4: 前条 → 介護保険法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32 - art-33/par-4: 第七項 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第七項 (Article 32, paragraph (7)), art-32/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-7 - art-33/par-4: 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-33/par-4: 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-33/par-4: 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-33/par-4: 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-33/par-4: 前二項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条第二項 (Article 33, paragraph (2)), art-33/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-2 - art-33/par-4: 前二項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条第三項 (Article 33, paragraph (3)), art-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-3 - art-33/par-5: 第三項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条第三項 (Article 33, paragraph (3)), art-33/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-3 - art-33/par-6: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-1 ## Cited by 17 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 第三十三条第一項（要支援認定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-1 - 介護保険法 第三十三条第三項（要支援認定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-3 - 介護保険法 第三十三条第四項（要支援認定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-4 - 介護保険法 第三十三条第五項（要支援認定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-5 - 介護保険法 第三十三条第六項（要支援認定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-6 - 介護保険法 第三十五条第三項（要介護認定等の手続の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-35/par-3 - 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 - 介護保険法 附則第三条第一項（介護保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-3/par-1 - 介護保険法 附則第十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4261-83/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4261-83/art-11/par-1 --- ## 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