# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第三十四条 (Article 34)

- 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: 第三十四条 (Article 34)（要支援認定の取消し） — address `art-34`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三十四条（要支援認定の取消し） — (Rescission of Certification of Needed Support)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34</sup>

  **第一項**  市町村は、要支援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、当該要支援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、第三十二条第六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。
  <sup>art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-1</sup>
  When an Insured Person to whom has been issued a Certification of Needed Support is subject to any of the following items, a Municipality may rescind said Certification of Needed Support. In this case, the Municipality, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, is to request the Insured Person pertaining to said rescission to submit said Certificate of Insured Person, delete the entry of matters listed in the each item of Article 32, paragraph (6), and return the Certificate of Insured Person to the Insured Person. These items are:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  要支援者に該当しなくなったと認めるとき。
    <sup>art-34/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-1/item-1</sup>
    when it is determined that the Insured Person fails to qualify as a Person Requiring Support;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **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三十二条第二項の規定により準用され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、又は次項において準用する第三十二条第二項の規定により準用され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。
    <sup>art-34/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-1/item-2</sup>
    when the Insured Person fails to qualify after an investigation pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article, paragraph (2) or 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 the provisions of Article 24-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article 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 provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "when the Insured Person fails to qualify after an investigation pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article, paragraph (2) or 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 the provisions of Article 24-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article 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 provisions of Article 33, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  第二十八条第五項から第八項まで並びに第三十二条第二項、第三項、第四項前段、第五項及び第六項前段の規定は、前項第一号の規定による要支援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。
  <sup>art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 28, paragraph (5) to paragraph (8), Article 32, paragraph (2), paragraph (3), the first sentence of paragraph (4), paragraph (5), and the first sentence of paragraph (6) apply mutatis mutandis to a rescission of Certification of Needed Support pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, item (i). In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms for these provisions is specified by a Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-34/par-1: 第三十二条第六項 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第六項 (Article 32, paragraph (6)), art-32/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-6
- art-34/par-1/item-2: 前条第二項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条の三第二項 (Article 33-3, paragraph (2)), art-33-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33-3/par-2
- art-34/par-1/item-2: 次項 → 介護保険法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-2
- art-34/par-1/item-2: 第三十二条第二項 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-2
- art-34/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-34/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-34/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-34/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-34/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-34/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-34/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-34/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-34/par-2: 第三十二条第二項 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-2
- art-34/par-2: 第三項 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第三項 (Article 32, paragraph (3)), art-32/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-3
- art-34/par-2: 第四項 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第四項 (Article 32, paragraph (4)), art-32/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-4
- art-34/par-2: 第五項 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第五項 (Article 32, paragraph (5)), art-32/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-5
- art-34/par-2: 第六項 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第六項 (Article 32, paragraph (6)), art-32/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-6
- art-34/par-2: 前項第一号 → 介護保険法 第三十四条第一項第一号 (Article 34, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-34/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/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 第三十四条第一項第二号（要支援認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-1/item-2
- 介護保険法 第三十四条第二項（要支援認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-2
- 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
- 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

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法), Article 34, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
