# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第六十九条の三十八 (Article 69-38)

- 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: 第六十九条の三十八 (Article 69-38)（報告等） — address `art-69-38`
- 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-69-38
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38
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### 第六十九条の三十八（報告等） — (Reporting)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-69-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38</sup>

    **第一項**  都道府県知事は、介護支援専門員の業務の適正な遂行を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、その登録を受けている介護支援専門員及び当該都道府県の区域内でその業務を行う介護支援専門員に対し、その業務について必要な報告を求めることができる。
    <sup>art-69-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-1</sup>
    A prefectural governor, when it is determined that it is necessary for ensuring proper execution of the business of a Long-Term Care Support Specialist, may request necessary reports of said business from a registered Long-Term Care Support Specialist and a Long-Term Care Support Specialist that operates within the area governed by said prefectural governor.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  都道府県知事は、その登録を受けている介護支援専門員若しくは当該都道府県の区域内でその業務を行う介護支援専門員が第六十九条の三十四第一項若しくは第二項の規定に違反していると認めるとき、又はその登録を受けている者で介護支援専門員証の交付を受けていないもの（以下この項において「介護支援専門員証未交付者」という。）が介護支援専門員として業務を行ったときは、当該介護支援専門員又は当該介護支援専門員証未交付者に対し、必要な指示をし、又は当該都道府県知事の指定する研修を受けるよう命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-69-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-2</sup>
    A prefectural governor, when it is found that a registered Long-Term Care Support Specialist or a Long-Term Care Support Specialist that operates within the area governed by said prefectural governor violates the provisions of Article 69-34, paragraph (1) or (2), or when a registered person who has not been issued a Long-Term Care Support Specialist Certification (hereinafter referred to as a "Person Not Issued a Long-Term Care Support Specialist Certification" in this paragraph) has performed business as a Long-Term Care Support Specialist, may give necessary instructions to said Long-Term Care Support Specialist or said Person Not Issued a Long-Term Care Support Specialist Certification, and order him or her to undertake training designated by said prefectural governor.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第三項**  都道府県知事は、その登録を受けている介護支援専門員又は当該都道府県の区域内でその業務を行う介護支援専門員が前項の規定による指示又は命令に従わない場合には、当該介護支援専門員に対し、一年以内の期間を定めて、介護支援専門員として業務を行うことを禁止することができる。
    <sup>art-69-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-3</sup>
    A prefectural governor, in a case that a registered Long-Term Care Support Specialist or a Long-Term Care Support Specialist that operates within the area governed by said prefectural governor disobeys instructions or orders pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may prohibit said Long-Term Care Support Specialist from operating as a Long-Term Care Support Specialist by specifying a period that is less than one (1) year.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  都道府県知事は、他の都道府県知事の登録を受けている介護支援専門員に対して前二項の規定による処分をしたときは、遅滞なく、その旨を、当該介護支援専門員の登録をしている都道府県知事に通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-69-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-4</sup>
    A prefectural governor, when he or she executes an action pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs to a Long-Term Care Support Specialist who is registered in an area governed by a different prefectural governor, must notify without delay the prefectural governor that is governing the area where said Long-Term Care Support Specialist is registered of said fact.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-69-38/par-2: 第六十九条の三十四第一項 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十四第一項 (Article 69-34, paragraph (1)), art-69-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-34/par-1
- art-69-38/par-2: 第二項 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十四第二項 (Article 69-34, paragraph (2)), art-69-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-34/par-2
- art-69-38/par-2: この項 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十八第二項 (Article 69-38, paragraph (2)), art-69-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-2
- art-69-38/par-3: 前項 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十八第二項 (Article 69-38, paragraph (2)), art-69-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-2
- art-69-38/par-4: 前二項 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十八第二項 (Article 69-38, paragraph (2)), art-69-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-2
- art-69-38/par-4: 前二項 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十八第三項 (Article 69-38, paragraph (3)), art-69-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-3

## Cited by

9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 介護保険法 第六十九条の二第一項第五号（介護支援専門員の登録） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-2/par-1/item-5
- 介護保険法 第六十九条の三第一項（登録の移転） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-3/par-1
- 介護保険法 第六十九条の七第七項（介護支援専門員証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-7/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-7/par-7
- 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十八第二項（報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-2
- 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十八第三項（報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-3
- 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十八第四項（報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-38/par-4
- 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十九第一項第四号（登録の消除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-39/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-39/par-1/item-4
- 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十九第二項第二号（登録の消除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-39/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-39/par-2/item-2
- 介護保険法 第六十九条の三十九第二項第三号（登録の消除） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-39/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-39/par-2/item-3

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-005, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
