# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72) - 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72) — address `art-72` - 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-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72 - 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. --- ### 第七十二条 art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72 **第一項** 介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院について、第九十四条第一項又は第百七条第一項の許可があったときは、その許可の時に、当該介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院の開設者について、当該介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院により行われる居宅サービス（短期入所療養介護その他厚生労働省令で定める居宅サービスの種類に限る。）に係る第四十一条第一項本文の指定があったものとみなす。ただし、当該介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院の開設者が、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、別段の申出をしたときは、この限りでない。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72/par-1 With regard to a Long-Term Care Health Facility or an integrated facility for medical and long-term care, when it is approved as set forth in Article 94, paragraph (1) or Article 107, paragraph (1), it is to be deemed that the establisher of said Long-Term Care Health Facility or integrated facility for medical and long-term care has been appointed as set forth in the main clause of Article 41, paragraph (1) pertaining to In-Home Service (limited to Short-Term Admission for Recuperation or a type of In-Home Service as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) provided by said Long-Term Care Health Facility or integrated facility for medical and long-term care at the time of said approval, however, provided that this provision does not apply when the establisher of said Long-Term Care Health Facility or integrated facility for medical and long-term care offers a different notification pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により指定居宅サービス事業者とみなされた者に係る第四十一条第一項本文の指定は、当該指定に係る介護老人保健施設又は介護医療院について、第九十四条の二第一項若しくは第百八条第一項の規定により許可の効力が失われたとき又は第百四条第一項、第百十四条の六第一項若しくは第百十五条の三十五第六項の規定により許可の取消しがあったときは、その効力を失う。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72/par-2 The appointment as service provider as set forth in the main clause of Article 41, paragraph (1) pertaining to a person that is deemed as a Designated In-Home Service Provider pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph ceases to be effective when, with regard to the Long-Term Care Health Facility or integrated facility for medical and long-term care pertaining to said appointment as service provider, the approval ceases to be effective pursuant to the provisions of Article 94-2, paragraph (1) or Article 108, paragraph (1), or there has been a rescission of the approval pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (1), Article 114-6, paragraph (1) or Article 115-35, paragraph (6). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-72/par-1: 第九十四条第一項 → 介護保険法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94/par-1 - art-72/par-1: 第百七条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百七条第一項 (Article 107, paragraph (1)), art-107/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-107/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-107/par-1 - art-72/par-1: 第四十一条第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-41/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第四十一条第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-41/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第九十四条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第九十四条の二第一項 (Article 94-2, paragraph (1)), art-94-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第百八条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百八条第一項 (Article 108, paragraph (1)), art-108/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-108/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第百四条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-104/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第百十四条の六第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十四条の六第一項 (Article 114-6, paragraph (1)), art-114-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-114-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-114-6/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第百十五条の三十五第六項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の三十五第六項 (Article 115-35, paragraph (6)), art-115-35/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-35/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-35/par-6 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第七十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72/par-2 - 介護保険法 第七十八条の十二第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-12/par-1 - 介護保険法 第百十五条の十一第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-11/par-1 - 生活保護法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-006, translated 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261019T014622-001, 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