# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第七十八条の十七 (Article 78-17)

- 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: 第七十八条の十七 (Article 78-17)（公募指定に関する読替え） — address `art-78-17`
- 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-78-17
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-17
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### 第七十八条の十七（公募指定に関する読替え） — Replacement of Terms Concerning Designation by Public Invitation
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<sup>art-78-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-17</sup>

  **第一項**  公募指定に係る第七十八条の二第四項、第六項及び第十一項、第七十八条の五第二項並びに第七十八条の九から第七十八条の十一までの規定の適用については、同項中「地域密着型介護老人福祉施設入所者生活介護を除く」とあるのは「公募指定に係る市町村長指定定期巡回・随時対応型訪問介護看護等に限る」と、「一月前まで」とあるのは「一月以上前の日であって市町村長が定める日まで」とするほか、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
  <sup>art-78-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-17/par-1</sup>
  With regard to the application of Article 78-2, paragraphs (4), (6) and (11), Article 78-5, paragraph (2), and Article 78-9 through Article 78-11 to a Designation by Public Invitation, the phrase "excluding Daily Life Long-Term Care for a Person Admitted to a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "limited to Periodic Patrol and On-Demand Home-Visit Long-Term Care and Nursing, etc., Specified by the Mayor of a Municipality pertaining to a Designation by Public Invitation", and the phrase "by one month prior to" with "by the day specified by the mayor of the Municipality that is one month or more prior to", and other necessary technical replacement of terms is provided by a Cabinet Order.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-78-17/par-1: 第七十八条の二第四項 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の二第四項 (Article 78-2, paragraph (4)), art-78-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-2/par-4
- art-78-17/par-1: 第六項 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の二第六項 (Article 78-2, paragraph (6)), art-78-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-2/par-6
- art-78-17/par-1: 第十一項 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の二第十一項 (Article 78-2, paragraph (11)), art-78-2/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-2/par-11
- art-78-17/par-1: 第七十八条の五第二項 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の五第二項 (Article 78-5, paragraph (2)), art-78-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-5/par-2
- art-78-17/par-1: 第七十八条の九から第七十八条の十一まで → 介護保険法 第七十八条の十 (Article 78-10), art-78-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-10
- art-78-17/par-1: 第七十八条の九から第七十八条の十一まで → 介護保険法 第七十八条の十一 (Article 78-11), art-78-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-11
- art-78-17/par-1: 第七十八条の九から第七十八条の十一まで → 介護保険法 第七十八条の九 (Article 78-9), art-78-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-9

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-72/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-72/art-5/par-1
- 健康保険法 第八十九条第三項（指定訪問看護事業者の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-89/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-89/par-3
- 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

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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-20261018T212610-010, 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
