# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第八十条 (Article 80)

- 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: 第八十条 (Article 80)（指定居宅介護支援の事業の基準） — address `art-80`
- 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-80
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### 第八十条（指定居宅介護支援の事業の基準） — (Standards of Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Business)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-80</sup>

  **第一項**  指定居宅介護支援事業者は、次条第二項に規定する指定居宅介護支援の事業の運営に関する基準に従い、要介護者の心身の状況等に応じて適切な指定居宅介護支援を提供するとともに、自らその提供する指定居宅介護支援の質の評価を行うことその他の措置を講ずることにより常に指定居宅介護支援を受ける者の立場に立ってこれを提供するように努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-80/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-80/par-1</sup>
  A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider must act in compliance with the standards concerning Management of a Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Business as prescribed in paragraph (2) of the following Article, offer appropriate Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support according to the mental and physical condition, etc., of a Person Requiring Long-Term Care, and always engage in offering said services from the viewpoint of the person that receives Designated Community-Based Service by implementing self-evaluation of the quality of the Provider's own Designated Community-Based Service and other measures.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  指定居宅介護支援事業者は、指定居宅介護支援を受けようとする被保険者から提示された被保険者証に、認定審査会意見が記載されているときは、当該認定審査会意見に配慮して、当該被保険者に当該指定居宅介護支援を提供するように努めなければならない。
  <sup>art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-80/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-80/par-2</sup>
  A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, when an Opinion of the Certification Committee is entered on the Certificate of Insured Person that is presented by an Insured Person that intends to receive Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support, must engage in offering said Designated Community-Based Service of said Insured Person in consideration of said Opinion of the Certification Committee.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-80/par-1: 次条第二項 → 介護保険法 第八十一条第二項 (Article 81, paragraph (2)), art-81/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-81/par-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
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
