# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第九十一条の二 (Article 91-2) - 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: 第九十一条の二 (Article 91-2)（勧告、命令等） — address `art-91-2` - 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-91-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2 - 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. --- ### 第九十一条の二（勧告、命令等） — (Recommendationsand Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-91-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、指定介護老人福祉施設が、次の各号に掲げる場合に該当すると認めるときは、当該指定介護老人福祉施設の開設者に対し、期限を定めて、それぞれ当該各号に定める措置をとるべきことを勧告することができる。 art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-1 A prefectural governor, when it is determined that a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly falls under a case listed in the following items, may recommend to the establisher of said Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, setting a due date, to take the measures specified in each such item: machine translation, not official **一** その行う指定介護福祉施設サービスに従事する従業者の人員について第八十八条第一項の都道府県の条例で定める員数を満たしていない場合　当該都道府県の条例で定める員数を満たすこと。 art-91-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-1/item-1 when it does not satisfy the number determined by Prefectural Ordinance as set forth in Article 88, paragraph (1) with regard to the number of employees that engage in the Designated Facility Service for Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid it provides:to satisfy the number determined by said Prefectural Ordinance; machine translation, not official **二** 第八十八条第二項に規定する指定介護老人福祉施設の設備及び運営に関する基準に従って適正な指定介護老人福祉施設の運営をしていない場合　当該指定介護老人福祉施設の設備及び運営に関する基準に従って適正な指定介護老人福祉施設の運営をすること。 art-91-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-1/item-2 when it does not operate an appropriate Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly in accordance with the standards concerning facilities and management of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly as prescribed in Article 88, paragraph (2):to operate an appropriate Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly in accordance with said standards concerning facilities and management of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly; machine translation, not official **三** 第八十八条第五項に規定する便宜の提供を適正に行っていない場合　当該便宜の提供を適正に行うこと。 art-91-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-1/item-3 when it does not properly provide the conveniences prescribed in Article 88, paragraph (5):to properly provide said conveniences. machine translation, not official **第二項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による勧告をした場合において、その勧告を受けた指定介護老人福祉施設の開設者が同項の期限内にこれに従わなかったときは、その旨を公表することができる。 art-91-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-2 A prefectural governor, in a case of providing a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may provide public notice of the fact that the establisher of said Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly that was issued said recommendation did not act in compliance with said recommendation within the due date as set forth in the same paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A prefectural governor, in a case of providing a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may provide public notice of the fact that the organizer of said Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly that was issued said recommendation did not act in compliance with said recommendation within the due date as set forth in the same paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb **第三項** 都道府県知事は、第一項の規定による勧告を受けた指定介護老人福祉施設の開設者が、正当な理由がなくてその勧告に係る措置をとらなかったときは、当該指定介護老人福祉施設の開設者に対し、期限を定めて、その勧告に係る措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-91-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-3 A prefectural governor, when an establisher of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly that was issued a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) does not implement the measures pertaining to said recommendation without a justifiable basis, may order to an establisher of said Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly to implement measures pertaining to said recommendation within a period specified by a due date. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A prefectural governor, when an organizer of a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly that was issued a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) does not implement the measures pertaining to said recommendation without a justifiable basis, may order to an organizer of said Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly to implement measures pertaining to said recommendation within a period specified by a due date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb **第四項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による命令をした場合においては、その旨を公示しなければならない。 art-91-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-4 A prefectural governor, when issuing an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, must issue public notice of the said fact. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 市町村は、保険給付に係る指定介護福祉施設サービスを行った指定介護老人福祉施設について、第一項各号に掲げる場合のいずれかに該当すると認めるときは、その旨を当該指定介護老人福祉施設の所在地の都道府県知事に通知しなければならない。 art-91-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-5 With regard to a Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly that provided Designated Facility Service for Long-Term Care Covered by Public Aid pertaining to an Insurance Benefit, a Municipality, when it is determined that said Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly falls under any of the cases listed in the items of paragraph (1), must provide notification of said fact to the prefectural governor that governs the location of said Designated Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-91-2/par-1/item-1: 第八十八条第一項 → 介護保険法 第八十八条第一項 (Article 88, paragraph (1)), art-88/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-88/par-1 - art-91-2/par-1/item-2: 第八十八条第二項 → 介護保険法 第八十八条第二項 (Article 88, paragraph (2)), art-88/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-88/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-88/par-2 - art-91-2/par-1/item-3: 第八十八条第五項 → 介護保険法 第八十八条第五項 (Article 88, paragraph (5)), art-88/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-88/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-88/par-5 - art-91-2/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第九十一条の二第一項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (1)), art-91-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-1 - art-91-2/par-3: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第九十一条の二第一項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (1)), art-91-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-1 - art-91-2/par-4: 前項 → 介護保険法 第九十一条の二第三項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (3)), art-91-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-3 - art-91-2/par-5: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第九十一条の二第一項 (Article 91-2, paragraph (1)), art-91-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第九十一条の二第二項（勧告、命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-2 - 介護保険法 第九十一条の二第三項（勧告、命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-3 - 介護保険法 第九十一条の二第四項（勧告、命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-4 - 介護保険法 第九十一条の二第五項（勧告、命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-91-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-91-2/par-5 --- ## 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 91-2, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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 91-2, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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-20261018T203319-015, 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