# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4171-83`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-83
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-83
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## 附　則 平成一七年七月一五日法律第八三号
<sup>suppl-4171-83 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-83</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-83/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-83/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十九年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-83/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-83/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2007.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条（助教授の在職に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Tenure as an Assistant Professor
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-83/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-83/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる法律の規定の適用については、この法律の施行前における助教授としての在職は、准教授としての在職とみなす。
<sup>suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1</sup>
For the purpose of applying the provisions of the following Acts, tenure as an assistant professor before this Act comes into effect is deemed to be tenure as an associate professor:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一から十三まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-1-to-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-1-to-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-1-to-13</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **十四**  介護保険法（平成九年法律第百二十三号）別表
  <sup>suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-83/art-2/par-1/item-14</sup>
  the Appended Table of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Act No. 123 of 1997).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261018T203319-050, 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