# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)

- 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: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) — address `suppl-4231-72/art-9`
- 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-4231-72/art-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-72/art-9
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### 第九条
<sup>suppl-4231-72/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-72/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-72/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行のために必要な条例の制定又は改正、新介護保険法第二十四条の三第一項の指定の手続、新介護保険法第七十八条の二の規定による新介護保険法第四十二条の二第一項本文の指定の手続（定期巡回・随時対応型訪問介護看護及び複合型サービスに係るものに限る。）、新介護保険法第七十八条の十三第一項の規定による新介護保険法第四十二条の二第一項本文の指定の手続その他の行為は、施行日前においても行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-4231-72/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-72/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-72/art-9/par-1</sup>
The enactment or amendment of Prefectural or Municipal Ordinances necessary to enforce this Act, the procedure for designation under Article 24-3, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, the procedure for designation under the main clause of Article 42-2, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-2 of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to that pertaining to Periodic Patrol and On-Demand Home-Visit Long-Term Care and Nursing and combined service), the procedure for designation under the main clause of Article 42-2, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-13, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act, and other acts may be performed even before the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4231-72/art-9/par-1: 新介護保険法第二十四条の三第一項 → 介護保険法 第二十四条の三第一項 (Article 24-3, paragraph (1)), art-24-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-24-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-24-3/par-1
- suppl-4231-72/art-9/par-1: 新介護保険法第七十八条の二 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の二 (Article 78-2), art-78-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-2
- suppl-4231-72/art-9/par-1: 新介護保険法第四十二条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十二条の二第一項 (Article 42-2, paragraph (1)), art-42-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-42-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-42-2/par-1
- suppl-4231-72/art-9/par-1: 新介護保険法第七十八条の十三第一項 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の十三第一項 (Article 78-13, paragraph (1)), art-78-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-13/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 介護保険法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-72/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-72/art-1/par-1/item-1

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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-20261018T203319-055, 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
