# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15) - 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: 第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15)（準備行為） — address `suppl-4291-52/art-15` - 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-4291-52/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-15 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十五条（準備行為） — Preparatory Acts caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4291-52/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-15 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、新介護保険法第七十二条の二第二項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める基準（介護保険法第四十一条第一項に規定する指定居宅サービスの取扱いに関する部分に限る。）、新介護保険法第七十八条の二の二第二項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める基準（介護保険法第四十二条の二第一項に規定する指定地域密着型サービスの取扱いに関する部分に限る。）、新介護保険法第百十一条第四項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める基準（新介護保険法第八条第二十九項に規定する介護医療院サービスの取扱いに関する部分に限る。）、新介護保険法第百十五条の二の二第二項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める基準（介護保険法第五十三条第一項に規定する指定介護予防サービスの取扱いに関する部分に限る。）及び新介護保険法第百十五条の十二の二第二項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める基準（介護保険法第五十四条の二第一項に規定する指定地域密着型介護予防サービスの取扱いに関する部分に限る。）を定めようとするときは、施行日前においても社会保障審議会の意見を聴くことができる。 suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to specify the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 72-2, paragraph (2) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to the part concerning the handling of Designated In-Home Service prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act), the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 78-2-2, paragraph (2) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to the part concerning the handling of Designated Community-Based Service prescribed in Article 42-2, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act), the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 111, paragraph (4) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to the part concerning the handling of service at an integrated facility for medical and long-term care prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (29) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act), the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 115-2-2, paragraph (2) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to the part concerning the handling of Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Service prescribed in Article 53, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act), and the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 115-12-2, paragraph (2) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to the part concerning the handling of Designated Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care prescribed in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act), the Minister may hear the opinion of the Social Security Council even before the Effective Date. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 新介護保険法第七十二条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第七十二条の二第二項 (Article 72-2, paragraph (2)), art-72-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72-2/par-2 - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 介護保険法第四十一条第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-41/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 新介護保険法第七十八条の二の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第七十八条の二の二第二項 (Article 78-2-2, paragraph (2)), art-78-2-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-78-2-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-78-2-2/par-2 - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 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-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 新介護保険法第百十一条第四項 → 介護保険法 第百十一条第四項 (Article 111, paragraph (4)), art-111/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-111/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-111/par-4 - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 新介護保険法第八条第二十九項 → 介護保険法 第八条第二十九項 (Article 8, paragraph (29)), art-8/par-29 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8/par-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8/par-29 - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 新介護保険法第百十五条の二の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の二の二第二項 (Article 115-2-2, paragraph (2)), art-115-2-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-2-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-2-2/par-2 - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 介護保険法第五十三条第一項 → 介護保険法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-53/par-1 - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 新介護保険法第百十五条の十二の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の十二の二第二項 (Article 115-12-2, paragraph (2)), art-115-12-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-12-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-12-2/par-2 - suppl-4291-52/art-15/par-1: 介護保険法第五十四条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-54-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite 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-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 介護保険法 附則第十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4291-52/art-16/par-1 --- ## 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-20261018T212610-048, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 211 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18