# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第四十五条の二 (Article 45-2) - Law: 国民健康保険法 (National Health Insurance Act), 昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号 - English title "National Health 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: 第四十五条の二 (Article 45-2)（保険医療機関等の報告等） — address `art-45-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2 - 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. --- ### 第四十五条の二（保険医療機関等の報告等） — (Reports, etc. from Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institutions, etc.) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、療養の給付に関して必要があると認めるときは、保険医療機関等若しくは保険医療機関等の開設者若しくは管理者、保険医、保険薬剤師その他の従業者であつた者（以下この項において「開設者であつた者等」という。）に対し報告若しくは診療録その他の帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示を命じ、保険医療機関等の開設者若しくは管理者、保険医、保険薬剤師その他の従業者（開設者であつた者等を含む。）に対し出頭を求め、又は当該職員に関係者に対して質問させ、若しくは保険医療機関等について設備若しくは診療録、帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor finds it necessary in relation to benefits for medical treatment, said minister or governor may order a Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. or any of the persons who were establishers or administrators, health insurance-covered physicians, health insurance-covered pharmacists or other employees of a Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Former Establishers, etc." in this paragraph) to make a report or submit or present medical records or other books and other documents, may request any of the establishers, administrators, health insurance-covered physicians, health insurance-covered pharmacists or other employees of a Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. (including Former Establishers, etc.) to appear, or may have personnel question persons involved or inspect any equipment or medical records, the books and other documents or other articles of such Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor finds it necessary in relation to benefits for medical treatment, said minister or governor may order a Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. or any of the persons who were establishers or managers, health insurance-covered physicians, health insurance-covered pharmacists or other employees of a Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "Former Establishers, etc." in this paragraph) to make a report or submit or present medical records or other books and other documents, may request any of the establishers, managers, health insurance-covered physicians, health insurance-covered pharmacists or other employees of a Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. (including Former Establishers, etc.) to appear, or may have personnel question persons involved or inspect any equipment or medical records, the books and other documents or other articles of such Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb **第二項** 前項の規定による質問又は検査を行う場合においては、当該職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、かつ、関係人の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-45-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-2 In cases where questions are asked or inspections are conducted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the relevant personnel must carry an identification card and present it at the request of any person concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-45-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-3 The authority under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第四十一条第二項の規定は、第一項の規定による質問又は検査について準用する。 art-45-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-4 The provisions of Article 41, paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to questions asked or inspections conducted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 都道府県知事は、保険医療機関等につきこの法律による療養の給付に関し健康保険法第八十条の規定による処分が行われる必要があると認めるとき、又は保険医若しくは保険薬剤師につきこの法律による診療若しくは調剤に関し健康保険法第八十一条の規定による処分が行われる必要があると認めるときは、理由を付して、その旨を厚生労働大臣に通知しなければならない。 art-45-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-5 When a prefectural governor finds it necessary that a disposition be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 80 of the Health Insurance Act with respect to a Health Insurance-Covered Medical Institution, etc. in relation to benefits for medical treatment provided under this Act or that a disposition be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 81 of the Health Insurance Act with respect to a health insurance-covered physician or health insurance-covered pharmacist in relation to medical care or prescription service provided under this Act, said governor must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare thereof, together with the reason therefor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-45-2/par-1: この項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第一項 (Article 45-2, paragraph (1)), art-45-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-1 - art-45-2/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第一項 (Article 45-2, paragraph (1)), art-45-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-1 - art-45-2/par-3: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第一項 (Article 45-2, paragraph (1)), art-45-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-1 - art-45-2/par-4: 第四十一条第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十一条第二項 (Article 41, paragraph (2)), art-41/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-41/par-2 - art-45-2/par-4: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第一項 (Article 45-2, paragraph (1)), art-45-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-1 - art-45-2/par-5: 健康保険法第八十条 → 健康保険法 第八十条 (Article 80), art-80 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-80 - art-45-2/par-5: 健康保険法第八十一条 → 健康保険法 第八十一条 (Article 81), art-81 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-81 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第一項（保険医療機関等の報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-1 - 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第二項（保険医療機関等の報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第三項（保険医療機関等の報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第四項（保険医療機関等の報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-45-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-45-2/par-4 - 国民健康保険法 第五十二条第六項（入院時食事療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-52/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-52/par-6 - 国民健康保険法 第五十二条の二第三項（入院時生活療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-52-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-52-2/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第五十三条第三項（保険外併用療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-53/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の二の三第二項（報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-3/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の三第六項（特別療養費） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-3/par-6 - 国民健康保険法 第百十一条の三第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-111-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-111-3/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 第百十九条第一項（厚生労働大臣と都道府県知事との連携） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-119/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-119/par-1 - 国民健康保険法 第百十九条の二第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-119-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-119-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — One English for the standard monthly remuneration and the standard bonus amount, in the Ministry of Justice's English too, written 2026-10-20 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/333AC0000000192/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — National Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — National Health Insurance Act (国民健康保険法), Article 45-2, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17