# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第五十四条の二の二 (Article 54-2-2)

- 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: 第五十四条の二の二 (Article 54-2-2)（厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事の指導） — address `art-54-2-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-2
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### 第五十四条の二の二（厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事の指導） — (Guidance by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and Prefectural Governors)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-54-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-2</sup>

  **第一項**  指定訪問看護事業者及び当該指定に係る事業所の看護師その他の従業者は、指定訪問看護に関し、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事の指導を受けなければならない。
  <sup>art-54-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-2/par-1</sup>
  Guidance by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or prefectural governors must be received by each designated home-nursing provider and nurses and other employees at the office relevant to its designation with respect to designated home-nursing.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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## Sources

- 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
- This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
