# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第五十四条の二の三 (Article 54-2-3) - 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: 第五十四条の二の三 (Article 54-2-3)（報告等） — address `art-54-2-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-3 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条の二の三（報告等） — (Reports, etc.) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-54-2-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-3 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、訪問看護療養費の支給に関して必要があると認めるときは、指定訪問看護事業者又は指定訪問看護事業者であつた者若しくは当該指定に係る事業所の看護師その他の従業者であつた者（以下この項において「指定訪問看護事業者であつた者等」という。）に対し報告若しくは帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示を命じ、指定訪問看護事業者若しくは当該指定に係る事業所の看護師その他の従業者（指定訪問看護事業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、若しくは当該指定訪問看護事業者の当該指定に係る事業所について帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-54-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-3/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor finds it necessary in relation to the payment of medical expenses for home-nursing, said minister or governor may order a designated home-nursing provider or an entity which was a designated home-nursing provider or any of the persons who were nurses or other employees at the office relevant to such designation (hereinafter referred to as a "Former Designated Home-nursing Business, etc." in this paragraph) to make a report or submit or present the books and other documents, may request a designated home-nursing provider or nurses or other employees at the office relevant to its designation (including Former Designated Home-nursing Businesses, etc.) to appear, or may have personnel question persons involved or inspect the books and other documents or other articles of such designated home-nursing provider at the office relevant to its designation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四十五条の二第二項の規定は、前項の規定による質問又は検査について、同条第三項の規定は、前項の規定による権限について準用する。 art-54-2-3/par-2 · 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 The provisions of Article 45-2, paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to questions asked or inspections conducted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the authority under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県知事は、指定訪問看護事業者につきこの法律による指定訪問看護に関し健康保険法第九十五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-54-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-3/par-3 When a prefectural governor finds it necessary that a disposition be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 95 of the Health Insurance Act with respect to a designated home-nursing provider in relation to designated home-nursing 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-54-2-3/par-1: この項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の二の三第一項 (Article 54-2-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-2-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-3/par-1 - art-54-2-3/par-2: 第四十五条の二第二項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第二項 (Article 45-2, paragraph (2)), 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 - art-54-2-3/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の二の三第一項 (Article 54-2-3, paragraph (1)), art-54-2-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-3/par-1 - art-54-2-3/par-2: 同条第三項 → 国民健康保険法 第四十五条の二第三項 (Article 45-2, paragraph (3)), 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 - art-54-2-3/par-3: 健康保険法第九十五条 → 健康保険法 第九十五条 (Article 95), art-95 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-95 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第五十四条の二の三第一項（報告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/art-54-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-54-2-3/par-1 - 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 - 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