# 生活保護法 / Public Assistance Act — 第五章 (Chapter 5)

- Law: 生活保護法 (Public Assistance Act), 昭和二十五年法律第百四十四号
- English title "Public Assistance 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: 第五章 (Chapter 5) — address `ch-5`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-04-01, standing until 2028-06-23 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20270401_508AC0000000051)
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## 第五章　保護の方法 — Chapter V Method of Public Assistance
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#ch-5</sup>

### 第三十条（生活扶助の方法） — (Method of Livelihood Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-30</sup>

**第一項**  生活扶助は、被保護者の居宅において行うものとする。ただし、これによることができないとき、これによつては保護の目的を達しがたいとき、又は被保護者が希望したときは、被保護者を救護施設、更生施設、日常生活支援住居施設（社会福祉法第二条第三項第八号に規定する事業の用に供する施設その他の施設であつて、被保護者に対する日常生活上の支援の実施に必要なものとして厚生労働省令で定める要件に該当すると都道府県知事が認めたものをいう。第六十二条第一項及び第七十条第一号ハにおいて同じ。）若しくはその他の適当な施設に入所させ、若しくはこれらの施設に入所を委託し、又は私人の家庭に養護を委託して行うことができる。
<sup>art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-30/par-1</sup>
Livelihood assistance shall be provided at the home of a public assistance recipient; provided, however, that, when this method cannot be used, when it is difficult to achieve the purpose of public assistance by this method, or when the public assistance recipient has so desired, public assistance may be provided by having the public assistance recipient admitted into a relief facility, a rehabilitation facility, a residential facility for daily living support (meaning a facility used for the project prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3), item (viii) of the Social Welfare Act or any other facility that a prefectural governor has found to satisfy the requirements specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for the provision of support in daily life to public assistance recipients; the same applies in Article 62, paragraph (1) and Article 70, item (i), (c)) or any other appropriate facility, or entrusting such admission into any such facility, or entrusting nursing care to the home of a private individual.
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**第二項**  前項ただし書の規定は、被保護者の意に反して、入所又は養護を強制することができるものと解釈してはならない。
<sup>art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-30/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the proviso to the preceding paragraph shall not be interpreted as those that are able to force admission into a facility or provision of nursing care against the will of a public assistance recipient.
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**第三項**  保護の実施機関は、被保護者の親権者又は後見人がその権利を適切に行わない場合においては、その異議があつても、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、第一項但書の措置をとることができる。
<sup>art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-30/par-3</sup>
A public assistance administrator may, in the case where a person who has parental authority or is a guardian for a public assistance recipient fails to exercise his/her rights appropriately, take one of the measures under the proviso to paragraph (1) by obtaining the permission of a family court, even if said person objects to it.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十一条
<sup>art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-31</sup>

**第一項**  生活扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。但し、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
<sup>art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-31/par-1</sup>
Livelihood assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, livelihood assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  生活扶助のための保護金品は、一月分以内を限度として前渡するものとする。但し、これによりがたいときは、一月分をこえて前渡することができる。
<sup>art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-31/par-2</sup>
The public assistance benefit for livelihood assistance shall be provided in advance to the extent of one month's worth; provided, however, that when it is difficult to use this method, the public assistance benefit may be provided in advance in excess of one month's worth.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  居宅において生活扶助を行う場合の保護金品は、世帯単位に計算し、世帯主又はこれに準ずる者に対して交付するものとする。但し、これによりがたいときは、被保護者に対して個々に交付することができる。
<sup>art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-31/par-3</sup>
The public assistance benefit in the case of providing livelihood assistance at home shall be calculated on a household basis and shall be delivered to the householder or a person equivalent thereto; provided, however, that if it is difficult to use this method, the public assistance benefit may be delivered to the public assistance recipient on an individual basis.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  地域密着型介護老人福祉施設（介護保険法第八条第二十一項に規定する地域密着型介護老人福祉施設をいう。以下同じ。）、介護老人福祉施設（同条第二十六項に規定する介護老人福祉施設をいう。以下同じ。）、介護老人保健施設（同条第二十七項に規定する介護老人保健施設をいう。以下同じ。）又は介護医療院（同条第二十八項に規定する介護医療院をいう。以下同じ。）であつて第五十四条の二第一項の規定により指定を受けたもの（同条第二項本文の規定により同条第一項の指定を受けたものとみなされたものを含む。）において施設介護（第十五条の二第四項に規定する施設介護をいう。以下同じ。）を受ける被保護者に対して生活扶助を行う場合の保護金品を前項に規定する者に交付することが適当でないときその他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、同項の規定にかかわらず、当該地域密着型介護老人福祉施設若しくは介護老人福祉施設の長又は当該介護老人保健施設若しくは介護医療院の管理者に対して交付することができる。
<sup>art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-31/par-4</sup>
In the case of providing livelihood assistance to a public assistance recipient who receives facility care services (meaning the facility care services prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter) at a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care (meaning a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (21) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act; the same applies hereinafter), a Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly (meaning a Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly prescribed in paragraph (26) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter), a long-term care health facility (meaning a long-term care health facility prescribed in paragraph (27) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter) or an integrated facility for medical and long-term care (meaning an integrated facility for medical and long-term care prescribed in paragraph (28) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter) that has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 54-2, paragraph (1) (including one that is deemed to have received the designation under paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (2) of that Article), if it is not appropriate to deliver the public assistance benefit to a person prescribed in the preceding paragraph or if it is necessary for achieving the purpose of public assistance, the public assistance benefit may be delivered to the head of said Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care or Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, or to the manager of said long-term care health facility or integrated facility for medical and long-term care, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
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**第五項**  前条第一項ただし書の規定により生活扶助を行う場合の保護金品は、被保護者又は施設の長若しくは養護の委託を受けた者に対して交付するものとする。
<sup>art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-31/par-5</sup>
The public assistance benefit in the case of providing livelihood assistance pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article shall be delivered to the public assistance recipient, the head of the facility, or the person to whom nursing care has been entrusted.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十二条（教育扶助の方法） — (Method of Education Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-32</sup>

**第一項**  教育扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。但し、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
<sup>art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-32/par-1</sup>
Education assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, education assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  教育扶助のための保護金品は、被保護者、その親権者若しくは未成年後見人又は被保護者の通学する学校の長に対して交付するものとする。
<sup>art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-32/par-2</sup>
The public assistance benefit for education assistance shall be delivered to the public assistance recipient, a person who has parental authority over the public assistance recipient or is a guardian of a public assistance recipient who is a minor, or the head of the school which the public assistance recipient attends.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十三条（住宅扶助の方法） — (Method of Housing Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-33</sup>

**第一項**  住宅扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。但し、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
<sup>art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-33/par-1</sup>
Housing assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, housing assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  住宅扶助のうち、住居の現物給付は、宿所提供施設を利用させ、又は宿所提供施設にこれを委託して行うものとする。
<sup>art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-33/par-2</sup>
Out of the housing assistance, residence as performance in kind shall be provided by having the public assistance recipient use a facility providing accommodation or by entrusting such actions to a facility providing accommodation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第三十条第二項の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。
<sup>art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-33/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 30, paragraph (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the case under the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  住宅扶助のための保護金品は、世帯主又はこれに準ずる者に対して交付するものとする。
<sup>art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-33/par-4</sup>
The public assistance benefit for housing assistance shall be delivered to the householder or a person equivalent thereto.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十四条（医療扶助の方法） — (Method of Medical Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34</sup>

**第一項**  医療扶助は、現物給付によつて行うものとする。ただし、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、金銭給付によつて行うことができる。
<sup>art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-1</sup>
Medical assistance shall be provided by way of performance in kind; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, medical assistance may be provided by way of performance in money.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項に規定する現物給付のうち、医療の給付は、医療保護施設を利用させ、又は医療保護施設若しくは第四十九条の規定により指定を受けた医療機関（以下「指定医療機関」という。）にこれを委託して行うものとする。
<sup>art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-2</sup>
Out of the performance in kind prescribed in the preceding paragraph, medical care shall be furnished by having the public assistance recipient use a medical facility for persons requiring public assistance or by entrusting such actions to a medical facility for persons requiring public assistance or a medical institution that has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 49 (hereinafter referred to as a "designated medical care provider").
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**第三項**  前項に規定する医療の給付のうち、医療を担当する医師又は歯科医師が医学的知見に基づき後発医薬品（医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十五年法律第百四十五号）第十四条又は第十九条の二の規定による製造販売の承認を受けた医薬品のうち、同法第十四条の四第一項各号に掲げる医薬品と有効成分、分量、用法、用量、効能及び効果が同一性を有すると認められたものであつて厚生労働省令で定めるものをいう。以下この項において同じ。）を使用することができると認めたものについては、原則として、後発医薬品によりその給付を行うものとする。
<sup>art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-3</sup>
Of the furnishing of medical care prescribed in the preceding paragraph, for that which a doctor or dentist in charge of medical care has found, based on medical knowledge, can be provided with a generic drug (meaning, among pharmaceuticals that have received authorization for manufacturing and marketing under Article 14 or Article 19-2 of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Act No. 145 of 1960), those found to be identical in active ingredient, quantity, directions for use, dosage, indications and effects to the pharmaceuticals listed in the items of Article 14-4, paragraph (1) of that Act and specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereafter in this paragraph), the furnishing is, in principle, to be made with generic drugs.
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**第四項**  第二項に規定する医療の給付のうち、あん摩マツサージ指圧師、はり師、きゆう師等に関する法律（昭和二十二年法律第二百十七号）又は柔道整復師法（昭和四十五年法律第十九号）の規定によりあん摩マツサージ指圧師、はり師、きゆう師又は柔道整復師（以下「施術者」という。）が行うことのできる範囲の施術については、第五十五条第一項の規定により指定を受けた施術者に委託してその給付を行うことを妨げない。
<sup>art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-4</sup>
Of the furnishing of medical care prescribed in paragraph (2), the extent of the treatment that may be provided by an amma-massage practitioner, acupuncturist, moxa-cauterist or judo therapist (hereinafter referred to as a "practitioner") pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Amma-Massage Practitioners, Acupuncturists, and Moxa-cauterists, etc. (Act No. 217 of 1947) or the Judo Therapists Act (Act No. 19 of 1970) shall not be precluded from being furnished by way of entrusting said treatment to a practitioner who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 55, paragraph (1).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  被保護者は、第二項に規定する医療の給付のうち、指定医療機関に委託して行うものを受けるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該指定医療機関から、電子資格確認その他厚生労働省令で定める方法により、医療扶助を受給する被保護者であることの確認を受けるものとする。
<sup>art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-5</sup>
When a public assistance recipient receives, out of the furnishing of medical care prescribed in paragraph (2), that which is provided by entrusting it to a designated medical care provider, the public assistance recipient is to, in accordance with the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, receive confirmation from that designated medical care provider, by electronic eligibility confirmation or any other method specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, that the person is a public assistance recipient receiving medical assistance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第六項**  前項の「電子資格確認」とは、被保護者が、保護の実施機関に対し、個人番号カード（行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第二十七号）第二条第七項に規定する個人番号カードをいう。）に記録された利用者証明用電子証明書（電子署名等に係る地方公共団体情報システム機構の認証業務に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十三号）第二十二条第一項に規定する利用者証明用電子証明書をいう。）を送信する方法その他の厚生労働省令で定める方法により、被保護者の医療扶助の受給資格に係る情報（医療の給付に係る費用の請求に必要な情報を含む。）の照会を行い、電子情報処理組織を使用する方法その他の情報通信の技術を利用する方法により、保護の実施機関から回答を受けて当該情報を医療の給付を受ける医療機関に提供し、当該医療機関から医療扶助を受給する被保護者であることの確認を受けることをいう。
<sup>art-34/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-6</sup>
"Electronic eligibility confirmation" in the preceding paragraph means, for a public assistance recipient, to make an inquiry to a public assistance administrator about information concerning the public assistance recipient's eligibility to receive medical assistance (including information necessary for claiming the costs of the furnishing of medical care), by a method of transmitting an electronic certificate for user certification (meaning the electronic certificate for user certification prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Act on Certification Business of the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems in Relation to Electronic Signatures, etc. (Act No. 153 of 2002)) recorded on an Individual Number Card (meaning the Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013)) or by any other method specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to receive a response from the public assistance administrator by a method using an electronic data processing system or any other method using information and communications technology and provide that information to the medical care provider that is to furnish the medical care, and to receive confirmation from that medical care provider that the person is a public assistance recipient receiving medical assistance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第七項**  急迫した事情その他やむを得ない事情がある場合においては、被保護者は、第二項及び第四項の規定にかかわらず、指定を受けない医療機関について医療の給付を受け、又は指定を受けない施術者について施術の給付を受けることができる。
<sup>art-34/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-7</sup>
In the case where there are urgent circumstances or other unavoidable circumstances, a public assistance recipient may be furnished with medical care by a medical institution that has not been designated or be furnished with treatment by a practitioner who has not been designated, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (4).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第八項**  医療扶助のための保護金品は、被保護者に対して交付するものとする。
<sup>art-34/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-8</sup>
The public assistance benefit for medical assistance shall be delivered to the public assistance recipient.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十四条の二（介護扶助の方法） — (Method of Long-Term Care Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-34-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-34-2</sup>

**第一項**  介護扶助は、現物給付によつて行うものとする。ただし、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、金銭給付によつて行うことができる。
<sup>art-34-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-34-2/par-1</sup>
Long-term care assistance shall be provided by way of performance in kind; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, long-term care assistance may be provided by way of performance in money.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項に規定する現物給付のうち、居宅介護（第十五条の二第二項に規定する居宅介護をいう。以下同じ。）、福祉用具の給付、施設介護、介護予防（同条第五項に規定する介護予防をいう。以下同じ。）、介護予防福祉用具及び介護予防・日常生活支援（同条第七項に規定する介護予防・日常生活支援をいう。第五十四条の二第一項において同じ。）の給付は、介護機関（その事業として居宅介護を行う者及びその事業として居宅介護支援計画（第十五条の二第三項に規定する居宅介護支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を作成する者、その事業として介護保険法第八条第十三項に規定する特定福祉用具販売を行う者（第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において「特定福祉用具販売事業者」という。）、地域密着型介護老人福祉施設、介護老人福祉施設、介護老人保健施設及び介護医療院、その事業として介護予防を行う者及びその事業として介護予防支援計画（第十五条の二第六項に規定する介護予防支援計画をいう。第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において同じ。）を作成する者、その事業として同法第八条の二第十一項に規定する特定介護予防福祉用具販売を行う者（第五十四条の二第一項及び別表第二において「特定介護予防福祉用具販売事業者」という。）並びに介護予防・日常生活支援事業者（その事業として同法第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号に規定する第一号事業を行う者をいう。以下同じ。）をいう。以下同じ。）であつて、第五十四条の二第一項の規定により指定を受けたもの（同条第二項本文の規定により同条第一項の指定を受けたものとみなされたものを含む。）にこれを委託して行うものとする。
<sup>art-34-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-34-2/par-2</sup>
Out of the performance in kind prescribed in the preceding paragraph, in-home care services (meaning the in-home care services prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter), the furnishing of welfare equipment, facility care services, care prevention services (meaning the care prevention services prescribed in paragraph (5) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter), the furnishing of welfare equipment for care prevention, and care prevention and daily life support (meaning the care prevention and daily life support prescribed in paragraph (7) of that Article; the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1)) shall be provided by way of entrusting such assistance to a long-term care provider (which means a person who provides in-home care services as his/her business, a person who prepares in-home care support plans (meaning the in-home care support plans prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (3); the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2) as his/her business, a person who sells specified welfare equipment prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (13) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as his/her business (referred to as a "specified welfare equipment dealer" in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2), a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care, a Facility Covered by Public Aid Providing Long-Term Care to the Elderly, a long-term care health facility and an integrated facility for medical and long-term care, a person who provides care prevention services as his/her business, a person who prepares care prevention support plans (meaning the care prevention support plans prescribed in Article 15-2, paragraph (6); the same applies in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2) as his/her business, a person who sells specified welfare equipment for care prevention prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (11) of that Act as his/her business (referred to as a "specified care prevention welfare equipment dealer" in Article 54-2, paragraph (1) and Appended Table 2), and a care prevention and daily life support provider (meaning a person who conducts, as his/her business, a category 1 project prescribed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter); the same applies hereinafter) who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 54-2, paragraph (1) (including one that is deemed to have received the designation under paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (2) of that Article).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前条第七項及び第八項の規定は、介護扶助について準用する。
<sup>art-34-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-34-2/par-3</sup>
The provisions of paragraphs (7) and (8) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to long-term care assistance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三十五条（出産扶助の方法） — (Method of Maternity Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-35</sup>

**第一項**  出産扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。ただし、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
<sup>art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-35/par-1</sup>
Maternity assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, maternity assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項ただし書に規定する現物給付のうち、助産の給付は、第五十五条第一項の規定により指定を受けた助産師に委託して行うものとする。
<sup>art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-35/par-2</sup>
Out of the performance in kind prescribed in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the furnishing of midwifery shall be provided by way of entrusting such midwifery to a midwife who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 55, paragraph (1).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第三十四条第七項及び第八項の規定は、出産扶助について準用する。
<sup>art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-35/par-3</sup>
The provisions of paragraphs (7) and (8) of Article 34 shall apply mutatis mutandis to maternity assistance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三十六条（生業扶助の方法） — (Method of Occupational Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-36</sup>

**第一項**  生業扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。但し、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
<sup>art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-36/par-1</sup>
Occupational assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, occupational assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項但書に規定する現物給付のうち、就労のために必要な施設の供用及び生業に必要な技能の授与は、授産施設若しくは訓練を目的とするその他の施設を利用させ、又はこれらの施設にこれを委託して行うものとする。
<sup>art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-36/par-2</sup>
Out of performance in kind prescribed in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, use of a facility necessary for the employment and provision of the skills necessary for occupational assistance shall be provided by having the person requiring public assistance use a vocational facility or any other facility aimed at training, or by entrusting such assistance to such a facility.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  生業扶助のための保護金品は、被保護者に対して交付するものとする。但し、施設の供用又は技能の授与のために必要な金品は、授産施設の長に対して交付することができる。
<sup>art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-36/par-3</sup>
The public assistance benefit for occupational assistance shall be delivered to the public assistance recipient; provided however, that the public assistance benefit necessary for the use of a facility or the provision of skills may be delivered to the head of a vocational facility.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十七条（葬祭扶助の方法） — (Method of Funeral Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-37</sup>

**第一項**  葬祭扶助は、金銭給付によつて行うものとする。但し、これによることができないとき、これによることが適当でないとき、その他保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、現物給付によつて行うことができる。
<sup>art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-37/par-1</sup>
Funeral assistance shall be provided by way of performance in money; provided, however, that when this method cannot be used, when it is not appropriate to use this method, or when it is necessary in order to achieve the purpose of public assistance, funeral assistance may be provided by way of performance in kind.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  葬祭扶助のための保護金品は、葬祭を行う者に対して交付するものとする。
<sup>art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-37/par-2</sup>
The public assistance benefit for funeral assistance shall be delivered to the person conducting the funeral.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十七条の二（保護の方法の特例） — (Exception to the Method of Public Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-37-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-37-2</sup>

**第一項**  保護の実施機関は、保護の目的を達するために必要があるときは、第三十一条第三項本文若しくは第三十三条第四項の規定により世帯主若しくはこれに準ずる者に対して交付する保護金品、第三十一条第三項ただし書若しくは第五項、第三十四条第八項（第三十四条の二第三項及び第三十五条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第三十六条第三項の規定により被保護者に対して交付する保護金品、第三十二条第二項の規定により被保護者若しくはその親権者若しくは未成年後見人に対して交付する保護金品（以下この条において「教育扶助のための保護金品」という。）又は前条第二項の規定により葬祭を行う者に対して交付する保護金品のうち、介護保険料（介護保険法第百二十九条第一項に規定する保険料をいう。）その他の被保護者（教育扶助のための保護金品にあつては、その親権者又は未成年後見人を含む。以下この条において同じ。）が支払うべき費用であつて政令で定めるものの額に相当する金銭について、被保護者に代わり、政令で定める者に支払うことができる。この場合において、当該支払があつたときは、これらの規定により交付すべき者に対し当該保護金品の交付があつたものとみなす。
<sup>art-37-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-37-2/par-1</sup>
Out of the public assistance benefit delivered to the householder or a person equivalent thereto pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 31, paragraph (3) or Article 33, paragraph (4), the public assistance benefit delivered to the public assistance recipient pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 31, paragraph (3), Article 31, paragraph (5), Article 34, paragraph (8) (including the cases where it is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-2, paragraph (3) or Article 35, paragraph (3)) or Article 36, paragraph (3), the public assistance benefit delivered to the public assistance recipient, a person who has parental authority over the public assistance recipient, or a guardian of a public assistance recipient who is a minor, pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "public assistance benefit for educational assistance"), or the public assistance benefit delivered to the person conducting the funeral pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, a public assistance administrator may, when it is necessary for achieving the purpose of public assistance, pay the money equivalent to the amount of the premium for long-term care insurance (which means the premium prescribed in Article 129, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act) and any other expenses to be paid by the public assistance recipient (including, in the case of public assistance benefit for educational assistance, a person who has parental authority over the public assistance recipient or a guardian of a public assistance recipient who is a minor; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) that is specified by a Cabinet Order to a person specified by a Cabinet Order in lieu of the public assistance recipient. In this case, when said payment has been made, it shall be deemed that the public assistance benefit has been delivered to the person to whom delivery should be made pursuant to these provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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- art-34/par-3: 医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十五年法律第百四十五号）第十四条 → e-Gov law 335AC0000000145, 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — not held in this collection
- art-34/par-3: 第十九条の二 → e-Gov law 335AC0000000145, 第十九条の二 (Article 19-2), art-19-2 — not held in this collection
- art-34/par-3: 同法第十四条の四第一項 → e-Gov law 335AC0000000145, 第十四条の四第一項 (Article 14-4, paragraph (1)), art-14-4/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-34/par-3: この項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第三項 (Article 34, paragraph (3)), art-34/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-3
- art-34/par-4: 第二項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-2
- art-34/par-4: 第五十五条第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-7/from-art-54-2#art-55/par-1
- art-34/par-5: 第二項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-2
- art-34/par-6: 前項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第五項 (Article 34, paragraph (5)), art-34/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-5
- art-34/par-6: 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第二十七号）第二条第七項 → 行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律 第二条第七項 (Article 2, paragraph (7)), art-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/my-number-act/art-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-2/par-7
- art-34/par-6: 電子署名等に係る地方公共団体情報システム機構の認証業務に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十三号）第二十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000153, 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-34/par-7: 第二項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-2
- art-34/par-7: 第四項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第四項 (Article 34, paragraph (4)), art-34/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-4
- art-34-2/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条の二第一項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (1)), art-34-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-34-2/par-1
- art-34-2/par-2: 第十五条の二第二項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第二項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (2)), art-15-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-3#art-15-2/par-2
- art-34-2/par-2: 同条第五項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第五項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (5)), art-15-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-3#art-15-2/par-5
- art-34-2/par-2: 同条第七項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第七項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (7)), art-15-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-3#art-15-2/par-7
- art-34-2/par-2: 第五十四条の二第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-7/from-art-54-2#art-54-2/par-1
- art-34-2/par-2: 第十五条の二第三項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第三項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (3)), art-15-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-3#art-15-2/par-3
- art-34-2/par-2: 別表第二 → 生活保護法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/appdx-2
- art-34-2/par-2: 介護保険法第八条第十三項 → 介護保険法 第八条第十三項 (Article 8, paragraph (13)), art-8/par-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8/par-13
- art-34-2/par-2: 第十五条の二第六項 → 生活保護法 第十五条の二第六項 (Article 15-2, paragraph (6)), art-15-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-3#art-15-2/par-6
- art-34-2/par-2: 同法第八条の二第十一項 → 介護保険法 第八条の二第十一項 (Article 8-2, paragraph (11)), art-8-2/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-8-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-8-2/par-11
- art-34-2/par-2: 同法第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-115-45/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-1/item-1
- art-34-2/par-2: 同条第二項 → 生活保護法 第五十四条の二第二項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (2)), art-54-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-7/from-art-54-2#art-54-2/par-2
- art-34-2/par-3: 前条第七項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第七項 (Article 34, paragraph (7)), art-34/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-7
- art-34-2/par-3: 第八項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第八項 (Article 34, paragraph (8)), art-34/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-8
- art-35/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-35/par-1
- art-35/par-2: 第五十五条第一項 → 生活保護法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-7/from-art-54-2#art-55/par-1
- art-35/par-3: 第三十四条第七項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第七項 (Article 34, paragraph (7)), art-34/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-7
- art-35/par-3: 第八項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第八項 (Article 34, paragraph (8)), art-34/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-8
- art-36/par-2: 前項 → 生活保護法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-36/par-1
- art-37-2/par-1: 第三十一条第三項 → 生活保護法 第三十一条第三項 (Article 31, paragraph (3)), art-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-31/par-3
- art-37-2/par-1: 第三十三条第四項 → 生活保護法 第三十三条第四項 (Article 33, paragraph (4)), art-33/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-33/par-4
- art-37-2/par-1: 第五項 → 生活保護法 第三十一条第五項 (Article 31, paragraph (5)), art-31/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-31/par-5
- art-37-2/par-1: 第三十四条第八項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条第八項 (Article 34, paragraph (8)), art-34/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-34/par-8
- art-37-2/par-1: 第三十四条の二第三項 → 生活保護法 第三十四条の二第三項 (Article 34-2, paragraph (3)), art-34-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-34-2/par-3
- art-37-2/par-1: 第三十五条第三項 → 生活保護法 第三十五条第三項 (Article 35, paragraph (3)), art-35/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-35/par-3
- art-37-2/par-1: 第三十六条第三項 → 生活保護法 第三十六条第三項 (Article 36, paragraph (3)), art-36/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-36/par-3
- art-37-2/par-1: 第三十二条第二項 → 生活保護法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-30#art-32/par-2
- art-37-2/par-1: この条 → 生活保護法 第三十七条の二 (Article 37-2), art-37-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-37-2
- art-37-2/par-1: 前条第二項 → 生活保護法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/public-assistance-act/amendments/20270401_508AC0000000051/text/ch-5/from-art-34-2#art-37/par-2
- art-37-2/par-1: 介護保険法第百二十九条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百二十九条第一項 (Article 129, paragraph (1)), art-129/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-129/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-129/par-1

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