# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第百二十四条の八 (Article 124-8)

- Law: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 (Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People), 昭和五十七年法律第八十号
- English title "Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People": 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: 第百二十四条の八 (Article 124-8)（準用） — address `art-124-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-8
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### 第百二十四条の八（準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-124-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-8</sup>

    **第一項**  第四十一条及び第四十三条から第四十六条までの規定は、出産育児支援金及び出産育児関係事務費拠出金について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
    <sup>art-124-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-124-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-124-8/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of Article 41 and Articles 43 through 46 apply mutatis mutandis to childbirth and childcare support benefits and contributions for childbirth and childcare related office expenses. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-124-8/par-1: 第四十一条 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-41
- art-124-8/par-1: 第四十三条から第四十六条まで → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-43
- art-124-8/par-1: 第四十三条から第四十六条まで → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第四十四条 (Article 44), art-44 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-44
- art-124-8/par-1: 第四十三条から第四十六条まで → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第四十五条 (Article 45), art-45 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-45
- art-124-8/par-1: 第四十三条から第四十六条まで → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第四十六条 (Article 46), art-46 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-46

## Cited by

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

- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十五条第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-165/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十三条の二第一項（延滞金の割合の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-3571-80/art-13-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-3571-80/art-13-2/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/357AC0000000080/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
