# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第五十三条 (Article 53) - 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（資格喪失の時期） — address `art-53` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-53 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-53 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十三条（資格喪失の時期） — (Time of Forfeiture of Status) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-53 **第一項** 後期高齢者医療広域連合が行う後期高齢者医療の被保険者は、当該後期高齢者医療広域連合の区域内に住所を有しなくなつた日若しくは第五十条第二号の状態に該当しなくなつた日又は第五十一条第二号に掲げる者に該当するに至つた日の翌日から、その資格を喪失する。ただし、当該後期高齢者医療広域連合の区域内に住所を有しなくなつた日に他の後期高齢者医療広域連合の区域内に住所を有するに至つたときは、その日から、その資格を喪失する。 art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-53/par-1 A insured for medical care for the elderly provided by a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older loses eligibility from the day following the day on which the person no longer has domicile in the area of the relevant Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older, no longer falls under the condition set forth in Article 50, item (ii), or comes to fall under the person set forth in Article 51, item (ii); provided, however, that if the person comes to have domicile in the area of another Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older on the day on which the person no longer has domicile in the area of the relevant Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older, the person loses eligibility from that day. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 後期高齢者医療広域連合が行う後期高齢者医療の被保険者は、第五十一条第一号に規定する者に該当するに至つた日から、その資格を喪失する。 art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-53/par-2 A insured for medical care for the elderly provided by a Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older loses eligibility as such from the day on which the person comes to fall under the category of a person provided for in Article 51, item (i). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-53/par-1: 第五十条第二号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十条第一項第二号 (Article 50, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-50/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-50/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-50/par-1/item-2 - art-53/par-1: 第五十一条第二号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十一条第一項第二号 (Article 51, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-51/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-51/par-1/item-2 - art-53/par-2: 第五十一条第一号 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十一条第一項第一号 (Article 51, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-51/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-51/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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