# 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 / Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People — 第五十四条 (Article 54) - 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: 第五十四条 (Article 54)（届出等） — address `art-54` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条（届出等） — (Notification) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54 **第一項** 被保険者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、被保険者の資格の取得及び喪失に関する事項その他必要な事項を後期高齢者医療広域連合に届け出なければならない。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-1 A insured, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must notify the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older of particulars concerning the acquisition and forfeiture of status as a insured and other necessary particulars. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A insured, pursuant to the provisions of Order of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must notify the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older of particulars concerning the acquisition and forfeiture of status as a insured and other necessary particulars." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb **第二項** 被保険者の属する世帯の世帯主は、その世帯に属する被保険者に代わつて、当該被保険者に係る前項の規定による届出をすることができる。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-2 The householder of a household to which an insured belongs may make a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph pertaining to the insured on behalf of the insured belonging to the household. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The householder of a household to which a insured belongs may make a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph pertaining to the insured on behalf of the insured belonging to the household." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb **第三項** 被保険者が第六十四条第三項に規定する電子資格確認を受けることができない状況にあるときは、当該被保険者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、後期高齢者医療広域連合に対し、当該状況にある被保険者の資格に係る情報として厚生労働省令で定める事項を記載した書面の交付又は当該事項の電磁的方法（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であつて厚生労働省令で定めるものをいう。以下この項から第五項までにおいて同じ。）による提供を求めることができる。この場合において、当該後期高齢者医療広域連合は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、速やかに、当該書面の交付の求めを行つた被保険者に対しては当該書面を交付するものとし、当該電磁的方法による提供の求めを行つた被保険者に対しては当該事項を電磁的方法により提供するものとする。 art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-3 When an insured is in a situation where the insured cannot receive the electronic eligibility confirmation prescribed in Article 64, paragraph (3), the insured may, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, request the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older to deliver a document stating the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as information pertaining to the status of the insured in that situation, or to provide those matters by electronic or magnetic means (meaning a method using an electronic data processing system or any other method using information and communications technology, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph through paragraph (5)). In this case, the Association, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is to promptly deliver the document to an insured who has requested the delivery of the document, and is to provide those matters by electronic or magnetic means to an insured who has requested the provision by electronic or magnetic means. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定により同項の書面の交付を受け、又は電磁的方法により同項の厚生労働省令で定める事項の提供を受けた被保険者は、当該書面又は当該事項を厚生労働省令で定める方法により表示したものを提示することにより、第六十四条第三項本文（第七十四条第十項、第七十五条第七項、第七十六条第六項及び第八十二条第六項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第七十八条第三項（第八十二条第六項において準用する場合を含む。）の確認を受けることができる。 art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-4 An insured who has received delivery of the document referred to in the preceding paragraph pursuant to that paragraph, or provision by electronic or magnetic means of the matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare referred to in that paragraph, may receive the confirmation under Article 64, paragraph (3), main clause (including as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 74, paragraph (10), Article 75, paragraph (7), Article 76, paragraph (6) and Article 82, paragraph (6)) or Article 78, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 82, paragraph (6)) by presenting that document or those matters displayed by a method specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official **第五項** 被保険者は、当該被保険者の資格に係る事実の確認のため、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、後期高齢者医療広域連合に対し、当該事実を記載した書面の交付又は当該書面に記載すべき事項の電磁的方法による提供を求めることができる。この場合において、当該後期高齢者医療広域連合は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該書面の交付の求めを行つた被保険者に対しては当該書面を交付するものとし、当該電磁的方法による提供の求めを行つた被保険者に対しては当該書面に記載すべき事項を電磁的方法により提供するものとする。 art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-5 An insured may, for the confirmation of the facts pertaining to the qualifications of the insured, request the Association of Medical Care Systems for the Elderly Aged 75 and older, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to deliver a document stating those facts or to provide, by electronic or magnetic means, the matters to be stated in that document. In this case, the Association is to, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, deliver that document to an insured who has requested delivery of the document, and provide the matters to be stated in the document by electronic or magnetic means to an insured who has requested provision by electronic or magnetic means. machine translation, not official **第六項** 住民基本台帳法（昭和四十二年法律第八十一号）第二十二条から第二十四条まで、第二十五条、第三十条の四十六又は第三十条の四十七の規定による届出があつたとき（当該届出に係る書面に同法第二十八条の二の規定による付記がされたときに限る。）は、その届出と同一の事由に基づく第一項の規定による届出があつたものとみなす。 art-54/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-6 If a notification under Articles 22 through 24, Article 25, Article 30-46, or Article 30-47 of the Act for Basic Register of Residents (Act No. 81 of 1967) has been filed (but only if a supplementary note under Article 28-2 of that Act has been added to a document connected with that notification), the notification under paragraph (1) is deemed to have been filed based on the same grounds as the notification. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前各項に規定するもののほか、被保険者に関する届出及び被保険者の資格に関する確認に関して必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。 art-54/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-7 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, matters necessary for notification concerning insured and confirmation concerning the qualifications of insured are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, matters necessary for notification concerning insured and confirmation concerning the qualifications of insured are specified by Order of the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb --- ## Cites - art-54/par-2: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-1 - art-54/par-3: 第六十四条第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-64/par-3 - art-54/par-3: この項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第三項 (Article 54, paragraph (3)), art-54/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-3 - art-54/par-3: 第五項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第五項 (Article 54, paragraph (5)), art-54/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-5 - art-54/par-4: 前項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第三項 (Article 54, paragraph (3)), art-54/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-3 - art-54/par-4: 第六十四条第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第六十四条第三項 (Article 64, paragraph (3)), art-64/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-64/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-64/par-3 - art-54/par-4: 第七十四条第十項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十四条第十項 (Article 74, paragraph (10)), art-74/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-74/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-74/par-10 - art-54/par-4: 第七十五条第七項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十五条第七項 (Article 75, paragraph (7)), art-75/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-75/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-75/par-7 - art-54/par-4: 第七十六条第六項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十六条第六項 (Article 76, paragraph (6)), art-76/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-76/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-76/par-6 - art-54/par-4: 第八十二条第六項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第八十二条第六項 (Article 82, paragraph (6)), art-82/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-82/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-82/par-6 - art-54/par-4: 第七十八条第三項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第七十八条第三項 (Article 78, paragraph (3)), art-78/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-78/par-3 - art-54/par-6: 住民基本台帳法（昭和四十二年法律第八十一号）第二十二条から第二十四条まで → 住民基本台帳法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-22 - art-54/par-6: 住民基本台帳法（昭和四十二年法律第八十一号）第二十二条から第二十四条まで → 住民基本台帳法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-23 - art-54/par-6: 住民基本台帳法（昭和四十二年法律第八十一号）第二十二条から第二十四条まで → 住民基本台帳法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-24 - art-54/par-6: 第二十五条 → 住民基本台帳法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-25 - art-54/par-6: 第三十条の四十六 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十六 (Article 30-46), art-30-46 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-46 - art-54/par-6: 第三十条の四十七 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十七 (Article 30-47), art-30-47 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-47 - art-54/par-6: 同法第二十八条の二 → 住民基本台帳法 第二十八条の二 (Article 28-2), art-28-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/art-28-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-28-2 - art-54/par-6: 第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-1 - art-54/par-7: 前各項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-1 - art-54/par-7: 前各項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第二項 (Article 54, paragraph (2)), art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-2 - art-54/par-7: 前各項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第三項 (Article 54, paragraph (3)), art-54/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-3 - art-54/par-7: 前各項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第四項 (Article 54, paragraph (4)), art-54/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-4 - art-54/par-7: 前各項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第五項 (Article 54, paragraph (5)), art-54/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-5 - art-54/par-7: 前各項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第六項 (Article 54, paragraph (6)), art-54/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-6 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 附則第十五条第二項（健康保険法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5051-48/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5051-48/art-15/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第二項（届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-2 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第三項（届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-3 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第四項（届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-4 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第六項（届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-6 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第五十四条第七項（届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-54/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-54/par-7 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百二十八条第一項（審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-128/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-128/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百七十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-171/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第三十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4181-83/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4181-83/art-37/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十八条第一項（附則第五条第一項の届出に係る高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律の届出の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-4211-77/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-4211-77/art-18/par-1 - 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第十五条第二項（健康保険法等の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5051-48/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5051-48/art-15/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 54, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 54, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People (高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律), Article 54, paragraph (7) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4903/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T112331-003, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-medical-care-act-20261019T120156-001, translated 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