# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第百八十八条 (Article 188) - Law: 健康保険法 (Health Insurance Act), 大正十一年法律第七十号 - English title "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: 第百八十八条 (Article 188)（準用） — address `art-188` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-188 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188 - 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. --- ### 第百八十八条（準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188 **第一項** 第七条の三十八、第七条の三十九、第九条第二項、第十六条第二項及び第三項、第十八条第一項及び第二項、第十九条、第二十条、第二十六条第一項（第二号に係る部分を除く。）及び第二項、第二十九条第二項、第三十条、第百五十条並びに第百九十五条の規定は、連合会について準用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「組合会」とあるのは「総会」と、第七条の三十九第一項中「厚生労働大臣は」とあるのは「厚生労働大臣は、第百八十八条において準用する前条の規定により報告を徴し、又は質問し、若しくは検査した場合において」と、「定款」とあるのは「規約」と、第十六条第二項中「前項」とあるのは「第百八十六条」と、第二十九条第二項中「前項」とあるのは「第百八十八条」と、「前条第二項の規定に違反した指定健康保険組合、同条第三項の求めに応じない指定健康保険組合その他政令で定める指定健康保険組合の事業」とあるのは「その事業」と、第百五十条第二項中「前項の規定により被保険者等の健康の保持増進のために必要な事業」とあるのは「前項の事業」と、「被保険者等を」とあるのは「健康保険組合又は被保険者等を」と、「又は」とあるのは「若しくは」と、「同法」とあるのは「それぞれ当該健康保険組合が保存している医療保険等関連情報（高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条第一項に規定する医療保険等関連情報をいう。次項及び第四項において同じ。）又は労働安全衛生法」と、同条第三項中「労働安全衛生法」とあるのは「医療保険等関連情報の提供を求められた健康保険組合又は労働安全衛生法」と、「当該」とあるのは「当該医療保険等関連情報又は当該」と、同条第四項中「高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条第一項に規定する」とあるのは「健康保険組合から提供を受けた」と読み替えるものとする。 art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188/par-1 The provisions of Article 7-38, Article 7-39, Article 9, paragraph (2), Article 16, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 18, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 19, Article 20, Article 26, paragraph (1) (excluding the part concerning item (ii)) and paragraph (2), Article 29, paragraph (2), Article 30, Article 150, and Article 195 apply mutatis mutandis to a federation. In this case, the phrase "society meeting" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "general meeting", "If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds" in Article 7-39, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds, when collecting reports, raising questions, or conducting inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 188," "articles of incorporation" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "constitution", "the preceding paragraph" in Article 16, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 186", "the preceding paragraph" in Article 29, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 188", "a designated health insurance society which has violated the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, of a designated health insurance society which fails to follow the request referred to in paragraph (3) of the same Article, or of another designated health insurance society as specified by Cabinet Order" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "a health insurance society", "the services necessary for maintaining and promoting the health of insured persons, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph" in Article 150, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the services referred to in the preceding paragraph", "employs insured persons, etc." in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "employs health insurance societies or insured persons, etc.", the term "又は" (or) in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "若しくは" (or, joining a smaller group of alternatives), "that Act" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the medical insurance-related information (meaning the medical insurance-related information prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) that the relevant health insurance society keeps, or the Industrial Safety and Health Act, respectively", "the Industrial Safety and Health Act" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a health insurance society requested to provide medical insurance-related information or the Industrial Safety and Health Act", "those records" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "that medical insurance-related information or those records", and "prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "provided by a health insurance society". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-188/par-1: 第七条の三十八 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十八 (Article 7-38), art-7-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-38 - art-188/par-1: 第七条の三十九 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十九 (Article 7-39), art-7-39 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39 - art-188/par-1: 第九条第二項 → 健康保険法 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-9/par-2 - art-188/par-1: 第十六条第二項 → 健康保険法 第十六条第二項 (Article 16, paragraph (2)), art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-2 - art-188/par-1: 第三項 → 健康保険法 第十六条第三項 (Article 16, paragraph (3)), art-16/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-3 - art-188/par-1: 第十八条第一項 → 健康保険法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-18/par-1 - art-188/par-1: 第二項 → 健康保険法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-18/par-2 - art-188/par-1: 第十九条 → 健康保険法 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-19 - art-188/par-1: 第二十条 → 健康保険法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-20 - art-188/par-1: 第二十六条第一項 → 健康保険法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-26/par-1 - art-188/par-1: 第二号 → 健康保険法 第二十六条第一項第二号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-26/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-26/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-26/par-1/item-2 - art-188/par-1: 第二項 → 健康保険法 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-26/par-2 - art-188/par-1: 第二十九条第二項 → 健康保険法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-29/par-2 - art-188/par-1: 第三十条 → 健康保険法 第三十条 (Article 30), art-30 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-30 - art-188/par-1: 第百五十条 → 健康保険法 第百五十条 (Article 150), art-150 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150 - art-188/par-1: 第百九十五条 → 健康保険法 第百九十五条 (Article 195), art-195 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-195 - art-188/par-1: 第七条の三十九第一項 → 健康保険法 第七条の三十九第一項 (Article 7-39, paragraph (1)), art-7-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-39/par-1 - art-188/par-1: 第百八十八条 → 健康保険法 第百八十八条 (Article 188), art-188 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-188 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188 - art-188/par-1: 前項 → 健康保険法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-16/par-1 - art-188/par-1: 第百八十六条 → 健康保険法 第百八十六条 (Article 186), art-186 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-186 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-186 - art-188/par-1: 前項 → 健康保険法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-29/par-1 - art-188/par-1: 前条第二項 → 健康保険法 第二十八条第二項 (Article 28, paragraph (2)), art-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-28/par-2 - art-188/par-1: 同条第三項 → 健康保険法 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-28/par-3 - art-188/par-1: 第百五十条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第二項 (Article 150, paragraph (2)), art-150/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-2 - art-188/par-1: 前項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第一項 (Article 150, paragraph (1)), art-150/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-1 - art-188/par-1: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条第一項 → e-Gov law 357AC0000000080, 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-188/par-1: 次項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第三項 (Article 150, paragraph (3)), art-150/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-3 - art-188/par-1: 第四項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条第四項 (Article 150, paragraph (4)), art-150/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-150/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150/par-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第百八十八条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-188/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-188/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-219/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/211AC0000000070/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-10 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3266/tb), retrieved 2026-10-10 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch health-insurance-act-20261010T193238-001, translated 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10