# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第三十九条 (Article 39) - 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: 第三十九条 (Article 39)（資格の得喪の確認） — address `art-39` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39 - 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. --- ### 第三十九条（資格の得喪の確認） — (Confirmation of Acquisition or Loss of Eligibility) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39 **第一項** 被保険者の資格の取得及び喪失は、保険者等（被保険者が協会が管掌する健康保険の被保険者である場合にあっては厚生労働大臣、被保険者が健康保険組合が管掌する健康保険の被保険者である場合にあっては当該健康保険組合をいう。第百六十四条第二項及び第三項、第百八十条第一項、第二項及び第四項並びに第百八十一条第一項を除き、以下同じ。）の確認によって、その効力を生ずる。ただし、第三十六条第四号に該当したことによる被保険者の資格の喪失並びに任意継続被保険者の資格の取得及び喪失は、この限りでない。 art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39/par-1 The acquisition or loss of eligibility as an insured person takes effect through confirmation by an insurer (meaning the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare if the person is an insured person with optional and continued coverage under the health insurance program administered by JHIA; a health insurance society if the insured person is under the health insurance program administered by the health insurance society; or otherwise, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter excluding in Article 164, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 180, paragraph (1), paragraph (2) and paragraph (4), and Article 181, paragraph (1)); however, this does not apply to the loss of eligibility as an insured person due to falling under Article 36, item (iv) or the acquisition or loss of eligibility as an insured person with optional continued coverage. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の確認は、第四十八条の規定による届出若しくは第五十一条第一項の規定による請求により、又は職権で行うものとする。 art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39/par-2 The confirmation referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be made by a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 48, a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (1), or sua sponte. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の確認については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章（第十二条及び第十四条を除く。）の規定は、適用しない。 art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39/par-3 With regard to the confirmation referred to in paragraph (1), the provisions of Chapter III (excluding Articles 12 and 14) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-39/par-1: 第百六十四条第二項 → 健康保険法 第百六十四条第二項 (Article 164, paragraph (2)), art-164/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-164/par-2 - art-39/par-1: 第三項 → 健康保険法 第百六十四条第三項 (Article 164, paragraph (3)), art-164/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-164/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-164/par-3 - art-39/par-1: 第百八十条第一項 → 健康保険法 第百八十条第一項 (Article 180, paragraph (1)), art-180/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-180/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-180/par-1 - art-39/par-1: 第二項 → 健康保険法 第百八十条第二項 (Article 180, paragraph (2)), art-180/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-180/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-180/par-2 - art-39/par-1: 第四項 → 健康保険法 第百八十条第四項 (Article 180, paragraph (4)), art-180/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-180/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-180/par-4 - art-39/par-1: 第百八十一条第一項 → 健康保険法 第百八十一条第一項 (Article 181, paragraph (1)), art-181/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-181/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-181/par-1 - art-39/par-1: 第三十六条第四号 → 健康保険法 第三十六条第一項第四号 (Article 36, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-36/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-36/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-36/par-1/item-4 - art-39/par-2: 前項 → 健康保険法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39/par-1 - art-39/par-2: 第四十八条 → 健康保険法 第四十八条 (Article 48), art-48 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-48 - art-39/par-2: 第五十一条第一項 → 健康保険法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-51/par-1 - art-39/par-3: 第一項 → 健康保険法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39/par-1 - art-39/par-3: 第十二条 → 行政手続法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-12 - art-39/par-3: 第十四条 → 行政手続法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-14 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 健康保険法 第三十九条第二項（資格の得喪の確認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39/par-2 - 健康保険法 第三十九条第三項（資格の得喪の確認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-39/par-3 - 健康保険法 第四十九条第一項（通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-49/par-1 - 健康保険法 第五十一条第一項（確認の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-51/par-1 - 健康保険法 第二百四条第一項第四号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-204/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-204/par-1/item-4 - 健康保険法 附則第十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4271-31/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4271-31/art-16/par-1 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第三十五条第一項第五号（派遣先への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-35/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-35/par-1/item-5 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10