# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第五十三条の二 (Article 53-2)

- 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
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- Provision: 第五十三条の二 (Article 53-2)（法人の役員である被保険者又はその被扶養者に係る保険給付の特例） — address `art-53-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五十三条の二（法人の役員である被保険者又はその被扶養者に係る保険給付の特例） — (Special Provisions for Insurance Benefits Pertaining to Officers of a Corporation Who are Insured Persons or Dependents Thereof)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-53-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-53-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-53-2</sup>

  **第一項**  被保険者又はその被扶養者が法人の役員（業務を執行する社員、取締役、執行役又はこれらに準ずる者をいい、相談役、顧問その他いかなる名称を有する者であるかを問わず、法人に対し業務を執行する社員、取締役、執行役又はこれらに準ずる者と同等以上の支配力を有するものと認められる者を含む。以下この条において同じ。）であるときは、当該被保険者又はその被扶養者のその法人の役員としての業務（被保険者の数が五人未満である適用事業所に使用される法人の役員としての業務であって厚生労働省令で定めるものを除く。）に起因する疾病、負傷又は死亡に関して保険給付は、行わない。
  <sup>art-53-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-53-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-53-2/par-1</sup>
  If an insured person or a dependent thereof is an officer of a corporation (meaning an employee, director, executive officer who executes business, or person in an equivalent position, including those recognized as having the same or greater influence over a corporation as employees who execute business, directors, corporate officers, or person in an equivalent position, regardless of their titles, such as counselor, consultant, etc.; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), insurance benefits are not paid for sickness, injury or death resulting from the duty of the insured person or the person's dependent as an officer of the corporation (excluding duties as an officer of a corporation that is used as an applicable place of business in which the number of insured persons is less than five and is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-53-2/par-1: この条 → 健康保険法 第五十三条の二 (Article 53-2), art-53-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-53-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-53-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 第五十三条の二第一項（法人の役員である被保険者又はその被扶養者に係る保険給付の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-53-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-53-2/par-1

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## 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
