# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の二十一 (Article 7-21) - 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: 第七条の二十一 (Article 7-21)（評議会） — address `art-7-21` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-21 - 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. --- ### 第七条の二十一（評議会） — (Council) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-7-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-21 **第一項** 協会は、都道府県ごとの実情に応じた業務の適正な運営に資するため、支部ごとに評議会を設け、当該支部における業務の実施について、評議会の意見を聴くものとする。 art-7-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-21/par-1 In order to contribute to proper operations that meet prefectural demands, JHIA establishes a council for each branch and hears the opinions of each council about the operation status at its branch. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 評議会の評議員は、定款で定めるところにより、当該評議会が設けられる支部の都道府県に所在する適用事業所（第三十四条第一項に規定する一の適用事業所を含む。以下同じ。）の事業主及び被保険者並びに当該支部における業務の適正な実施に必要な学識経験を有する者のうちから、支部の長（以下「支部長」という。）が委嘱する。 art-7-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-21/par-2 The council members are commissioned by the head of their branch (hereinafter referred to as "branch head") pursuant to the articles of incorporation from among employers and insured persons at an applicable place of business (including an applicable place of business prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter) located in the prefecture in which the council is established as well as persons with relevant knowledge and experience for properly operating the branch. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7-21/par-2: 第三十四条第一項 → 健康保険法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-34/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 - This site's parser, version 189 — 健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-10