# 健康保険法 / Health Insurance Act — 第七条の二十二 (Article 7-22)

- 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: 第七条の二十二 (Article 7-22)（運営規則） — address `art-7-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-22
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-22
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### 第七条の二十二（運営規則） — (Operation Rules)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-22</sup>

  **第一項**  協会は、業務を執行するために必要な事項で厚生労働省令で定めるものについて、運営規則を定めるものとする。
  <sup>art-7-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-22/par-1</sup>
  JHIA is to determine operation rules with regard to matters necessary for the execution of duties specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  理事長は、運営規則を変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。
  <sup>art-7-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-22/par-2</sup>
  The president, when intending to make a change to the operation rules, must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 健康保険法 第七条の十九第一項第二号（運営委員会の職務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-7-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-7-19/par-1/item-2
- 健康保険法 附則第十三条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-4181-83/art-13/par-4

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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
