# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百八十五条 (Article 185)

- Law: 介護保険法 (Long-Term Care Insurance Act), 平成九年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Long-Term Care 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: 第百八十五条 (Article 185)（組織） — address `art-185`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-185
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-185
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### 第百八十五条（組織） — (Organization)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-185 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-185</sup>

**第一項**  保険審査会は、次の各号に掲げる委員をもって組織し、その定数は、当該各号に定める数とする。
<sup>art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-185/par-1</sup>
A Certification Committee for Insurance is to be comprised of groups of committee members as listed in each of following items and said fixed number is the number provided by said each item:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  被保険者を代表する委員　三人
  <sup>art-185/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-185/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-185/par-1/item-1</sup>
  committee members who represent Insured Persons:three;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  市町村を代表する委員　三人
  <sup>art-185/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-185/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-185/par-1/item-2</sup>
  committee members who represent Municipalities:three;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  公益を代表する委員　三人以上であって政令で定める基準に従い条例で定める員数
  <sup>art-185/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-185/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-185/par-1/item-3</sup>
  committee members who represent the public interest:a fixed number determined by ordinance in accordance with the standards provided by a Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  委員は、都道府県知事が任命する。
<sup>art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-185/par-2</sup>
A committee member is appointed by the prefectural governor.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  委員は、非常勤とする。
<sup>art-185/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-185/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-185/par-3</sup>
A committee member is part-time.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 介護保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18