# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第二十八条 (Article 28) - 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: 第二十八条 (Article 28)（要介護認定の更新） — address `art-28` - 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-28 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28 - 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. --- ### 第二十八条（要介護認定の更新） — (Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28 **第一項** 要介護認定は、要介護状態区分に応じて厚生労働省令で定める期間（以下この条において「有効期間」という。）内に限り、その効力を有する。 art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-1 A Certification of Needed Long-Term Care is effective according to the Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care during the period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (herein referred to as the "Effective Period" in this Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 要介護認定を受けた被保険者は、有効期間の満了後においても要介護状態に該当すると見込まれるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、市町村に対し、当該要介護認定の更新（以下「要介護更新認定」という。）の申請をすることができる。 art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-2 An Insured Person that is issued a Certification of Needed Long-Term Care, when he or she is expected to be in a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care although after the expiry of the Effective Period, may apply to the Municipality for an application of renewal of said Certification of Needed Long-Term Care (herein referred to as a "Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care") pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の申請をすることができる被保険者が、災害その他やむを得ない理由により当該申請に係る要介護認定の有効期間の満了前に当該申請をすることができなかったときは、当該被保険者は、その理由のやんだ日から一月以内に限り、要介護更新認定の申請をすることができる。 art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-3 In a case when an Insured Person that may apply for the renewal application as set forth in the preceding paragraph was not able to apply for said renewal application prior to the expiry of the Effective Period of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pertaining to said application due to a disaster or other compelling reason, said Insured Person may apply for a Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care within one month following the date on which said reason for delay is no longer valid. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条（第八項を除く。）の規定は、前二項の申請及び当該申請に係る要介護更新認定について準用する。この場合において、同条の規定に関し必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。 art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-4 The provisions of the preceding Article (except paragraph (8)) apply mutatis mutandis to an application as set forth in the preceding two paragraphs and to an application for Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pertaining to said application. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms used in the provisions of the same Article shall be provided by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 市町村は、前項において準用する前条第二項の調査を第四十六条第一項に規定する指定居宅介護支援事業者、地域密着型介護老人福祉施設、介護保険施設その他の厚生労働省令で定める事業者若しくは施設（以下この条において「指定居宅介護支援事業者等」という。）又は介護支援専門員であって厚生労働省令で定めるものに委託することができる。 art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-5 A Municipality may entrust an investigation as set forth in the preceding Article, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, to a Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider as prescribed in Article 46, paragraph (1), a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care, a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance, other providers or facilities as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (herein referred to as "Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc." in this Article), or to a Long-Term Care Support Specialist as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の規定により委託を受けた指定居宅介護支援事業者等は、介護支援専門員その他厚生労働省令で定める者に当該委託に係る調査を行わせるものとする。 art-28/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-6 A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc., entrusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to direct a Long-Term Care Support Specialist or other person as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare to perform an investigation pertaining to said entrustment. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc., entrusted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraphis to direct a Long-Term Care Support Specialist or other person as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare to perform an investigation pertaining to said entrustment." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb **第七項** 第五項の規定により委託を受けた指定居宅介護支援事業者等（その者が法人である場合にあっては、その役員。次項において同じ。）若しくはその職員（前項の介護支援専門員その他厚生労働省令で定める者を含む。次項において同じ。）若しくは介護支援専門員又はこれらの職にあった者は、正当な理由なしに、当該委託業務に関して知り得た個人の秘密を漏らしてはならない。 art-28/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-7 A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc., entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) (in cases when said person is a juridical person, its Officers; the same shall apply in the following paragraph), its personnel (including a Long-Term Care Support Specialist as prescribed in the preceding paragraph or other person as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare; the same shall apply in the following paragraph), a Long-Term Care Support Specialist or other person that was in said position must not divulge any personal confidential information learned from said entrusted operations without a justifiable reason. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 第五項の規定により委託を受けた指定居宅介護支援事業者等若しくはその職員又は介護支援専門員で、当該委託業務に従事するものは、刑法その他の罰則の適用については、法令により公務に従事する職員とみなす。 art-28/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-8 A Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, etc., entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5), its personnel, or a Long-Term Care Support Specialist that engages in said entrusted operations shall be deemed as personnel who engage in public service pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations with regard to the application of the Penal Code and other penal provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 第三項の申請に係る要介護更新認定は、当該申請に係る要介護認定の有効期間の満了日の翌日にさかのぼってその効力を生ずる。 art-28/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-9 A Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pertaining to an application as set forth in paragraph (3) is to be effective retroactively on the date following the date of expiry of the Effective Period of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care pertaining to said renewal application. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十項** 第一項の規定は、要介護更新認定について準用する。この場合において、同項中「厚生労働省令で定める期間」とあるのは、「有効期間の満了日の翌日から厚生労働省令で定める期間」と読み替えるものとする。 art-28/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-10 The provisions of paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a Renewal of Certification of Needed Long-Term Care. In this case, the phrase "period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "period as determined by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare from the date following the expiry of the Effective Period." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-28/par-1: この条 → 介護保険法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28 - art-28/par-3: 前項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第二項 (Article 28, paragraph (2)), art-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-2 - art-28/par-4: 前条 → 介護保険法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27 - art-28/par-4: 第八項 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第八項 (Article 27, paragraph (8)), art-27/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-8 - art-28/par-4: 前二項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第二項 (Article 28, paragraph (2)), art-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-2 - art-28/par-4: 前二項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-3 - art-28/par-5: 前項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第四項 (Article 28, paragraph (4)), art-28/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-4 - art-28/par-5: 前条第二項 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-2 - art-28/par-5: 第四十六条第一項 → 介護保険法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-46/par-1 - art-28/par-5: この条 → 介護保険法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28 - art-28/par-6: 前項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第五項 (Article 28, paragraph (5)), art-28/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-5 - art-28/par-7: 第五項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第五項 (Article 28, paragraph (5)), art-28/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-5 - art-28/par-7: 次項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第八項 (Article 28, paragraph (8)), art-28/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-8 - art-28/par-7: 前項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第六項 (Article 28, paragraph (6)), art-28/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-6 - art-28/par-8: 第五項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第五項 (Article 28, paragraph (5)), art-28/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-5 - art-28/par-9: 第三項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-3 - art-28/par-10: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-28/par-1 ## Cited by 37 provisions cite this one. 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介護保険法 第三十三条第四項（要支援認定の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-4 - 介護保険法 第三十三条の二第二項（要支援状態区分の変更の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33-2/par-2 - 介護保険法 第三十三条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33-3/par-2 - 介護保険法 第三十四条第一項第二号（要支援認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-1/item-2 - 介護保険法 第三十四条第二項（要支援認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-34/par-2 - 介護保険法 第三十五条第一項（要介護認定等の手続の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-35/par-1 - 介護保険法 第三十七条第一項（介護給付等対象サービスの種類の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-37/par-1 - 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介護保険法 第八十四条第二項（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-84/par-2 - 介護保険法 第九十二条第一項第五号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-92/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-92/par-1/item-5 - 介護保険法 第九十二条第二項（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-92/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-92/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百四条第一項第五号（許可の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-104/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-104/par-1/item-5 - 介護保険法 第百四条第二項（許可の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-104/par-2 - 介護保険法 第百十四条の六第一項第五号（許可の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-114-6/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-114-6/par-1/item-5 - 介護保険法 第百十四条の六第二項（許可の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-114-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-114-6/par-2 - 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