# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第七条 (Article 7)

- 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（定義） — address `art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第七条（定義） — (Definitions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  この法律において「要介護状態」とは、身体上又は精神上の障害があるために、入浴、排せつ、食事等の日常生活における基本的な動作の全部又は一部について、厚生労働省令で定める期間にわたり継続して、常時介護を要すると見込まれる状態であって、その介護の必要の程度に応じて厚生労働省令で定める区分（以下「要介護状態区分」という。）のいずれかに該当するもの（要支援状態に該当するものを除く。）をいう。
<sup>art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-1</sup>
The term "Condition of Need for Long-Term Care" as used in this Act means a condition assumed to require care on a continual and steady basis for the whole or a part of basic movements in daily activities such as bathing, bodily waste elimination, meals, etc., due to physical or mental problems during the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, and said condition that conforms to any of the categories stipulated by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare according to the degree of needed care (herein referred to as a "Category of Condition of Need for Long-Term Care") (except when said condition is subject to a Needed Support Condition).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  この法律において「要支援状態」とは、身体上若しくは精神上の障害があるために入浴、排せつ、食事等の日常生活における基本的な動作の全部若しくは一部について厚生労働省令で定める期間にわたり継続して常時介護を要する状態の軽減若しくは悪化の防止に特に資する支援を要すると見込まれ、又は身体上若しくは精神上の障害があるために厚生労働省令で定める期間にわたり継続して日常生活を営むのに支障があると見込まれる状態であって、支援の必要の程度に応じて厚生労働省令で定める区分（以下「要支援状態区分」という。）のいずれかに該当するものをいう。
<sup>art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-2</sup>
The term "Needed Support Condition" as used in this Act means a condition assumed to require care on a continual and steady basis during the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare that especially contributes to the reduction or prevention of the aggravation of the condition requiring care for the whole or a part of basic movements in daily activities such as bathing, bodily waste elimination, meals, etc., due to physical or mental problems, or a condition assumed to cause continual difficulties in performing daily activities due to physical or mental problems during the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, and said condition that conforms to any category as stipulated by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare according to the degree of needed support (herein referred to as "Category of Needed Support Condition").
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  この法律において「要介護者」とは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者をいう。
<sup>art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-3</sup>
The term "Person Requiring Long-Term Care" as used in this Act means a person defined by any of the following items:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  要介護状態にある六十五歳以上の者
  <sup>art-7/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-3/item-1</sup>
  a person that is in a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care and is the age of 65 or older;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  要介護状態にある四十歳以上六十五歳未満の者であって、その要介護状態の原因である身体上又は精神上の障害が加齢に伴って生ずる心身の変化に起因する疾病であって政令で定めるもの（以下「特定疾病」という。）によって生じたものであるもの
  <sup>art-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-3/item-2</sup>
  a person that is in a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care and is the age of 40 to less than the age of 65, and the physical or mental problems that are the causes of said Condition of Need for Long-Term Care are a result of diseases that are caused by the physical or mental changes due to aging, specified by a Cabinet Order (herein referred to as "Specified Disease").
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  この法律において「要支援者」とは、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者をいう。
<sup>art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-4</sup>
The term "Person Requiring Support" as used in this Act means a person defined by any of the following items:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  要支援状態にある六十五歳以上の者
  <sup>art-7/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-4/item-1</sup>
  a person that is in a Needed Support Condition and is the age of 65 or older;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  要支援状態にある四十歳以上六十五歳未満の者であって、その要支援状態の原因である身体上又は精神上の障害が特定疾病によって生じたものであるもの
  <sup>art-7/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-4/item-2</sup>
  a person that is in a Needed Support Condition and is the age of 40 to less than the age of 65, and the physical or mental problems that are the cause of said Needed Support Condition are caused by a Specified Disease.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  この法律において「介護支援専門員」とは、要介護者又は要支援者（以下「要介護者等」という。）からの相談に応じ、及び要介護者等がその心身の状況等に応じ適切な居宅サービス、地域密着型サービス、施設サービス、介護予防サービス若しくは地域密着型介護予防サービス又は特定介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業（第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号イに規定する第一号訪問事業、同号ロに規定する第一号通所事業又は同号ハに規定する第一号生活支援事業をいう。以下同じ。）を利用できるよう市町村、居宅サービス事業を行う者、地域密着型サービス事業を行う者、介護保険施設、介護予防サービス事業を行う者、地域密着型介護予防サービス事業を行う者、特定介護予防・日常生活支援総合事業を行う者等との連絡調整等を行う者であって、要介護者等が自立した日常生活を営むのに必要な援助に関する専門的知識及び技術を有するものとして第六十九条の七第一項の介護支援専門員証の交付を受けたものをいう。
<sup>art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-5</sup>
The term "Long-Term Care Support Specialist" as used in this Act means a person that provides consultation to a Person Requiring Long-Term Care or to a Person Requiring Support (herein referred to as a "Person Requiring Long-Term Care, etc."), and communicates with and coordinates Municipalities, a person performing In-Home Service Business, a person performing Community-Based Service Business, a Facility Covered by Long-Term Care Insurance, a person performing Preventive Long-Term Care Service Business, a person performing Community-Based Preventive Long-Term Care Business, a person performing a Specified Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support, etc., in order for a Person Requiring Long-Term Care, etc., to be able to use appropriate In-Home Service, Community-Based Service, Facility Service, Preventive Long-Term Care Service or Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care, or a Specified Comprehensive Project for Long-Term Care Prevention and Daily Life Support (meaning the category 1 home-visit project prescribed in Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i), (a), the category 1 outpatient project prescribed in (b) of that item, or the category 1 daily life support project prescribed in (c) of that item; the same applies hereinafter) according to the mental and physical conditions, etc., of a Person Requiring Long-Term Care, etc., and who received Long-Term Care Support Specialist Certification as set forth in Article 69-7, paragraph (1) as a person possessing professional knowledge and skills regarding support necessary for a Person Requiring Long-Term Care, etc., to live an independent daily life.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第六項**  この法律において「医療保険各法」とは、次に掲げる法律をいう。
<sup>art-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6</sup>
The term "Medical Insurance Acts" as used in this Act means the following acts:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  健康保険法（大正十一年法律第七十号）
  <sup>art-7/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6/item-1</sup>
  Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1922);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1992);" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb</sup>

  **二**  船員保険法（昭和十四年法律第七十三号）
  <sup>art-7/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6/item-2</sup>
  Seaman's Insurance Act (Act No. 73 of 1939);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  国民健康保険法（昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号）
  <sup>art-7/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6/item-3</sup>
  National Health Insurance Act (Act No. 192 of 1958);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  国家公務員共済組合法（昭和三十三年法律第百二十八号）
  <sup>art-7/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6/item-4</sup>
  National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  地方公務員等共済組合法（昭和三十七年法律第百五十二号）
  <sup>art-7/par-6/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6/item-5</sup>
  Local Public Service Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 152 of 1962);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **六**  私立学校教職員共済法（昭和二十八年法律第二百四十五号）
  <sup>art-7/par-6/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6/item-6</sup>
  Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 245 of 1953).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第七項**  この法律において「医療保険者」とは、医療保険各法の規定により医療に関する給付を行う全国健康保険協会、健康保険組合、都道府県及び市町村（特別区を含む。）、国民健康保険組合、共済組合又は日本私立学校振興・共済事業団をいう。
<sup>art-7/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-7</sup>
The term "medical insurer" as used in this Act means the Japan Health Insurance Association, health insurance societies, prefectures and Municipalities (including special city wards), National Health Insurance Societies, mutual aid Associations, or the Promotion and Mutual Aid Society for Private Schools of Japan that provide medical benefits pursuant to the provisions of the Medical Insurance Acts.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第八項**  この法律において「医療保険加入者」とは、次に掲げる者をいう。
<sup>art-7/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-8</sup>
The term "Medical Insurance Subscriber" as used in this Act means the following persons:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  健康保険法の規定による被保険者。ただし、同法第三条第二項の規定による日雇特例被保険者を除く。
  <sup>art-7/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-8/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-8/item-1</sup>
  an insured person pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, however, provided that this does not apply to specially-insured day laborers pursuant to the provision of Article 3, paragraph (2) of the same Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  船員保険法の規定による被保険者
  <sup>art-7/par-8/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-8/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-8/item-2</sup>
  an insured person pursuant to the provisions of the Seaman's Insurance Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  国民健康保険法の規定による被保険者
  <sup>art-7/par-8/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-8/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-8/item-3</sup>
  an insured person pursuant to the provisions of the National Health Insurance Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  国家公務員共済組合法又は地方公務員等共済組合法に基づく共済組合の組合員
  <sup>art-7/par-8/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-8/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-8/item-4</sup>
  a member of a mutual aid association pursuant to the National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association Act or the Local Public Service Mutual Aid Association Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a member of a mutual aid association pursuant to the National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association Law or the Local Public Care Service Mutual Aid Association Act;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb</sup>

  **五**  私立学校教職員共済法の規定による私立学校教職員共済制度の加入者
  <sup>art-7/par-8/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-8/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-8/item-5</sup>
  a subscriber to a Private School Personnel Mutual Aid System pursuant to the provisions of the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **六**  健康保険法、船員保険法、国家公務員共済組合法（他の法律において準用する場合を含む。）又は地方公務員等共済組合法の規定による被扶養者。ただし、健康保険法第三条第二項の規定による日雇特例被保険者の同法の規定による被扶養者を除く。
  <sup>art-7/par-8/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-8/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-8/item-6</sup>
  an insured person's dependent pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, Seaman's Insurance Act, National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association Act (including cases when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other Acts), or the Local Public Service Mutual Aid Association Act, however, provided that this does not apply to a dependent pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act of a specially-insured day laborer pursuant to the provisions of the same Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an insured person's dependent pursuant to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act, Seaman's Insurance Act, National Public Servants Mutual Aid Association Law (including cases when applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other Acts), or the Local Public Care Service Mutual Aid Association Act, however, provided that this does not apply to a dependent pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (2) of the Health Insurance Act of a specially-insured day laborer pursuant to the provisions of the same Act;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb</sup>

  **七**  健康保険法第百二十六条の規定により日雇特例被保険者手帳の交付を受け、その手帳に健康保険印紙をはり付けるべき余白がなくなるに至るまでの間にある者及び同法の規定によるその者の被扶養者。ただし、同法第三条第二項ただし書の規定による承認を受けて同項の規定による日雇特例被保険者とならない期間内にある者及び同法第百二十六条第三項の規定により当該日雇特例被保険者手帳を返納した者並びに同法の規定によるその者の被扶養者を除く。
  <sup>art-7/par-8/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-8/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-8/item-7</sup>
  a person that received a specially-insured day laborer certificate book pursuant to the provisions of Article 126 of the Health Insurance Act and within a certain period until the term when all of the blank space for stamps for proof of health insurance of said certificate book are filled, and said dependent pursuant to the provisions of the same Act, however, provided that this does not apply to a person that is within the period when said person is not a specially-insured day laborer pursuant to the provision of Article 3, paragraph (2) of the same Act with the approval pursuant to the proviso of the same paragraph, and a person that has returned said specially-insured day laborer certificate book pursuant to the provisions of Article 126, paragraph (3) of the same Act, and said dependent pursuant to the provisions of the same Act.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第九項**  この法律において「社会保険各法」とは、次に掲げる法律をいう。
<sup>art-7/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-9</sup>
The term "social insurance Acts" as used in this Act means the following Acts:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  この法律
  <sup>art-7/par-9/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-9/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-9/item-1</sup>
  This Act;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第六項各号（第四号を除く。）に掲げる法律
  <sup>art-7/par-9/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-9/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-9/item-2</sup>
  The Acts listed in the items of paragraph (6) (excluding item (iv));
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  厚生年金保険法（昭和二十九年法律第百十五号）
  <sup>art-7/par-9/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-9/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-9/item-3</sup>
  Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  国民年金法（昭和三十四年法律第百四十一号）
  <sup>art-7/par-9/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-9/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-9/item-4</sup>
  National Pension Act (Act No. 141 of 1959).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-7/par-5: 第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号 → 介護保険法 第百十五条の四十五第一項第一号 (Article 115-45, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-115-45/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-115-45/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-115-45/par-1/item-1
- art-7/par-5: 第六十九条の七第一項 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の七第一項 (Article 69-7, paragraph (1)), art-69-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-7/par-1
- art-7/par-8/item-1: 同法第三条第二項 → 健康保険法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-3/par-2
- art-7/par-8/item-6: 健康保険法第三条第二項 → 健康保険法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-3/par-2
- art-7/par-8/item-7: 健康保険法第百二十六条 → 健康保険法 第百二十六条 (Article 126), art-126 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126
- art-7/par-8/item-7: 同法第三条第二項 → 健康保険法 第三条第二項 (Article 3, paragraph (2)), art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-3/par-2
- art-7/par-8/item-7: 同法第百二十六条第三項 → 健康保険法 第百二十六条第三項 (Article 126, paragraph (3)), art-126/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/art-126/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-126/par-3
- art-7/par-9/item-2: 第六項 → 介護保険法 第七条第六項 (Article 7, paragraph (6)), art-7/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6
- art-7/par-9/item-2: 第四号 → 介護保険法 第七条第六項第四号 (Article 7, paragraph (6), item (iv)), art-7/par-6/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-6/item-4

## Cited by

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- 介護保険法 第七条第九項第二号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-7/par-9/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-7/par-9/item-2
- 介護保険法 附則第八条第一項（郵政会社等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-8/par-1
- 介護保険法 附則第十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-11/par-1
- 介護保険法 附則第二条第四項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4
- 健康保険法 附則第二条第四項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/health-insurance-act/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4
- 医療法 第三十条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-5/par-1
- 医療法 附則第二条第四項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4
- 国民健康保険法 附則第二条第四項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4
- 国民年金法 第百八条第二項（資料の提供等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-108/par-2
- 生活保護法 第十五条の二第一項（介護扶助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/art-15-2/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 附則第二条第四項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/suppl-5071-87/art-2/par-4

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