# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第七十三条 (Article 73) - 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: 第七十三条 (Article 73)（指定居宅サービスの事業の基準） — address `art-73` - 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-73 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-73 - 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. --- ### 第七十三条（指定居宅サービスの事業の基準） — (Standards of Designated In-Home Service Business) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-73 **第一項** 指定居宅サービス事業者は、次条第二項に規定する指定居宅サービスの事業の設備及び運営に関する基準に従い、要介護者の心身の状況等に応じて適切な指定居宅サービスを提供するとともに、自らその提供する指定居宅サービスの質の評価を行うことその他の措置を講ずることにより常に指定居宅サービスを受ける者の立場に立ってこれを提供するように努めなければならない。 art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-73/par-1 A Designated In-Home Service Provider shall act in compliance with the standards concerning facilities and management of a Designated In-Home Service Business as prescribed in paragraph (2) of the following Article, offer appropriate Designated In-Home Service according to the mental and physical condition, etc., of a Person Requiring Long-Term Care, and always engage in offering said services from the viewpoint of the person that receives Designated In-Home Service by implementing a self-evaluation of the quality of the Provider's own Designated In-Home Service and other measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指定居宅サービス事業者は、指定居宅サービスを受けようとする被保険者から提示された被保険者証に、第二十七条第七項第二号（第二十八条第四項及び第二十九条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）若しくは第三十二条第六項第二号（第三十三条第四項及び第三十三条の二第二項において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる意見又は第三十条第一項後段若しくは第三十三条の三第一項後段に規定する意見（以下「認定審査会意見」という。）が記載されているときは、当該認定審査会意見に配慮して、当該被保険者に当該指定居宅サービスを提供するように努めなければならない。 art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-73/par-2 A Designated In-Home Service Provider, when an opinion as listed in Article 27, paragraph (7), item (ii) (including a case applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (4) or Article 29, paragraph (2)) or Article 32, paragraph (6), item (ii) (including a case applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 33, paragraph (4) or Article 33-2, paragraph (2)), or an opinion as prescribed in the second sentence of Article 30, paragraph (1) or in the second sentence of Article 33-3, paragraph (1) (herein referred to as "Opinion of the Certification Committee") is entered on the Certificate of Insured Person that is presented by an Insured Person that intends to receive Designated In-Home Service, must engage in offering said Designated In-Home Service of said Insured Person in consideration of said Opinion of the Certification Committee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-73/par-1: 次条第二項 → 介護保険法 第七十四条第二項 (Article 74, paragraph (2)), art-74/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-74/par-2 - art-73/par-2: 第二十七条第七項第二号 → 介護保険法 第二十七条第七項第二号 (Article 27, paragraph (7), item (ii)), art-27/par-7/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-27/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-27/par-7/item-2 - art-73/par-2: 第二十八条第四項 → 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-73/par-2: 第二十九条第二項 → 介護保険法 第二十九条第二項 (Article 29, paragraph (2)), art-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-29/par-2 - art-73/par-2: 第三十二条第六項第二号 → 介護保険法 第三十二条第六項第二号 (Article 32, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-32/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-32/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-32/par-6/item-2 - art-73/par-2: 第三十三条第四項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条第四項 (Article 33, paragraph (4)), art-33/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33/par-4 - art-73/par-2: 第三十三条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条の二第二項 (Article 33-2, paragraph (2)), art-33-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33-2/par-2 - art-73/par-2: 第三十条第一項 → 介護保険法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-30/par-1 - art-73/par-2: 第三十三条の三第一項 → 介護保険法 第三十三条の三第一項 (Article 33-3, paragraph (1)), art-33-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-33-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-33-3/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第七十二条の二第四項（共生型居宅サービス事業者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72-2/par-4 --- ## 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