# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第九十四条の二 (Article 94-2) - 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: 第九十四条の二 (Article 94-2)（許可の更新） — address `art-94-2` - 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-94-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十四条の二（許可の更新） — (Renewal of Approval) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-94-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2 **第一項** 前条第一項の許可は、六年ごとにその更新を受けなければ、その期間の経過によって、その効力を失う。 art-94-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-1 Approval as set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if it is not renewed within a period of six years, ceases to be effective when said period expires. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の更新の申請があった場合において、同項の期間（以下この条において「許可の有効期間」という。）の満了の日までにその申請に対する処分がされないときは、従前の許可は、許可の有効期間の満了後もその処分がされるまでの間は、なおその効力を有する。 art-94-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-2 In a case of application of renewal as set forth in the preceding paragraph, when a final determination of the application does not occur prior to the expiry of the period as set forth in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "Effective Period of Approval" in this Article), the prior approval remains effective after expiry of the Effective Period of Approval until a determination is reached regarding said application. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In a case of approval of renewal as set forth in the preceding paragraph, when a final determination of the application does not occur prior to the expiry of the period as set forth in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "Effective Period of Approval" in this Article), the prior appointment as service provider remains effective after expiry of the Effective Period of Approval until a determination is reached regarding said application." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb **第三項** 前項の場合において、許可の更新がされたときは、その許可の有効期間は、従前の許可の有効期間の満了の日の翌日から起算するものとする。 art-94-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-3 In a case as set forth in the preceding paragraph, when the approval is renewed, said Effective Period of Approval is to be from the date following the date of expiry of the prior Effective Period of Approval. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条の規定は、第一項の許可の更新について準用する。 art-94-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-4 The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to renewal of approval as set forth in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to renewal of appointment as service provider as set forth in paragraph (1)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb --- ## Cites - art-94-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 介護保険法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94/par-1 - art-94-2/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第九十四条の二第一項 (Article 94-2, paragraph (1)), art-94-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-1 - art-94-2/par-2: この条 → 介護保険法 第九十四条の二 (Article 94-2), art-94-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2 - art-94-2/par-3: 前項 → 介護保険法 第九十四条の二第二項 (Article 94-2, paragraph (2)), art-94-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-2 - art-94-2/par-4: 前条 → 介護保険法 第九十四条 (Article 94), art-94 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94 - art-94-2/par-4: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第九十四条の二第一項 (Article 94-2, paragraph (1)), art-94-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第七十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-72/par-2 - 介護保険法 第九十四条の二第二項（許可の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-2 - 介護保険法 第九十四条の二第三項（許可の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-3 - 介護保険法 第九十四条の二第四項（許可の更新） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-94-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-94-2/par-4 - 介護保険法 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-72/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-72/art-5/par-1 - 介護保険法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4231-72/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4231-72/art-6/par-1 - 生活保護法 別表第二 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/public-assistance-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000144/appdx-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法), Article 94-2, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法), Article 94-2, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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