# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第三章 (Chapter 3) - 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: 第三章 (Chapter 3) — address `ch-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/ch-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/ch-3 - 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. --- ## 第三章　介護認定審査会 — Chapter III Certification Committee of Needed Long-Term Care heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/ch-3 ### 第十四条（介護認定審査会） — (Certification Committee of Needed Long-Term Care) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-14 **第一項** 第三十八条第二項に規定する審査判定業務を行わせるため、市町村に介護認定審査会（以下「認定審査会」という。）を置く。 art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-14/par-1 A Certification Committee of Needed Long-Term Care (herein referred to as "Certification Committee") is to be established in a Municipality in order to perform the examination and determination as prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (2) of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第十五条（委員） — (Certification Committee Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-15 **第一項** 認定審査会の委員の定数は、政令で定める基準に従い条例で定める数とする。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-15/par-1 The fixed number of Certification Committee members is to be the number specified by ordinance in accordance with standards specified by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The fixed number of Certification Committee members is to be the number specified by prefectural ordinance in accordance with standards specified by a Cabinet Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb **第二項** 委員は、要介護者等の保健、医療又は福祉に関する学識経験を有する者のうちから、市町村長（特別区にあっては、区長。以下同じ。）が任命する。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-15/par-2 Certification Committee members are appointed by the mayor of a Municipality (or the ward mayor, for special city wards; the same shall apply hereinafter) and shall be a person with relevant knowledge and experience pertaining to health care, medical care, or for the administration of public aid of an Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第十六条（共同設置の支援） — (Support for Co-Establishment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-16 **第一項** 都道府県は、認定審査会について地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の七第一項の規定による共同設置をしようとする市町村の求めに応じ、市町村相互間における必要な調整を行うことができる。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-16/par-1 A prefecture may perform the necessary coordination among Municipalities according to a request from a Municipality that intends to co-establish a Certification Committee pursuant to Article 252-7, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県は、認定審査会を共同設置した市町村に対し、その円滑な運営が確保されるように必要な技術的な助言その他の援助をすることができる。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-16/par-2 A prefecture may provide to Municipalities that have co-established a Certification Committee the technical advice and other support necessary for ensuring its efficient operation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第十七条（政令への委任規定） — (Provisions Pertaining to Delegation of a Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-17 **第一項** この法律に定めるもののほか、認定審査会に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-17/par-1 In addition to the provisions of this Act, necessary matters pertaining to a Certification Committee are provided by a Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-14/par-1: 第三十八条第二項 → 介護保険法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-38/par-2 - art-16/par-1: 地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の七第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百五十二条の七第一項 (Article 252-7, paragraph (1)), art-252-7/par-1 — not held in this collection --- ## 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 15, paragraph (1) — 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