# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)（郵政会社等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4091-123/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-8
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### 第八条（郵政会社等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Japan Post Holdings
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4091-123/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4091-123/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4091-123/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  国家公務員共済組合法附則第二十条の二第二項に規定する郵政会社等又は同法附則第二十条の七第一項に規定する適用法人が指定居宅サービス事業者、指定地域密着型サービス事業者、指定居宅介護支援事業者、指定介護予防サービス事業者、指定地域密着型介護予防サービス事業者若しくは指定介護予防支援事業者の指定の申請を行う場合又は介護老人保健施設の開設の許可の申請を行う場合におけるこの法律の規定の適用については、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
第七条第九項第二号	第六項各号（第四号を除く。）	第六項各号
第七十九条第二項第四号の三	船員保険法	船員保険法、国家公務員共済組合法
<sup>suppl-4091-123/art-8/par-1 · 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</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of this Act in the case where Japan Post Holdings, etc. prescribed in Article 20-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act or an applicable juridical person prescribed in Article 20-7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act applies for designation as a Designated In-Home Service Provider, Designated Community-Based Service Provider, Designated In-Home Long-Term Care Support Provider, Designated Provider of Preventive Long-Term Care Service, Designated Provider of Community-Based Service for Preventive Long-Term Care or Designated Preventive Long-Term Care Support Provider, or applies for approval of the establishment of a Long-Term Care Health Facility, the phrases listed in the middle column of the following table in the provisions listed in the upper column of the same table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases listed in the lower column of the same table, respectively.
Article 7, paragraph (9), item (ii)	items of paragraph (6) (excluding item (iv))	items of paragraph (6)
Article 79, paragraph (2), item (iv)-3	Mariners Insurance Act	Mariners Insurance Act, National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act
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## Cites
- suppl-4091-123/art-8/par-1: 第七条第九項第二号 → 介護保険法 第七条第九項第二号 (Article 7, paragraph (9), item (ii)), 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
- suppl-4091-123/art-8/par-1: 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
- suppl-4091-123/art-8/par-1: 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
- suppl-4091-123/art-8/par-1: 第七十九条第二項第四号の三 → 介護保険法 第七十九条第二項第四号の三 (Article 79, paragraph (2), item (iv-3)), art-79/par-2/item-4-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-79/par-2/item-4-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-79/par-2/item-4-3

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 介護保険法 附則第九条第一項（介護保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4191-110/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4191-110/art-9/par-1

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-034, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
