# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)

- 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: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12) — address `suppl-4171-77/art-12`
- 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-4171-77/art-12
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-12
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### 第十二条
<sup>suppl-4171-77/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現に旧介護保険法第七十九条第二項第二号に規定する介護支援専門員である者は、施行日に、新介護保険法第六十九条の二第一項の都道府県知事の登録を受け、新介護保険法第六十九条の七第一項の規定により介護支援専門員証の交付を受けたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4171-77/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-4171-77/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-4171-77/art-12/par-1</sup>
A person who, at the time of enforcement of this Act, is currently a Long-Term Care Support Specialist prescribed in Article 79, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Former Long-Term Care Insurance Act is deemed, on the Effective Date, to have been registered by the prefectural governor as set forth in Article 69-2, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act and to have received delivery of a Long-Term Care Support Specialist Certification pursuant to the provisions of Article 69-7, paragraph (1) of the New Long-Term Care Insurance Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4171-77/art-12/par-1: 新介護保険法第六十九条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第六十九条の二第一項 (Article 69-2, paragraph (1)), art-69-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-69-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-69-2/par-1
- suppl-4171-77/art-12/par-1: 新介護保険法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

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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-20261018T203319-050, 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
