# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) — address `suppl-5081-51/art-7` - 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-5081-51/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5081-51/art-7 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条 suppl-5081-51/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5081-51/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5081-51/art-7 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第四条の規定（附則第一条第三号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）による改正後の介護保険法（以下「第四号新介護保険法」という。）第四十七条の二第二項、第四十七条の三第五項、第五十九条の二第二項及び第五十九条の三第五項に規定する厚生労働大臣が定める基準、第四号新介護保険法第八十五条の五第三項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める基準（第四号新介護保険法第四十七条の二第一項に規定する指定登録施設介護支援の取扱いに関する部分に限る。）並びに第四号新介護保険法第百十五条の三十一の四第三項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める基準（第四号新介護保険法第五十九条の二第一項に規定する指定登録施設介護予防支援の取扱いに関する部分に限る。）を定めようとするときは、附則第一条第四号に掲げる規定の施行の日（以下「第四号施行日」という。）前においても、社会保障審議会の意見を聴くことができる。 suppl-5081-51/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5081-51/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5081-51/art-7/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to specify the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 47-2, paragraph (2), Article 47-3, paragraph (5), Article 59-2, paragraph (2) and Article 59-3, paragraph (5) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the amending provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions) (hereinafter referred to as the "item (iv) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act"), the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 85-5, paragraph (3) of the item (iv) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to the part concerning the handling of Designated Registered Facility Long-Term Care Support prescribed in Article 47-2, paragraph (1) of the item (iv) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act), and the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed in Article 115-31-4, paragraph (3) of the item (iv) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act (limited to the part concerning the handling of Designated Registered Facility Preventive Long-Term Care Support prescribed in Article 59-2, paragraph (1) of the item (iv) New Long-Term Care Insurance Act), the Minister may hear the opinion of the Social Security Council even before the date of enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "item (iv) Effective Date"). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5081-51/art-7/par-1: 附則第一条第三号 → 介護保険法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-5081-51/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5081-51/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5081-51/art-1/par-1/item-3 - suppl-5081-51/art-7/par-1: 第五十九条の二第二項 → 介護保険法 第五十九条の二第二項 (Article 59-2, paragraph (2)), art-59-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-59-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-59-2/par-2 - suppl-5081-51/art-7/par-1: 第四号新介護保険法第五十九条の二第一項 → 介護保険法 第五十九条の二第一項 (Article 59-2, paragraph (1)), art-59-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-59-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-59-2/par-1 - suppl-5081-51/art-7/par-1: 附則第一条第四号 → 介護保険法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-5081-51/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/suppl-5081-51/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/suppl-5081-51/art-1/par-1/item-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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T212610-052, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 211 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18