# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第百八条 (Article 108)

- Law: 国民健康保険法 (National Health Insurance Act), 昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号
- English title "National Health 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: 第百八条 (Article 108)（組合等に対する監督） — address `art-108`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108
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### 第百八条（組合等に対する監督） — (Supervision of Societies, etc.)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、第百六条第一項の規定により報告を徴し、又は検査した場合において、組合若しくは連合会の事業若しくは財産の管理若しくは執行が法令、規約若しくは厚生労働大臣若しくは都道府県知事の処分に違反していると認めるとき、確保すべき収入を不当に確保せず、不当に経費を支出し、若しくは不当に財産を処分する等著しく事業の適正な執行を欠くと認めるとき、又は組合若しくは連合会の役員がその事業若しくは財産の管理若しくは執行を明らかに怠つていると認めるときは、期間を定めて、当該組合若しくは連合会又はその役員に対し、その事業若しくは財産の管理若しくは執行について違反の是正又は改善のため必要な措置をとるべき旨を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-1</sup>
In cases where a report is collected or an inspection is conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 106, paragraph (1), when the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor finds that the Society's or Federation's management or performance of its services or assets violates any law or regulation, its constitution, or any action of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor, or that the Society or Federation has unjustly failed to secure the income that it should have secured, has unjustly incurred expenses, has unjustly disposed of its assets or has otherwise significantly failed to perform its services properly, or that the officers of the Society or Federation have evidently failed to manage or perform its services or assets, then the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor may order such Society or Federation or its officers to take measures necessary to correct the violation regarding, or improve, the management or performance of its services or assets within a specified period.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  組合若しくは連合会又はその役員が前項の命令に違反したときは、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、当該組合又は連合会に対し、期間を定めて、その役員の全部又は一部の改任を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-2</sup>
If the Society or Federation or its officers violate the order set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor may order such Society or Federation to replace all or some of its officers within a specified period.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  組合又は連合会が前項の命令に違反したときは、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、同項の命令に係る役員を改任することができる。
<sup>art-108/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-3</sup>
When the Society or Federation violates the order set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor may replace the officer(s) relevant to the order set forth in the same paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  組合又は連合会が第一項の規定による命令に違反したときは、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、当該組合又は連合会の解散を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-108/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-4</sup>
When the Society or Federation violates the order set forth in paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor may order such Society or Federation to be dissolved.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  組合又は連合会の事業若しくは財産の状況によりその事業の継続が困難であると認めるときは、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、当該組合又は連合会（都道府県知事にあつては、当該都道府県知事が統括する都道府県の区域内の当該組合又は連合会に限る。）の解散を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-108/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-5</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor finds it difficult for a Society or Federation to continue its services due to the status of its services or property, the Minister or the prefectural governor may order the dissolution of such Society or Federation (in the case of the prefectural governor, limited to such Society or Federation within the area of the prefecture governed by that prefectural governor).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-108/par-1: 第百六条第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第百六条第一項 (Article 106, paragraph (1)), art-106/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-106/par-1
- art-108/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第百八条第一項 (Article 108, paragraph (1)), art-108/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-1
- art-108/par-3: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第百八条第二項 (Article 108, paragraph (2)), art-108/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-2
- art-108/par-4: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第百八条第一項 (Article 108, paragraph (1)), art-108/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-1

## Cited by

10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 介護保険法 第百九十八条第一項（連合会に対する監督） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-198/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第三十二条第一項第三号（解散） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-32/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32/par-1/item-3
- 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の七第一項（清算人及び解散の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-7/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第三十二条の七第三項（清算人及び解散の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-32-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-32-7/par-3
- 国民健康保険法 第百八条第二項（組合等に対する監督） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-2
- 国民健康保険法 第百八条第三項（組合等に対する監督） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-3
- 国民健康保険法 第百八条第四項（組合等に対する監督） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-108/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-108/par-4
- 国民健康保険法 第百十九条の二第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-119-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-119-2/par-1
- 国民健康保険法 第百二十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-125/par-1
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第百六十二条第一項（国保連合会に対する監督） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-medical-care-act/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-162/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/333AC0000000192/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — National Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-009, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
