# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第十七条 (Article 17) - 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（設立） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（設立） — (Establishment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17 **第一項** 組合を設立しようとするときは、主たる事務所の所在地の都道府県知事の認可を受けなければならない。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-1 The establishment of a Society must be subject to the authorization of the prefectural governor governing the area which is the location of its principal office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の認可の申請は、十五人以上の発起人が規約を作成し、組合員となるべき者三百人以上の同意を得て行うものとする。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-2 An application for the authorization set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be filed by preparing the Society's constitution, which shall be prepared by at least fifteen founders, and by obtaining consent thereto from at least three hundred persons who will become members of said Society. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県知事は、第一項の認可の申請があつた場合においては、あらかじめ、次の各号に定める組合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める者の意見を聴き、当該認可の申請に係る組合の設立により、当該組合の地区をその区域に含む都道府県及び当該都道府県内の市町村の国民健康保険事業の運営に支障を及ぼさないと認めるときでなければ、同項の認可をしてはならない。 art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-3 In the case where an application for the authorization set forth in paragraph (1) is filed, the prefectural governor shall, in advance, hear the opinions of the persons specified in each of the following items for the categories of Societies set forth in those items, and shall not give the authorization set forth in the same paragraph unless said prefectural governor finds that the establishment of the Society pertaining to the application for authorization will not hinder the administration of the national health insurance services of the prefectures whose areas include the district of said Society and of the Municipalities within those prefectures. machine translation, not official **一** その地区が一の都道府県の区域を越えない組合　当該組合の地区をその区域に含む市町村の市町村長（特別区の区長を含む。以下同じ。） art-17/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-3/item-1 a Society whose district does not extend beyond the area of one prefecture: the heads of the Municipalities (including the heads of special wards; the same applies hereinafter) whose area includes the district of said Society; machine translation, not official **二** その地区が二以上の都道府県の区域にまたがる組合　当該組合の地区をその区域に含む市町村（第一項の認可の申請を受けた都道府県知事が統括する都道府県内の市町村に限る。）の市町村長及び当該組合の地区をその区域に含む都道府県の都道府県知事（当該認可の申請を受けた都道府県知事を除く。次項において「他の都道府県知事」という。） art-17/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-3/item-2 a Society whose district extends over the areas of two or more prefectures: the heads of the Municipalities whose area includes the district of said Society (limited to Municipalities within the prefecture governed by the prefectural governor who received the application for the authorization set forth in paragraph (1)) and the prefectural governors of the prefectures whose areas include the district of said Society (excluding the prefectural governor who received the application for said authorization; referred to as an "other prefectural governor" in the following paragraph). machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の規定により、他の都道府県知事が意見を述べるに当たつては、あらかじめ、当該他の都道府県知事が統括する都道府県内の市町村（第一項の認可の申請に係る組合の地区をその区域に含む市町村に限る。）の市町村長の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-4 In stating an opinion pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the other prefectural governor must in advance hear the opinions of the heads of the Municipalities within the prefecture governed by that other prefectural governor (limited to Municipalities whose area includes the district of the Society pertaining to the application for the authorization set forth in paragraph (1)). machine translation, not official **第五項** 組合は、設立の認可を受けた時に成立する。 art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-5 A Society shall be incorporated at the time of authorization of its establishment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/par-2: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-3: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-3/item-2: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-3/item-2: 次項 → 国民健康保険法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-4 - art-17/par-4: 前項 → 国民健康保険法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-3 - art-17/par-4: 第一項 → 国民健康保険法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民健康保険法 第十七条第二項（設立） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-2 - 国民健康保険法 第十七条第三項（設立） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-3 - 国民健康保険法 第十七条第三項第二号（設立） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-3/item-2 - 国民健康保険法 第十七条第四項（設立） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-17/par-4 - 国民健康保険法 第二十七条第三項（組合会の議決事項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-health-insurance-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/art-27/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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-20261017T183826-001, translated 2026-10-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-002, 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