Nursing care facilities for the elderly [new designation] (including short-term nursing care)

Last Updated September 30, 2024

Procedures for applying for new establishment permission

In establishing a nursing care facility for the elderly, it is necessary to obtain permission based on the provisions of Article 94, Paragraph 1 of the Nursing Care Insurance Law.

About electronic application notification system

From October 1, 2023, we started accepting applications using the electronic application notification system.
For details, please refer to the following website.

[Application for Designation, etc.] About electronic application notification system (under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

About attached documents style

List of attached documents
Items	Document name (file type / file size)	Document contents	Date of registration
１	attached documents checklist (Elderly Ken) (Excel: 30KB)	List of attached documents on applications for designation (permission) of nursing care facilities for the elderly (Table 16, attached documents checklist)	2024/10/01

Forms, etc.
Items	Style	Date of registration
１	(Standard Form 1) Work System and Work Style List of Employees (Excel: 319KB)　　　　　　　　　　・Please submit one month's worth of the scheduled opening month. 　　　　　　　・If you have been designated as tsusho rehabilitation, you will be required to apply. 　　　　　　　　Please also submit the work schedule for tsusho rehabilitation. 　　　　　　　　(Please clarify the working hours for each service.)	2024/10/01
２	(Standard Form 3) Floor plan (Excel: 12KB)	2024/10/01
３	(Standard Form 4) List of equipment and equipment (Excel: 14KB)	2024/10/01
４	(Standard Form 5) Overview of measures to be taken to handle complaints from users (Excel: 11KB)	2024/10/01
５	(Standard Form 6) Pledge (Excel: 28KB)	2024/10/01
６	(Standard Form 7) Name of care manager and its registration number (Excel: 10KB)	2024/10/01

Application forms, appendixes, etc. (only for mailing)

Application form and appendix
Items	Style	Date of registration
１	(Attachment Form No. 1 (1)) Designation (permission) Application Form (Excel: 36KB)	2024/10/01
２	(Appendix No. 1 (16)) Items pertaining to permission for nursing care facilities for the elderly (Excel: 70KB)	2024/10/01
３	(Appendix No. 1 (11)) Short-term nursing care / long-term nursing care prevention short-term nursing care (Excel: 42KB) 　　　　　Items pertaining to the designation of business establishments	2024/10/01
４	(Appendix No. 1 (7)) Outpatient rehabilitation and preventive care outpatient rehabilitation (Excel: 33KB) 　　　　　Items pertaining to the designation of business establishments	2024/10/01
５	(Attachment Form No. 1 (4)) registration form (Excel: 20KB) (Submit only when no short-term entrance / tsusho rehabilitation is required)	2024/10/01