Article 100-9Delegation of Authority to Directors-General of Regional Bureaus of Health and Welfare
第百条の九（地方厚生局長等への権限の委任）
The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in this Act (excluding the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 100-5, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)) may be delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or pursuant to Cabinet Order, in the case of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4).
The authority delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the director-general of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or pursuant to Cabinet Order, in the case of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4).
If, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4 has been delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare (or if, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in that Article has been delegated to the director-general of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare), the phrase "the Social Security Council" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "the council specified by Cabinet Order which is established in the regional bureau of health and welfare".