Article 21Regional Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities
第二十一条（広域障害者職業センター）
A regional vocational center for persons with disabilities provides the following services over a broad region in close collaboration with the polytechnic schools for persons with disabilities and the medical treatment facilities set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on the Japan Corporation of Occupational Health and Safety (Act No. 171 of 2002), and other facilities provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, for persons with disabilities who need to systematically have vocational rehabilitation measures taken for them:
広域障害者職業センターは、広範囲の地域にわたり、系統的に職業リハビリテーションの措置を受けることを必要とする障害者に関して、障害者職業能力開発校又は独立行政法人労働者健康安全機構法（平成十四年法律第百七十一号）第十二条第一項第一号に掲げる療養施設その他の厚生労働省令で定める施設との密接な連携の下に、次に掲げる業務を行う。
systematically providing persons with disabilities provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare with vocational evaluations, vocational guidance, and vocational training courses;
giving advice and other assistance in personnel management matters concerning persons with disabilities to employers that employ or seek to employ persons with disabilities who have had the measures referred to in the preceding item taken for them;
前号の措置を受けた障害者を雇用し、又は雇用しようとする事業主に対する障害者の雇用管理に関する事項についての助言その他の援助を行うこと。
providing services incidental to those set forth in the preceding two items.
前二号に掲げる業務に附帯する業務を行うこと。
Article 22Local Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities
第二十二条（地域障害者職業センター）
A local vocational center for persons with disabilities provides the following services within the prefecture:
地域障害者職業センターは、都道府県の区域内において、次に掲げる業務を行う。
providing persons with disabilities with vocational evaluations, vocational guidance, vocational readiness training, and vocational training courses;
giving persons with intellectual and other disabilities who are employed by employers advice or guidance in matters related to adaptation to the workplace;
事業主に雇用されている知的障害者等に対する職場への適応に関する事項についての助言又は指導を行うこと。
giving employers advice and other assistance concerning personnel management matters concerning persons with disabilities;
事業主に対する障害者の雇用管理に関する事項についての助言その他の援助を行うこと。
educating and training workplace adaptation aides;
職場適応援助者の養成及び研修を行うこと。
giving the work/life support center for persons with disabilities referred to in Article 27, paragraph (2), employment support service providers, and other relevant organizations, and the employees of those organizations, advice, training, and other assistance in technical matters concerning vocational rehabilitation; and
第二十七条第二項の障害者就業・生活支援センター、就労支援事業者その他の関係機関及びこれらの機関の職員に対する職業リハビリテーションに関する技術的事項についての助言、研修その他の援助を行うこと。
providing services incidental to those set forth in each of the preceding items.
前各号に掲げる業務に附帯する業務を行うこと。
Article 23Restrictions on Name Use
第二十三条（名称使用の制限）
An entity that is not a vocational center for persons with disabilities must not use the characters "障害者職業総合センター" (transliterated as "shougai-sha shokugyou sougou sentaa" and meaning "National Institute of Vocational Rehabilitation") or "障害者職業センター" (transliterated as "shougai-sha shokugyou sentaa" and meaning "vocational center for persons with disabilities") in its name.
障害者職業センターでないものは、その名称中に障害者職業総合センター又は障害者職業センターという文字を用いてはならない。
Article 24Vocational Counselors for Persons with Disabilities
第二十四条（障害者職業カウンセラー）
JEED must appoint vocational counselors for persons with disabilities in the vocational centers for persons with disabilities.
A vocational counselor must be a person who has passed the examination that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates and has finished the training course that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates, or a person who has the credentials provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
障害者職業カウンセラーは、厚生労働大臣が指定する試験に合格し、かつ、厚生労働大臣が指定する講習を修了した者その他厚生労働省令で定める資格を有する者でなければならない。
Article 25Communication and Cooperation Among the Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities
第二十五条（障害者職業センター相互の連絡及び協力等）
The vocational centers for persons with disabilities must endeavor to communicate closely and cooperate with one another to facilitate independence in the working lives of persons with disabilities.
In providing the services set forth in Article 20, item (v), Article 21, item (i) or item (ii), or Article 22, items (i) through (iii) for a person with a mental disability, a vocational center for persons with disabilities is to endeavor to coordinate with physicians and other medical personnel.
A vocational center for persons with disabilities is to endeavor to ensure effective promotion of vocational rehabilitation in conjunction with job placement and other measures implemented by public employment security offices, the services provided by the work/life support centers for persons with disabilities referred to in Article 27, paragraph (2), and the vocational training implemented by the public human resources development facilities referred to in Article 15-7, paragraph (3) of the Human Resources Development Promotion Act (Act No. 64 of 1969) and by the Polytechnic University referred to in Article 27 of that Act (referred to as "public human resources development facilities and the Polytechnic University" in Article 83).
障害者職業センターは、公共職業安定所の行う職業紹介等の措置、第二十七条第二項の障害者就業・生活支援センターの行う業務並びに職業能力開発促進法（昭和四十四年法律第六十四号）第十五条の七第三項の公共職業能力開発施設及び同法第二十七条の職業能力開発総合大学校（第八十三条において「公共職業能力開発施設等」という。）の行う職業訓練と相まつて、効果的に職業リハビリテーションが推進されるように努めるものとする。
Article 26Implementation of Vocational Rehabilitation Measures Free of Charge
第二十六条（職業リハビリテーションの措置の無料実施）
The vocational rehabilitation measures at a vocational center for persons with disabilities are to be free of charge.
障害者職業センターにおける職業リハビリテーションの措置は、無料とするものとする。
Section 4 Work/Life Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities
第四節 障害者就業・生活支援センター
第二十七条（指定）
At the application of a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation whose purpose is to stabilize employment for persons with disabilities who need support in their employment and in associated aspects of daily or community life in order to achieve independence in their working lives (hereinafter referred to as "persons with disabilities needing support" in this Section), social welfare corporation as provided in Article 22 of the Social Welfare Act (Act No. 45 of 1951), corporation engaging in specified non-profit activities as provided in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities (Act No. 7 of 1998), or other corporation provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that is found to conform to the following criteria in relation to the services provided for in the following Article, a prefectural governor may designate the applicant as a person to provide the services provided for in that Article:
that its plan for implementing the services is appropriate in terms of personnel, operational procedures, and other particulars, and it is found to have sufficient accounting and technical bases to reliably execute the plan; and
職員、業務の方法その他の事項についての業務の実施に関する計画が適正なものであり、かつ、その計画を確実に遂行するに足りる経理的及び技術的な基礎を有すると認められること。
that beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, it is found that the services will be operated properly and reliably and contribute to facilitating the employment of persons with disabilities needing support and to otherwise enhancing welfare.
Having made a designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must issue public notice of the name and address of the person designated under the provisions of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "work/life support center for persons with disabilities") and the location of its office.
Prior to changing its name or address or the location of its office, a work/life support center for persons with disabilities must file a notification of this with the prefectural governor.
障害者就業・生活支援センターは、その名称及び住所並びに事務所の所在地を変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。
When a notification as under the preceding paragraph has been filed, the prefectural governor must issue public notice of the particulars to which the notification pertains.
都道府県知事は、前項の規定による届出があつたときは、当該届出に係る事項を公示しなければならない。
第二十八条（業務）
A work/life support center for persons with disabilities is to provide the following services:
障害者就業・生活支援センターは、次に掲げる業務を行うものとする。
giving the necessary guidance and advice when consulted by persons with disabilities needing support, as well as comprehensively communicating and coordinating with public employment security offices, local vocational centers for persons with disabilities, social welfare facilities, medical facilities, special needs education schools, and other relevant organizations, and providing other support provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
支援対象障害者からの相談に応じ、必要な指導及び助言を行うとともに、公共職業安定所、地域障害者職業センター、社会福祉施設、医療施設、特別支援学校その他の関係機関との連絡調整その他厚生労働省令で定める援助を総合的に行うこと。
arranging for persons with disabilities needing support to undergo the vocational readiness training implemented by the National Institute of Vocational Rehabilitation, local vocational centers for persons with disabilities, and employers provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; and
providing services that persons with disabilities needing support need in order to achieve independence in their working lives, beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items.
Article 29Relationship with Local Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities
第二十九条（地域障害者職業センターとの関係）
A work/life support center for persons with disabilities is to provide the services set forth in item (ii) of the preceding Article based on the vocational evaluations of persons with disabilities needing support which are made by the local vocational centers for persons with disabilities.
障害者就業・生活支援センターは、地域障害者職業センターの行う支援対象障害者に対する職業評価に基づき、前条第二号に掲げる業務を行うものとする。
第三十条（事業計画等）
A work/life support center for persons with disabilities must prepare a business plan and budget statement for revenues and expenditure and submit them to the prefectural governor each business year, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies if it seeks to modify these.
障害者就業・生活支援センターは、毎事業年度、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、事業計画書及び収支予算書を作成し、都道府県知事に提出しなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
A work/life support center for persons with disabilities must prepare a business report and income and expenditure statement and submit them to the prefectural governor after the end of each business year pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
障害者就業・生活支援センターは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、毎事業年度終了後、事業報告書及び収支決算書を作成し、都道府県知事に提出しなければならない。
第三十一条（監督命令）
The prefectural governor may give a work/life support center for persons with disabilities the orders that are necessary for supervising the services provided for in Article 28, to the extent necessary for enforcing the provisions of this Section.
都道府県知事は、この節の規定を施行するために必要な限度において、障害者就業・生活支援センターに対し、第二十八条に規定する業務に関し監督上必要な命令をすることができる。
Article 32Revocation of Designation
第三十二条（指定の取消し等）
If a work/life support center for persons with disabilities falls under any of the following items, the prefectural governor may revoke the designation under the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "designation" in this Article):
都道府県知事は、障害者就業・生活支援センターが次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第二十七条第一項の規定による指定（以下この条において「指定」という。）を取り消すことができる。
if the center is found to be unable to implement the services provided for in Article 28 properly and reliably;
第二十八条に規定する業務を適正かつ確実に実施することができないと認められるとき。
if a wrongful act occurred in connection with its designation; or
指定に関し不正の行為があつたとき。
if the center has violated the provisions of this Section or an order or disposition under those provisions.
この節の規定又は当該規定に基づく命令若しくは処分に違反したとき。
On having revoked a designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must issue public notice of this.
Article 33Duty of Confidentiality
第三十三条（秘密保持義務）
It is prohibited for the current or former officer or employee of a work/life support center for persons with disabilities to divulge any secret learned in connection with the services set forth in Article 28, item (i).
障害者就業・生活支援センターの役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあつた者は、第二十八条第一号に掲げる業務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。