A designated home-nursing provider must employ the number of employees, including nurses, specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare in accordance with standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, at each home-nursing provider office to which the designation pertains.
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, standards for operations of a designated home-nursing business are provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare.
When specifying matters concerning the standards for operations of a designated home-nursing business prescribed in the preceding paragraph (limited to the part concerning the handling of designated home-nursing), the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare is to hear the opinions of the Central Social Insurance Medical Council.