An employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must conduct the necessary work environment monitoring for indoor and other workspaces in which hazardous operations take place that are specified by Cabinet Order, and keep records of the results.
An employer is to undertake the work environment monitoring under the provisions of the preceding paragraph in accordance with the standards for work environment monitoring established by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines for work environment monitoring to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of work environment monitoring under the provisions of paragraph (1).
Having released guidelines for work environment monitoring as referred to in the preceding paragraph, and on finding it to be necessary to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may providethe necessary guidance on those guidelines for work environment monitoring to employers, work environment monitoring agencies, and associations thereof.
On finding it to be necessary to help maintain the health of workers by improving the work environment, the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may, based on the opinion of a senior industrial health physician, instruct the employer to carry out work environment monitoring or take other necessary measures, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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