Article 75-12Implementation of Licensing Examinations by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau

①If the designated examination board has suspended all or part of exam administration with permission from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of Article 75-10; if the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has ordered the designated examination board to suspend all or part of exam administration pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article; or if the designated examination board has had trouble carrying out all or part of the exam administration due to a natural disaster or other such cause, on finding that it is necessary to do so, the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau is directly to take on all or part of exam administration.

②Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the undertaking of exam administration and other necessary particulars for if the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau directly carries out exam administration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the designated examination board discontinues all or part of its exam administration with the permission of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of Article 75-10; or the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare rescinds the designation of the designated examination board pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article.