When any of the following grounds exist, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order a prefectural governor, and a prefectural governor may order a municipality or a local incorporated administrative agency to improve the equipment or administration of a public assistance facility or to abolish a public assistance facility:
厚生労働大臣は都道府県に対して、都道府県知事は市町村及び地方独立行政法人に対して、次に掲げる事由があるときは、その保護施設の設備若しくは運営の改善、その事業の停止又はその保護施設の廃止を命ずることができる。
When the public assistance facility no longer conforms to the standards prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (1)
その保護施設が第三十九条第一項の基準に適合しなくなつたとき。
When the public assistance facility has lost the purpose of its existence
その保護施設が存立の目的を失うに至つたとき。
When the public assistance facility has violated this Act or any order based on this Act or any disposition based on this Act or such order
その保護施設がこの法律若しくはこれに基づく命令又はこれらに基づいてする処分に違反したとき。
When any of the following grounds exist, a prefectural governor may order a social welfare juridical person or the Japanese Red Cross Society to improve the equipment or administration of the public assistance facility or rescind the approval under Article 41, paragraph (2):
都道府県知事は、社会福祉法人又は日本赤十字社に対して、左に掲げる事由があるときは、その保護施設の設備若しくは運営の改善若しくはその事業の停止を命じ、又は第四十一条第二項の認可を取り消すことができる。
When the public assistance facility falls under any of the items of the preceding paragraph
その保護施設が前項各号の一に該当するとき。
When the public assistance facility no longer conforms to the standards prescribed in the items of Article 41, paragraph (3)
その保護施設が第四十一条第三項各号に規定する基準に適合しなくなつたとき。
When there has been a profit-making act with regard to the management of the public assistance facility
その保護施設の経営につき営利を図る行為があつたとき。
When operations have not been commenced by the scheduled date under Article 41, paragraph (2), item (vi) (when approval for a change has been obtained pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of the same Article, the scheduled date for which said approval has been obtained) without justifiable grounds
正当な理由がないのに、第四十一条第二項第六号の予定年月日（同条第五項の規定により変更の認可を受けたときは、その認可を受けた予定年月日）までに事業を開始しないとき。
When the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (5) have been violated
第四十一条第五項の規定に違反したとき。
Notice under Article 15, paragraph (1) or Article 30 of the Administrative Procedure Act pertaining to a disposition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be given by fourteen days prior to the date of the hearing or the deadline of the submission of a written statement of explanation (in the case of granting an opportunity for explanation by oral presentation, the date and time of the presentation).
前項の規定による処分に係る行政手続法第十五条第一項又は第三十条の通知は、聴聞の期日又は弁明を記載した書面の提出期限（口頭による弁明の機会の付与を行う場合には、その日時）の十四日前までにしなければならない。
When a prefectural governor has given notice under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act pertaining to rescission of the approval under the provisions of paragraph (2), he/she shall publicly notify the date and place of the hearing.
都道府県知事は、第二項の規定による認可の取消しに係る行政手続法第十五条第一項の通知をしたときは、聴聞の期日及び場所を公示しなければならない。
Proceedings on the date of the hearing pertaining to rescission of the approval under the provisions of paragraph (2) shall be conducted openly.
第二項の規定による認可の取消しに係る聴聞の期日における審理は、公開により行わなければならない。