Article 25Criteria for Licenses

一it is a Japanese nonprofit corporation as provided for by order of the competent ministry;

二it has sufficient capability to conduct the supervising business appropriately in accordance with the criteria provided for by order of the competent ministry as set forth under Article 39, paragraph (3);

三it possesses a sufficient financial basis to properly conduct the supervising business;

四it has taken the necessary measures to properly manage personal information (meaning information relating to individuals which may be used to identify a specific individual (including information that can be used to identify a specific individual through a cross check against other information); hereinafter the same applies in Article 40, paragraph (1), item (iv) and Article 43), and to protect the confidentiality of the organization implementing the supervising-organization-type technical intern training, etc. and the supervising-organization-type technical intern trainees, etc.;

五it has taken any of the following measures for the purpose of appropriate management of the supervising business:

イits officers are not composed entirely of persons with a close relationship provided for by order of the competent ministry with the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training, and otherwise the composition of the officers are not likely to impede the securing of appropriate operation of the supervising business; or

ロin addition to auditing by inspectors and persons responsible for auditing the business of the corporation, it has a person who satisfies the requirements as provided for in order of the competent ministry and does not have a close relationship as provided for by order of the competent ministry with the organization implementing supervising-organization-type technical intern training, audit the officer's performance of duties pertaining to the supervising business, pursuant to order of the competent ministry;

七if the application for the license set forth under Article 23, paragraph (1) concerns general supervising business, the applicant is to conform to the criteria provided for by Order of the competent ministry as meeting the high standard of capability to conduct an audit of the status of implementation of supervising-organization-type technical intern training and to perform other work; and

八in addition to the matters provided for in the preceding items, the applicant possesses the capability to perform the supervising business appropriately.