①A person seeking to engage in labor services must obtain a license from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②A person seeking to be granted the license referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a written application stating the following information to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare:

③The written application referred to in the preceding paragraph must be accompanied by a business plan for the services that the applicant will provide at each place of business where it will engage in worker dispatching services, and by other documents specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

④In the business plan referred to in the preceding paragraph, the applicant must state the number of assigned workers involved in its services, the amount of the worker dispatching charge, and other particulars of its worker dispatching for each place of business where it will engage in worker dispatching services, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

⑤Before granting the license referred to in paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must obtain the opinion of the Labor Policy Council.