使用者は、妊娠中の女性及び産後一年を経過しない女性（以下「妊産婦」という。）を、重量物を取り扱う業務、有害ガスを発散する場所における業務その他妊産婦の妊娠、出産、哺育等に有害な業務に就かせてはならない。
An employer must not assign a pregnant woman or a woman who is not yet one year postpartum (hereinafter referred to as an "expectant or postpartum mother") to operations involving the handling of heavy objects, operations in places where harmful gas is generated, or other operations that are hazardous to things such as pregnancy, childbirth, and nursing.
By Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be applied mutatis mutandis to women other than expectant or and postpartum mothers, for operations provided for in that paragraph that are hazardous to female functions related to pregnancy and childbirth.
前二項に規定する業務の範囲及びこれらの規定によりこれらの業務に就かせてはならない者の範囲は、厚生労働省令で定める。
Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes the scope of operations provided for in the preceding two paragraphs and the scope of persons who must not be assigned to those operations pursuant thereto.