①When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare gives authorization pursuant to the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (1), the Minister must notify the employer to that effect, and the insurer, upon performing confirmation pursuant to Article 39, paragraph (1), or determining or revising the standard remuneration amount (meaning the standard monthly remuneration amount and standard monthly bonus amount; the same applies hereinafter), must notify the employer to that effect.

②When a notice referred to in the preceding paragraph is given, the employer must promptly notify the person who is or was insured.

③When an insured person loses eligibility as an insured person and a notice referred to in the preceding paragraph cannot be given since the whereabouts of the person are unknown, the employer must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the insurer to that effect.

④When the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph is given, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the insurer must give public notice of the matters stated in the notification given to the employer pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) about the person whose whereabouts are unknown.

⑤If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the insurer fail to give a notice referred to in paragraph (1) due to abolishment of the place of business or other unavoidable circumstances, they must make a public notice of the matters to be notified in lieu of the notice referred to in paragraph (1).