The occupational accident, multiple-job-related accident and commuting accident of the persons specified in the following items (in the case of persons specified in items (ii), (iv) or (v), excluding those who are workers) are governed by the provisions of this Chapter:
an employer who hires the number of workers less that the number specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding businesses specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; hereinafter referred to as a "specified business" in item (vii)), who entrusts a labor insurance affairs association set forth in Article 33, paragraph (3) of the Premiums Collection Act (hereinafter referred to as a "labor insurance affairs association") with the handling of the labor insurance affairs set forth in paragraph (1) of that Article (in cases where the employer is a juridical person or other organization, the representative thereof);
厚生労働省令で定める数以下の労働者を使用する事業（厚生労働省令で定める事業を除く。第七号において「特定事業」という。）の事業主で徴収法第三十三条第三項の労働保険事務組合（以下「労働保険事務組合」という。）に同条第一項の労働保険事務の処理を委託するものである者（事業主が法人その他の団体であるときは、代表者）
a person engaged in a business operated by an employer set forth in the preceding item;
前号の事業主が行う事業に従事する者
a person who normally operates a type of business specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare without hiring any workers;
厚生労働省令で定める種類の事業を労働者を使用しないで行うことを常態とする者
a person engaged in a business operated by a person set forth in the preceding item;
前号の者が行う事業に従事する者
a person engaged in a type of work specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare;
厚生労働省令で定める種類の作業に従事する者
a person who is dispatched by an organization carrying out a business for providing technical cooperation in a developing area outside the area where this Act is enforced (excluding businesses for which the period of business is predetermined), to be engaged in a business carried out in the developing area (excluding areas in countries specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of the status of protection systems in relation to occupational accidents, multiple-job-related accidents and commuting accidents and other circumstances) in order to perform the operations of the organization; and
a person who is dispatched by an employer carrying out a business in the area where this Act is enforced (excluding businesses for which the period of business is predetermined), to be engaged in a business carried out in an area outside the area where this Act is enforced (excluding areas in countries specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in consideration of the status of protection systems in relation to occupational accidents, multiple-job-related accidents and commuting accidents and other circumstances) (in cases where the business does not fall under the categories of specified business, limited to persons who are dispatched as a worker used for the relevant business)