When a request for review has been made of a disposition concerning a decision on and the implementation of public assistance, or of a disposition concerning the payment of the benefit for employment and self-support or the school enrollment and job-search preparation benefit, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor must make a determination on that request for review within the period specified in each of the following items for the category of cases set out in those items, counted from the day on which that request for review was made (in the case where an order to correct a defect has been issued under Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014), the day on which the defect was corrected).
厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、保護の決定及び実施に関する処分又は就労自立給付金若しくは進学・就職準備給付金の支給に関する処分についての審査請求がされたときは、当該審査請求がされた日（行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二十三条の規定により不備を補正すべきことを命じた場合にあつては、当該不備が補正された日）から次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じそれぞれ当該各号に定める期間内に、当該審査請求に対する裁決をしなければならない。
In the case where consultation is made under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act: 70 days
行政不服審査法第四十三条第一項の規定による諮問をする場合 七十日
In cases other than the case set out in the preceding item: 50 days
前号に掲げる場合以外の場合 五十日
If no determination has been made within the period specified in each of the following items for the category of cases set out in those items, counted from the day of making the request for review (in the case where the person was ordered to correct a defect under Article 23 of the Administrative Complaint Review Act, the day on which the defect was corrected; the same applies in item (i)), the person who made the request for review may deem the request for review to have been dismissed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor.
審査請求人は、審査請求をした日（行政不服審査法第二十三条の規定により不備を補正すべきことを命じられた場合にあつては、当該不備を補正した日。第一号において同じ。）から次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じそれぞれ当該各号に定める期間内に裁決がないときは、厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事が当該審査請求を棄却したものとみなすことができる。
In the case where notice has been received under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Administrative Complaint Review Act within 50 days from the day on which the request for review was made: 70 days
当該審査請求をした日から五十日以内に行政不服審査法第四十三条第三項の規定により通知を受けた場合 七十日
In cases other than the case set out in the preceding item: 50 days
前号に掲げる場合以外の場合 五十日