Article 109-9Delegation of Authority to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare, etc.
第百九条の九（地方厚生局長等への権限の委任）
The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in this Act (excluding the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Article 109-5, paragraphs (1) and (2), and in Chapter X) may be delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or, for the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Article 14-4, by Cabinet Order).
The authority delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare under the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Branch Bureau of Health and Welfare, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or, for the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Article 14-4, by Cabinet Order).
If the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Article 14-4 has been delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare under paragraph (1) (including where the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in that Article has been delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Branch Bureau of Health and Welfare under the preceding paragraph), the term "Social Security Council" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a council specified by Cabinet Order established in the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare".