An employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must conduct inspections periodically and keep the records of the results on boilers and machinery or other such equipment that is specified by Cabinet Order.
If undertaking any inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph for machinery or other such equipment specified by Cabinet Order as referred to in that paragraph, that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as a "specified inspection"), an employer that constitutes a person with the qualifications specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or, if the employer is a corporation, its representative or officer that constitutes such a person) must implement this itself, or the employer must have this implemented by a worker it employs who constitutes a person with the qualifications specified by that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or by a person registered as prescribed in Article 54-3, paragraph (1) to carry out specified inspections of the relevant machinery or other such equipment at the request of other persons (hereinafter referred to as a "registered inspection agency").
Specified inspections must be conducted in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
特定自主検査は、厚生労働大臣の定める基準に従つて行わなければならない。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must release the necessary guidelines for inspections to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of inspections under the provisions of paragraph (1) (excluding specified inspections).
Having released guidelines for inspections as referred to in the preceding paragraph, and on finding that it is necessary to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance on those guidelines for inspections to employers, registered inspection agencies, and associations thereof.
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