The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to formulate guidelines that are necessary for the purpose of ensuring that employers deal appropriately with the matters prescribed in the provisions of Articles 5 through 7 and paragraphs (1) through (3) of the preceding Article (referred to as the "guidelines" in the following paragraph).
厚生労働大臣は、第五条から第七条まで及び前条第一項から第三項までの規定に定める事項に関し、事業主が適切に対処するために必要な指針（次項において「指針」という。）を定めるものとする。
The provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (4) and (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the formulation and amendment of the guidelines. In such a case, the phrase "is to consult the opinions of the Labor Policy Council, and request the opinions of the prefectural governors" in Article 4, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "is to consult the opinions of the Labor Policy Council."