A Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. that has received notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 115-32, paragraph (2) may, when finding that the Long-Term Care Service Provider that submitted said notification (excluding, for a Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. that has received notification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, a Long-Term Care Service Provider that submitted notification pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph) has not properly carried out the establishment of an operational control system in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article, recommend to said Long-Term Care Service Provider, setting a due date, that it properly establish an operational control system in accordance with said standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc., in a case of providing a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may provide public notice of the fact that the Long-Term Care Service Provider that was issued said recommendation did not act in compliance with said recommendation within the due date as set forth in the same paragraph.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc., when the Long-Term Care Service Provider that was issued a recommendation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) does not implement the measures pertaining to said recommendation without a justifiable basis, may, setting a due date, order said Long-Term Care Service Provider to implement the measures pertaining to said recommendation.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc., when issuing an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, must issue public notice of said fact.
When a Long-Term Care Service Provider violates an order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the prefectural governor specified in Article 115-32, paragraph (2), item (ii) must notify the relevant prefectural governor or the relevant municipal mayor, and the prefectural governor specified in item (i) of that paragraph must notify the relevant municipal mayor, of the details of the violation, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.