# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第三章 (Chapter 3)

- Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号
- English title "Industrial Safety and Health Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第三章 (Chapter 3) — address `ch-3`
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## 第三章　安全衛生管理体制 — Chapter III System for Safety and Health Management
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<sup>ch-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#ch-3</sup>

### 第十条（総括安全衛生管理者） — (General Safety and Health Managers)
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<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、政令で定める規模の事業場ごとに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、総括安全衛生管理者を選任し、その者に安全管理者、衛生管理者又は第二十五条の二第二項の規定により技術的事項を管理する者の指揮をさせるとともに、次の業務を統括管理させなければならない。
<sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-1</sup>
At each workplace of the scale specified by Cabinet Order, an employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must appoint a general safety and health manager and have that person direct the work of safety managers, health managers, and persons managing technical issues pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 25-2, as well as having that person engage in the overall management of the following operations:
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  **一**  労働者の危険又は健康障害を防止するための措置に関すること。
  <sup>art-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-1/item-1</sup>
  handling measures to prevent the endangerment of workers and the impairment of workers' health;
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  **二**  労働者の安全又は衛生のための教育の実施に関すること。
  <sup>art-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-1/item-2</sup>
  handling the provision of education on the safety and health of workers;
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  **三**  健康診断の実施その他健康の保持増進のための措置に関すること。
  <sup>art-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-1/item-3</sup>
  handling the implementation of medical checkups and other measures to help maintain and improve workers' health;
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  **四**  労働災害の原因の調査及び再発防止対策に関すること。
  <sup>art-10/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-1/item-4</sup>
  handling investigations into the causes of industrial injuries and the strategy for preventing recurrence;
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  **五**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、労働災害を防止するため必要な業務で、厚生労働省令で定めるもの
  <sup>art-10/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-1/item-5</sup>
  the necessary operations for preventing industrial injuries that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes, beyond those set forth in each of the preceding items.
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**第二項**  総括安全衛生管理者は、当該事業場においてその事業の実施を統括管理する者をもつて充てなければならない。
<sup>art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-2</sup>
The position of general safety and health manager must be filled by the person in charge of overall management for implementing the undertaking at the relevant workplace.
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**第三項**  都道府県労働局長は、労働災害を防止するため必要があると認めるときは、総括安全衛生管理者の業務の執行について事業者に勧告することができる。
<sup>art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-3</sup>
On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to prevent an industrial injury, the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may issue recommendations to an employer regarding the professional performance of a general safety and health manager.
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### 第十一条（安全管理者） — (Safety Managers)
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<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-11</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、政令で定める業種及び規模の事業場ごとに、厚生労働省令で定める資格を有する者のうちから、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、安全管理者を選任し、その者に前条第一項各号の業務（第二十五条の二第二項の規定により技術的事項を管理する者を選任した場合においては、同条第一項各号の措置に該当するものを除く。）のうち安全に係る技術的事項を管理させなければならない。
<sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-11/par-1</sup>
At each workplace of the business type and scale specified by Cabinet Order, an employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must appoint a safety manager from among persons holding the qualifications specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and have the safety manager manage the technical issues related to safety that are among the operations set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (excluding operations that constitute the measures referred to in any of the items of paragraph (1) of the Article 25-2, if a person in charge of managing technical issues is appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article).
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**第二項**  労働基準監督署長は、労働災害を防止するため必要があると認めるときは、事業者に対し、安全管理者の増員又は解任を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-11/par-2</sup>
On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to prevent an industrial injury, the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices may order an employer to increase the number of safety managers or dismiss the current safety manager.
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### 第十二条（衛生管理者） — (Health Managers)
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<sup>art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-12</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、政令で定める規模の事業場ごとに、都道府県労働局長の免許を受けた者その他厚生労働省令で定める資格を有する者のうちから、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該事業場の業務の区分に応じて、衛生管理者を選任し、その者に第十条第一項各号の業務（第二十五条の二第二項の規定により技術的事項を管理する者を選任した場合においては、同条第一項各号の措置に該当するものを除く。）のうち衛生に係る技術的事項を管理させなければならない。
<sup>art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-12/par-1</sup>
At each workplace of the scale specified by Cabinet Order, an employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must appoint a health manager for the category of operations at that workplace, from among persons licensed by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau or otherwise holding the qualifications specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and have the health manager manage the technical issues related to health that are among the operations set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 10 (excluding operations that constitute the measures set forth in any of the items of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2, if a person in charge of managing technical issues is appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article).
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**第二項**  前条第二項の規定は、衛生管理者について準用する。
<sup>art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-12/par-2</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to health managers.
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### 第十二条の二（安全衛生推進者等） — (Safety and Health Advocates)
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<sup>art-12-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-12-2</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、第十一条第一項の事業場及び前条第一項の事業場以外の事業場で、厚生労働省令で定める規模のものごとに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、安全衛生推進者（第十一条第一項の政令で定める業種以外の業種の事業場にあつては、衛生推進者）を選任し、その者に第十条第一項各号の業務（第二十五条の二第二項の規定により技術的事項を管理する者を選任した場合においては、同条第一項各号の措置に該当するものを除くものとし、第十一条第一項の政令で定める業種以外の業種の事業場にあつては、衛生に係る業務に限る。）を担当させなければならない。
<sup>art-12-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-12-2/par-1</sup>
At a workplace, other than one as referred to in paragraph (1) of Article 11 and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, that is of the scale specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an employer must appoint a safety and health advocate (or a health advocate, for workplaces of a business type other than those specified by Cabinet Order as referred to in paragraph (1) of Article 11) and have that person take charge of the operations referred to in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 10 (excluding operations that constitute the measures referred to in any of the items of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2, if a person in charge of managing technical issues is appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article; at a workplace of a business type other than those specific by Cabinet Order as referred to in Article 11, paragraph (1), this is limited to operations involving health).
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### 第十三条（産業医等） — (Industrial Physicians)
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<sup>art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、政令で定める規模の事業場ごとに、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、医師のうちから産業医を選任し、その者に労働者の健康管理その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項（以下「労働者の健康管理等」という。）を行わせなければならない。
<sup>art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13/par-1</sup>
At each workplace of the scale specified by Cabinet Order, an employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must appoint a medical doctor as an industrial physician and have that person provide healthcare to workers and undertake other duties specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as "worker healthcare and related duties").
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**第二項**  産業医は、労働者の健康管理等を行うのに必要な医学に関する知識について厚生労働省令で定める要件を備えた者でなければならない。
<sup>art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13/par-2</sup>
An industrial physician must be a person who meets the requirements specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning the medical knowledge that a person needs to have in order to undertake worker healthcare and related duties.
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**第三項**  産業医は、労働者の健康管理等を行うのに必要な医学に関する知識に基づいて、誠実にその職務を行わなければならない。
<sup>art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13/par-3</sup>
An industrial physician must undertake the duties thereof in good faith based on having the medical knowledge needed to undertake worker healthcare and related duties.
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**第四項**  産業医を選任した事業者は、産業医に対し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、労働者の労働時間に関する情報その他の産業医が労働者の健康管理等を適切に行うために必要な情報として厚生労働省令で定めるものを提供しなければならない。
<sup>art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13/par-4</sup>
An employer that has appointed an industrial physician must provide the industrial physician, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, with information on workers' working hours and other information provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that the industrial physician needs in order to properly undertake worker healthcare and related duties.
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**第五項**  産業医は、労働者の健康を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、事業者に対し、労働者の健康管理等について必要な勧告をすることができる。この場合において、事業者は、当該勧告を尊重しなければならない。
<sup>art-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13/par-5</sup>
On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure the health of a worker, an industrial physician may issue the necessary recommendations regarding worker healthcare and related duties to the employer. In such a case, the employer must respect these recommendations.
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**第六項**  事業者は、前項の勧告を受けたときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該勧告の内容その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を衛生委員会又は安全衛生委員会に報告しなければならない。
<sup>art-13/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13/par-6</sup>
Having received a recommendation referred to in the preceding paragraph, an employer must report the substance of the recommendation and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the health committee or safety and health committee pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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### 第十三条の二
<sup>art-13-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13-2</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、前条第一項の事業場以外の事業場については、労働者の健康管理等を行うのに必要な医学に関する知識を有する医師その他厚生労働省令で定める者に労働者の健康管理等の全部又は一部を行わせるように努めなければならない。
<sup>art-13-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13-2/par-1</sup>
An employer must endeavor to have a physician having the medical knowledge that a person needs to have in order to undertake worker healthcare and related duties or a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare undertake all or a part of the worker healthcare and related duties at a workplace other than one as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
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**第二項**  前条第四項の規定は、前項に規定する者に労働者の健康管理等の全部又は一部を行わせる事業者について準用する。この場合において、同条第四項中「提供しなければ」とあるのは、「提供するように努めなければ」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-13-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to an employer that has a person as prescribed in the preceding paragraph undertake all or a part of worker healthcare and related duties. In such a case, the phrase "must provide" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "must endeavor to provide".
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### 第十三条の三
<sup>art-13-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13-3</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、産業医又は前条第一項に規定する者による労働者の健康管理等の適切な実施を図るため、産業医又は同項に規定する者が労働者からの健康相談に応じ、適切に対応するために必要な体制の整備その他の必要な措置を講ずるように努めなければならない。
<sup>art-13-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13-3/par-1</sup>
To enable an industrial physician or a person as prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to properly implement worker healthcare and related duties, an employer must endeavor to take the necessary measures, such as developing the necessary framework for an industrial physician or a person as prescribed in that paragraph to respond properly to requests for health consultations from workers.
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### 第十四条（作業主任者） — (Operations Supervisors)
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<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-14</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、高圧室内作業その他の労働災害を防止するための管理を必要とする作業で、政令で定めるものについては、都道府県労働局長の免許を受けた者又は都道府県労働局長の登録を受けた者が行う技能講習を修了した者のうちから、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該作業の区分に応じて、作業主任者を選任し、その者に当該作業に従事する労働者の指揮その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を行わせなければならない。
<sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-14/par-1</sup>
For work inside hyperbaric chambers and other work that makes it necessary to have in place controls for preventing industrial injuries, and that is specified by Cabinet Order, the employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must appoint an operations supervisor for the relevant work classification from among persons licensed by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau and persons who have completed a skill training course conducted by a person registered by the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau, and have that person direct the employees engaged in the relevant work and undertake the other things that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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### 第十五条（統括安全衛生責任者） — (General Safety and Health Supervisor)
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<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15</sup>

**第一項**  事業者で、一の場所において行う事業の仕事の一部を請負人に請け負わせているもの（当該事業の仕事の一部を請け負わせる契約が二以上あるため、その者が二以上あることとなるときは、当該請負契約のうちの最も先次の請負契約における注文者とする。以下「元方事業者」という。）のうち、建設業その他政令で定める業種に属する事業（以下「特定事業」という。）を行う者（以下「特定元方事業者」という。）は、当該一の場所において、その労働者である作業従事者（事業を行う者が行う仕事の作業に従事する者をいう。以下同じ。）（当該労働者である作業従事者のほか、労働者以外の当該特定元方事業者に係る作業従事者がある場合には、当該者を含む。）及びその請負人（元方事業者の当該事業の仕事が数次の請負契約によつて行われるときは、当該請負人の請負契約の後次の全ての請負契約の当事者である請負人を含む。以下「関係請負人」という。）に係る作業従事者が作業を行うときは、これらの作業従事者の作業が同一の場所において行われることによつて生ずる労働災害を防止するため、統括安全衛生責任者を選任し、その者に元方安全衛生管理者の指揮をさせるとともに、第三十条第一項各号の事項を統括管理させなければならない。ただし、これらの作業従事者の数が政令で定める数未満であるときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-1</sup>
An employer that has contracted out to a contractor a part of the job involved in a business undertaking it carries out at a single site (if there are two or more such contractors due to there being two or more contracts for work under which that part of the job involved in the undertaking is contracted out, this means the orderer under the earliest of those contracts; hereinafter referred to as the "principal employer"), and that has a business undertaking categorized as the construction industry or in any other industry specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as a "specified undertaking") (hereinafter such an employer is referred to as a "specified principal employer") must appoint a general safety and health supervisor and have that person give directions to the principal safety and health manager, as well as having that person handle the overall management of the things referred to in the items of Article 30, paragraph (1), if, at that single site, both the persons engaged in work (meaning persons engaged in work on a job carried out by a person conducting a business; the same applies hereinafter) who are its workers (including, if there are persons engaged in work associated with the specified principal employer who are not workers in addition to the persons engaged in work who are its workers, those persons) and the persons engaged in work associated with its contractor (and with all subcontractors, if the job involved in the undertaking of the principal employer is carried out based on multiple levels of contracts; hereinafter referred to as "related contractors") work, in order to prevent industrial injuries from occurring as a result of the work of those persons engaged in work being carried out at the same site; provided, however, that this does not apply if the number of those persons engaged in work is less than the number specified by Cabinet Order.
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**第二項**  統括安全衛生責任者は、当該場所においてその事業の実施を統括管理する者をもつて充てなければならない。
<sup>art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-2</sup>
The position of general safety and health supervisor must be filled by the person in charge of overall management for implementing the undertaking at the relevant site.
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**第三項**  第三十条第四項の場合において、同項の全ての作業従事者の数が政令で定める数以上であるときは、当該指名された事業者は、これらの作業従事者に関し、これらの作業従事者の作業が同一の場所において行われることによつて生ずる労働災害を防止するため、統括安全衛生責任者を選任し、その者に元方安全衛生管理者の指揮をさせるとともに、同条第一項各号の事項を統括管理させなければならない。この場合においては、当該指名された事業者及び当該指名された事業者以外の事業者については、第一項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-3</sup>
In a case as referred to in paragraph (4) of Article 30, if the total number of persons engaged in work as referred to in that paragraph is the number specified by Cabinet Order or more, the relevant designated employer, with regard to those persons engaged in work, must appoint a general safety and health supervisor in order to prevent industrial injuries from occurring as a result of the work of those persons engaged in work being carried out at the same site, must have that person direct the work of the principal safety and health manager, and must also have that person handle the overall management of the things referred to in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 30. In such a case, the provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to the designated employer and to employers other than the designated employer.
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**第四項**  第一項又は前項に定めるもののほか、第二十五条の二第一項に規定する仕事が数次の請負契約によつて行われる場合においては、第一項又は前項の規定により統括安全衛生責任者を選任した事業者は、統括安全衛生責任者に第三十条の三第五項において準用する第二十五条の二第二項の規定により技術的事項を管理する者の指揮をさせるとともに、同条第一項各号の措置を統括管理させなければならない。
<sup>art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-4</sup>
Beyond as prescribed in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, if a job as prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 is carried out based on multiple levels of contracts, an employer appointing a general safety and health supervisor pursuant to paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, must have the general safety and health supervisor direct the work of persons in charge of managing technical issues pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 25-2 as they apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of Article 30-3, as well as having that person exercise overall control over the measures provided for in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond as prescribed in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, if a job as prescribed in paragraph (1) of Article 25-2 is carried out based on multiple levels of contracts, an employer appointing a general safety and health supervisor pursuant to paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph, must have the general safety and health supervisor direct the work of persons in charge of managing technical issues pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 25-2 as they apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of Article 30-3, as well as having that person exercise overall control over the measures provided for in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 30." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb</sup>

**第五項**  第十条第三項の規定は、統括安全衛生責任者の業務の執行について準用する。この場合において、同項中「事業者」とあるのは、「当該統括安全衛生責任者を選任した事業者」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-5</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 10 apply mutatis mutandis to the execution of operations by the general safety and health supervisor. In such a case, the term "an employer" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the employer that has appointed the general safety and health supervisor".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十五条の二（元方安全衛生管理者） — (Principal Safety and Health Managers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-15-2</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項又は第三項の規定により統括安全衛生責任者を選任した事業者で、建設業その他政令で定める業種に属する事業を行うものは、厚生労働省令で定める資格を有する者のうちから、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、元方安全衛生管理者を選任し、その者に第三十条第一項各号の事項のうち技術的事項を管理させなければならない。
<sup>art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-15-2/par-1</sup>
Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an employer that has appointed a general safety and health supervisor pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) of the preceding Article and that has a business undertaking categorized as the construction industry or in any other industry specified by Cabinet Order must appoint a principal safety and health manager from among persons holding the qualifications specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and have that person manage the technical issues that are among the things set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 30.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  第十一条第二項の規定は、元方安全衛生管理者について準用する。この場合において、同項中「事業者」とあるのは、「当該元方安全衛生管理者を選任した事業者」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-15-2/par-2</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 11 apply mutatis mutandis to the principal safety and health manager. In such a case, the term "the employer" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the employer that has appointed the principal safety and health manager".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十五条の三（店社安全衛生管理者） — (Office Safety and Health Managers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-15-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-15-3</sup>

**第一項**  建設業に属する事業の元方事業者は、その労働者である作業従事者（当該労働者である作業従事者のほか、労働者以外の当該元方事業者に係る作業従事者がある場合には、当該者を含む。）及び関係請負人に係る作業従事者が一の場所（これらの作業従事者の数が厚生労働省令で定める数未満である場所及び第十五条第一項又は第三項の規定により統括安全衛生責任者を選任しなければならない場所を除く。）において作業を行うときは、当該場所において行われる仕事に係る請負契約を締結している事業場ごとに、これらの作業従事者の作業が同一の場所で行われることによつて生ずる労働災害を防止するため、厚生労働省令で定める資格を有する者のうちから、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、店社安全衛生管理者を選任し、その者に、当該事業場で締結している当該請負契約に係る仕事を行う場所における第三十条第一項各号の事項を担当する者に対する指導その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を行わせなければならない。
<sup>art-15-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-15-3/par-1</sup>
When the persons engaged in work who are the workers of a principal employer with a business undertaking categorized as the construction industry (including, if there are persons engaged in work associated with the principal employer who are not workers in addition to the persons engaged in work who are its workers, those persons) and the persons engaged in work associated with a related contractor carry out work at one site (excluding sites where the number of those persons engaged in work is less than the number specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and locations where a general safety and health supervisor must be appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) of Article 15), the principal employer must, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, appoint an office safety and health manager from among persons holding the qualifications specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, for each workplace at which it has entered into a contract for work in association with the jobs being done at that site in order to prevent industrial injuries from occurring as a result of the work of those persons engaged in work being carried out at the same site, and have that person give guidance to the person who is in charge of the things referred to in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 30 and undertake the other things that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare at the site where the job associated with the contract for work it has entered into at that workplace is done.
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**第二項**  第三十条第四項の場合において、同項の全ての作業従事者の数が厚生労働省令で定める数以上であるとき（第十五条第一項又は第三項の規定により統括安全衛生責任者を選任しなければならないときを除く。）は、当該指名された事業者で建設業に属する事業の仕事を行うものは、当該場所において行われる仕事に係る請負契約を締結している事業場ごとに、これらの作業従事者に関し、これらの作業従事者の作業が同一の場所で行われることによつて生ずる労働災害を防止するため、厚生労働省令で定める資格を有する者のうちから、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、店社安全衛生管理者を選任し、その者に、当該事業場で締結している当該請負契約に係る仕事を行う場所における第三十条第一項各号の事項を担当する者に対する指導その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を行わせなければならない。この場合においては、当該指名された事業者及び当該指名された事業者以外の事業者については、前項の規定は適用しない。
<sup>art-15-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-15-3/par-2</sup>
In a case as referred to in paragraph (4) of Article 30, when the number of all the persons engaged in work as referred to in that paragraph is the number specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or more (excluding when a general safety and health supervisor must be appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) of Article 15), the designated employer that carries out a job involved in an undertaking categorized as the construction industry must, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, appoint an office safety and health manager from among persons holding the qualifications specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, for each workplace at which it has entered into a contract for work in association with the jobs being done at that site, with regard to those persons engaged in work, in order to prevent industrial injuries from occurring as a result of the work of those persons engaged in work being carried out at the same site, and have that person give guidance to the person who is in charge of the things referred to in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 30 and undertake the other things that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare at the site where the job associated with the contract for work it has entered into at that workplace is done. In such a case, the provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the designated employer or any other employer.
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### 第十六条（安全衛生責任者） — (Safety and Health Supervisors)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-16</sup>

**第一項**  第十五条第一項又は第三項の場合において、これらの規定により統括安全衛生責任者を選任すべき事業者以外の請負人で、当該仕事を自ら行うものは、安全衛生責任者を選任し、その者に統括安全衛生責任者との連絡その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を行わせなければならない。
<sup>art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-16/par-1</sup>
In a case as referred to in paragraph (1) or (3) of Article 15, a contractor that does not constitute an employer required to appoint a general safety and health supervisor pursuant to those provisions and that carries out the relevant job itself must appoint a safety and health supervisor and have that person communicate with the general safety and health supervisor and undertake the other things that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により安全衛生責任者を選任した請負人は、同項の事業者に対し、遅滞なく、その旨を通報しなければならない。
<sup>art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-16/par-2</sup>
A contractor that has appointed a safety and health supervisor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must inform the employer referred to in that paragraph of this without delay.
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### 第十七条（安全委員会） — (Safety Committees)
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<sup>art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、政令で定める業種及び規模の事業場ごとに、次の事項を調査審議させ、事業者に対し意見を述べさせるため、安全委員会を設けなければならない。
<sup>art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-1</sup>
At each workplace of the business type and scale specified by Cabinet Order, an employer must establish a safety committee in order to have it investigate and deliberate on the following particulars and submit its opinion to the employer:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  労働者の危険を防止するための基本となるべき対策に関すること。
  <sup>art-17/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-1/item-1</sup>
  things related to the strategy that is to form the basis for preventing the endangerment of workers;
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  **二**  労働災害の原因及び再発防止対策で、安全に係るものに関すること。
  <sup>art-17/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-1/item-2</sup>
  things related to the parts of the safety strategy that concern the causes of industrial injuries and measures to prevent recurrence;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  前二号に掲げるもののほか、労働者の危険の防止に関する重要事項
  <sup>art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-1/item-3</sup>
  material particulars involved in preventing the endangerment of workers, beyond what is set forth in the preceding two items.
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**第二項**  安全委員会の委員は、次の者をもつて構成する。ただし、第一号の者である委員（以下「第一号の委員」という。）は、一人とする。
<sup>art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-2</sup>
A safety committee is composed of the following persons; provided, however, that only one of the committee members constitutes a person as referred to in item (i) (hereinafter referred to as the "item (i) member"):
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  総括安全衛生管理者又は総括安全衛生管理者以外の者で当該事業場においてその事業の実施を統括管理するもの若しくはこれに準ずる者のうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-17/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-2/item-1</sup>
  the general safety and health manager, or the person that the employer has designated from among persons other than the general safety and health manager who are in charge of comprehensively managing the implementation of the undertaking at the relevant workplace or from among equivalent persons;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  安全管理者のうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-17/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-2/item-2</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among safety managers;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  当該事業場の労働者で、安全に関し経験を有するもののうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-17/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-2/item-3</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among the workers at the relevant workplace who have safety-related experience.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  安全委員会の議長は、第一号の委員がなるものとする。
<sup>art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-3</sup>
The item (i) member is to be the chairperson of the safety committee.
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**第四項**  事業者は、第一号の委員以外の委員の半数については、当該事業場に労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合があるときにおいてはその労働組合、労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないときにおいては労働者の過半数を代表する者の推薦に基づき指名しなければならない。
<sup>art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-4</sup>
An employer must designate persons based on the recommendation of a trade union organized by a majority of workers at the relevant workplace, if any, or by a person representing a majority of workers, if there is no such trade union, to constitute half of the committee members other than the item (i) member.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  前二項の規定は、当該事業場の労働者の過半数で組織する労働組合との間における労働協約に別段の定めがあるときは、その限度において適用しない。
<sup>art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-5</sup>
The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs do not apply to the extent of any separate provisions in a collective agreement concluded with a trade union organized by a majority of the workers at the relevant workplace.
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### 第十八条（衛生委員会） — (Health Committees)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、政令で定める規模の事業場ごとに、次の事項を調査審議させ、事業者に対し意見を述べさせるため、衛生委員会を設けなければならない。
<sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-1</sup>
At each workplace of the scale specified by Cabinet Order, an employer must establish a health committee in order to have it investigate and deliberate on the following particulars and state its opinion to the employer:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  労働者の健康障害を防止するための基本となるべき対策に関すること。
  <sup>art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-1/item-1</sup>
  things related to the strategy that is to form the basis for preventing the impairment of workers' health;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  労働者の健康の保持増進を図るための基本となるべき対策に関すること。
  <sup>art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-1/item-2</sup>
  things related to the strategy that is to form the basis for helping to maintain and improve the health of workers;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  労働災害の原因及び再発防止対策で、衛生に係るものに関すること。
  <sup>art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-1/item-3</sup>
  things related to the parts of the causes of industrial injuries and the strategy to prevent recurrence that are related to health;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  前三号に掲げるもののほか、労働者の健康障害の防止及び健康の保持増進に関する重要事項
  <sup>art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-1/item-4</sup>
  material particulars involved in preventing the impairment of the health of workers and in helping to maintain and improve workers' health, beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  衛生委員会の委員は、次の者をもつて構成する。ただし、第一号の者である委員は、一人とする。
<sup>art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-2</sup>
A health committee is composed of the following persons; provided, however, that only one of the committee members constitutes a person as referred to in item (i):
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  総括安全衛生管理者又は総括安全衛生管理者以外の者で当該事業場においてその事業の実施を統括管理するもの若しくはこれに準ずる者のうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-2/item-1</sup>
  the general safety and health manager, or the person that the employer designates from among persons other than the general safety and health manager who are in charge of comprehensively managing the implementation of the undertaking at the relevant workplace or from among equivalent persons;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  衛生管理者のうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-2/item-2</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among health managers;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  産業医のうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-18/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-2/item-3</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among industrial physicians;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  当該事業場の労働者で、衛生に関し経験を有するもののうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-18/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-2/item-4</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among workers at the relevant workplace who have health-related experience.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  事業者は、当該事業場の労働者で、作業環境測定を実施している作業環境測定士であるものを衛生委員会の委員として指名することができる。
<sup>art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-3</sup>
An employer may designate a worker at the relevant workplace who is an expert in work environment monitoring and is implementing the work environment monitoring, as a member of the health committee.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  前条第三項から第五項までの規定は、衛生委員会について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項及び第四項中「第一号の委員」とあるのは、「第十八条第二項第一号の者である委員」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-4</sup>
The provisions of paragraphs (3) through (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the health committee. In such a case, the phrase "item (i) member" in paragraphs (3) and (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a member who is a person as referred to in item (i) of paragraph (2) of Article 18".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十九条（安全衛生委員会） — (Safety and Health Committees)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、第十七条及び前条の規定により安全委員会及び衛生委員会を設けなければならないときは、それぞれの委員会の設置に代えて、安全衛生委員会を設置することができる。
<sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-1</sup>
If an employer is required to establish a safety committee and a health committee pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 and the preceding Article, it may set in place a safety and health committee instead of setting in place each of those separate committees.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  安全衛生委員会の委員は、次の者をもつて構成する。ただし、第一号の者である委員は、一人とする。
<sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-2</sup>
A safety and health committee is composed of the following persons; provided, however, that only one of the committee members constitutes a person as referred to in item (i):
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  総括安全衛生管理者又は総括安全衛生管理者以外の者で当該事業場においてその事業の実施を統括管理するもの若しくはこれに準ずる者のうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-19/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-2/item-1</sup>
  the general safety and health manager, or the person that the employer has designated from among persons other than the general safety and health manager who are in charge of comprehensively managing the implementation of the undertaking at the relevant workplace or from among equivalent persons;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  安全管理者及び衛生管理者のうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-19/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-2/item-2</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among safety managers and health managers;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  産業医のうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-19/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-2/item-3</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among industrial physicians;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  当該事業場の労働者で、安全に関し経験を有するもののうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-19/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-2/item-4</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among the workers at the relevant workplace who have safety-related experience;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **五**  当該事業場の労働者で、衛生に関し経験を有するもののうちから事業者が指名した者
  <sup>art-19/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-2/item-5</sup>
  persons that the employer has designated from among the workers at the relevant workplace who have health-related experience.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  事業者は、当該事業場の労働者で、作業環境測定を実施している作業環境測定士であるものを安全衛生委員会の委員として指名することができる。
<sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-3</sup>
An employer may designate a worker at the relevant workplace who is an expert in work environment monitoring and is implementing the measurement of the work environment, as a member of the safety and health committee.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  第十七条第三項から第五項までの規定は、安全衛生委員会について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項及び第四項中「第一号の委員」とあるのは、「第十九条第二項第一号の者である委員」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-4</sup>
The provisions of paragraphs (3) through (5) of Article 17 apply mutatis mutandis to the safety and health committee. In such a case, the phrase "item (i) member" in paragraphs (3) and (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a member who is a person mentioned in item (i) of paragraph (2) of Article 19".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十九条の二（安全管理者等に対する教育等） — (Education of Safety Managers, etc.)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19-2</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、事業場における安全衛生の水準の向上を図るため、安全管理者、衛生管理者、安全衛生推進者、衛生推進者その他労働災害の防止のための業務に従事する者に対し、これらの者が従事する業務に関する能力の向上を図るための教育、講習等を行い、又はこれらを受ける機会を与えるように努めなければならない。
<sup>art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19-2/par-1</sup>
In order to increase the level of safety and health in the workplace, an employer must endeavor to provide education and training or the chance of receiving education and training to safety managers, health managers, safety and health advocates, health advocates, and persons engaged in other operations for preventing industrial injuries, in order to improve these person's competencies relevant to the operations in which they are engaged.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の教育、講習等の適切かつ有効な実施を図るため必要な指針を公表するものとする。
<sup>art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19-2/par-2</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of the education and training referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の指針に従い、事業者又はその団体に対し、必要な指導等を行うことができる。
<sup>art-19-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19-2/par-3</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance to employers and associations thereof in accordance with the guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十九条の三（国の援助） — (State Assistance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19-3</sup>

**第一項**  国は、第十三条の二第一項の事業場の労働者の健康の確保に資するため、労働者の健康管理等に関する相談、情報の提供その他の必要な援助を行うように努めるものとする。
<sup>art-19-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19-3/par-1</sup>
The State is to endeavor to provide consultations, information, and other necessary support concerning worker healthcare and related duties in order to contribute to ensuring the health of workers at the workplace as provided in paragraph (1) of Article 13-2.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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- art-13-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13/par-1
- art-13-2/par-2: 前条第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十三条第四項 (Article 13, paragraph (4)), art-13/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13/par-4
- art-13-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十三条の二第一項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1)), art-13-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13-2/par-1
- art-13-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十三条の二第一項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1)), art-13-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13-2/par-1
- art-15/par-1: 第三十条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-30/par-1
- art-15/par-3: 第三十条第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第四項 (Article 30, paragraph (4)), art-30/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-30/par-4
- art-15/par-3: 同条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-30/par-1
- art-15/par-3: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-1
- art-15/par-4: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-1
- art-15/par-4: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-3
- art-15/par-4: 第二十五条の二第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-25-2/par-1
- art-15/par-4: 第三十条の三第五項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条の三第五項 (Article 30-3, paragraph (5)), art-30-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-30-2#art-30-3/par-5
- art-15/par-4: 第二十五条の二第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第二項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-25-2/par-2
- art-15/par-5: 第十条第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-10/par-3
- art-15-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-1
- art-15-2/par-1: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-3
- art-15-2/par-1: 第三十条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-30/par-1
- art-15-2/par-2: 第十一条第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-11/par-2
- art-15-3/par-1: 第十五条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-1
- art-15-3/par-1: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-3
- art-15-3/par-1: 第三十条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-30/par-1
- art-15-3/par-2: 第三十条第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第四項 (Article 30, paragraph (4)), art-30/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-30/par-4
- art-15-3/par-2: 第十五条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-1
- art-15-3/par-2: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-3
- art-15-3/par-2: 第三十条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-4/from-art-20#art-30/par-1
- art-15-3/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条の三第一項 (Article 15-3, paragraph (1)), art-15-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-15-3/par-1
- art-16/par-1: 第十五条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-1
- art-16/par-1: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-15/par-3
- art-16/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-16/par-1
- art-17/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第一項第一号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-17/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-1/item-1
- art-17/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第一項第二号 (Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-17/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-1/item-2
- art-17/par-2: 第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第二項第一号 (Article 17, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-17/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-2/item-1
- art-17/par-5: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-3
- art-17/par-5: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-4
- art-18/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第一項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-18/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-1/item-1
- art-18/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第一項第二号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-18/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-1/item-2
- art-18/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第一項第三号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-18/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-1/item-3
- art-18/par-2: 第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第二項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-18/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-2/item-1
- art-18/par-4: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-3
- art-18/par-4: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-4
- art-18/par-4: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第五項 (Article 17, paragraph (5)), art-17/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-5
- art-18/par-4: 第十八条第二項第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第二項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-18/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18/par-2/item-1
- art-19/par-1: 第十七条 → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17
- art-19/par-1: 前条 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-18
- art-19/par-2: 第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十九条第二項第一号 (Article 19, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-19/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-2/item-1
- art-19/par-4: 第十七条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-3
- art-19/par-4: 第十七条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-4
- art-19/par-4: 第十七条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第五項 (Article 17, paragraph (5)), art-17/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-17/par-5
- art-19/par-4: 第十九条第二項第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十九条第二項第一号 (Article 19, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-19/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19/par-2/item-1
- art-19-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十九条の二第一項 (Article 19-2, paragraph (1)), art-19-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19-2/par-1
- art-19-2/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十九条の二第二項 (Article 19-2, paragraph (2)), art-19-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-15-2#art-19-2/par-2
- art-19-3/par-1: 第十三条の二第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十三条の二第一項 (Article 13-2, paragraph (1)), art-13-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments/20270101_507AC0000000033/text/ch-3/from-art-10#art-13-2/par-1

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