# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第百八条の二 (Article 108-2) - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第百八条の二 (Article 108-2)（疫学的調査等） — address `art-108-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百八条の二（疫学的調査等） — (Epidemiological Surveys and Other Investigations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-108-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、労働者がさらされる化学物質等又は労働者の従事する作業と労働者の疾病との相関関係をは握するため必要があると認めるときは、疫学的調査その他の調査（以下この条において「疫学的調査等」という。）を行うことができる。 art-108-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-1 On finding it to be necessary to do so in order to assess the correlation between things such as chemical substances to which employees are exposed or the work, and the diseases of workers, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may undertake an epidemiological survey or any other investigation (hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "epidemiological survey or other investigation"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、疫学的調査等の実施に関する事務の全部又は一部を、疫学的調査等について専門的知識を有する者に委託することができる。 art-108-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may entrust a person that has expert knowledge concerning epidemiological surveys or other investigations with all or part of the affair involved in implementing an epidemiological survey or other investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣又は前項の規定による委託を受けた者は、疫学的調査等の実施に関し必要があると認めるときは、事業者、労働者その他の関係者に対し、質問し、又は必要な報告若しくは書類の提出を求めることができる。 art-108-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-3 On finding it to be necessary to do in connection with the implementation of an epidemiological survey or other investigation, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a person entrusted under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may question the employer, the workers and other persons concerned, or request them to report on the necessary particulars or submit necessary documents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の規定により厚生労働大臣が委託した疫学的調査等の実施の事務に従事した者は、その実施に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。ただし、労働者の健康障害を防止するためやむを得ないときは、この限りでない。 art-108-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-4 The persons entrusted by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) with engaging in affair for implementing epidemiological surveys and other investigations must not divulge any secretlearned in connection with the survey or investigation; provided, however, that this does not apply if they are compelled to disclose confidential information in order to prevent the impairment of workers' health. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-108-2/par-1: この条 → 労働安全衛生法 第百八条の二 (Article 108-2), art-108-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2 - art-108-2/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百八条の二第二項 (Article 108-2, paragraph (2)), art-108-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-2 - art-108-2/par-4: 第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百八条の二第二項 (Article 108-2, paragraph (2)), art-108-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第百八条の二第一項（疫学的調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百八条の二第三項（疫学的調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第百八条の二第四項（疫学的調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-108-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-108-2/par-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-119/par-1/item-1 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第十五項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-15 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17