# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第五十七条の五 (Article 57-5) - 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: 第五十七条の五 (Article 57-5) — address `art-57-5` - 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-57-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5 - 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. --- ### 第五十七条の五 art-57-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、化学物質で、がんその他の重度の健康障害を労働者に生ずるおそれのあるものについて、当該化学物質による労働者の健康障害を防止するため必要があると認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該化学物質を製造し、輸入し、又は使用している事業者その他厚生労働省令で定める事業者に対し、政令で定める有害性の調査（当該化学物質が労働者の健康障害に及ぼす影響についての調査をいう。）を行い、その結果を報告すべきことを指示することができる。 art-57-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-1 On finding that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent the impairment of workers' health by a chemical substance that could give workers cancer or cause workers to sustain any other significant impairment to health, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, instruct employers that manufacture, import or use this chemical substance or other employers prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to carry out the toxicity assessments specified by Cabinet Order (meaning assessment of the influence of that chemical substance on the impairment of workers' health) and to report the results. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による指示は、化学物質についての有害性の調査に関する技術水準、調査を実施する機関の整備状況、当該事業者の調査の能力等を総合的に考慮し、厚生労働大臣の定める基準に従つて行うものとする。 art-57-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to give any instructions as under the provisions of the preceding paragraph in conformity with the standards established by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, in consideration of things such as the technical level of the toxicity assessment of the chemical substance, the preparedness of the institution carrying out the investigation, and the investigative abilities of the employer concerned, in a comprehensive manner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による指示を行おうとするときは、あらかじめ、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、学識経験者の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-57-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-3 Before issuing the instructions under the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must first hear the opinions of persons with relevant knowledge and experience, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による有害性の調査を行つた事業者は、その結果に基づいて、当該化学物質による労働者の健康障害を防止するため必要な措置を速やかに講じなければならない。 art-57-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-4 An employer that has carried out a toxicity assessment under the provisions of paragraph (1) must promptly take the necessary measures based on the results of that investigation to prevent impairment of workers' health by the relevant chemical substance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第三項の規定により第一項の規定による指示について意見を求められた学識経験者は、当該指示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-57-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-5 A person with relevant knowledge and experience who has been asked for an opinion on the instructions under the provisions of paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) must not divulge any secret learned in connection with those instructions; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person is compelled to disclose this information for the purpose of preventing the impairment of workers' health. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-57-5/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第一項 (Article 57-5, paragraph (1)), art-57-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-1 - art-57-5/par-3: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第一項 (Article 57-5, paragraph (1)), art-57-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-1 - art-57-5/par-4: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第一項 (Article 57-5, paragraph (1)), art-57-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-1 - art-57-5/par-5: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第三項 (Article 57-5, paragraph (3)), art-57-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-3 - art-57-5/par-5: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第一項 (Article 57-5, paragraph (1)), art-57-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第三項第一号（技術上の指針等の公表等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-3/item-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-5 - 労働安全衛生法 第五十八条第一項（国の援助等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-58/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第九十三条第三項（産業安全専門官及び労働衛生専門官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-93/par-3 - 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 - 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/par-1/item-2 - 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 第四十五条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-3 --- ## 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