# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第七十五条の二 (Article 75-2)

- 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: 第七十五条の二 (Article 75-2)（指定試験機関の指定） — address `art-75-2`
- 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-75-2
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### 第七十五条の二（指定試験機関の指定） — (Designation of a Designated Examination Board)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-75-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣の指定する者（以下「指定試験機関」という。）に前条第一項の規定により都道府県労働局長が行う免許試験の実施に関する事務（以下「試験事務」という。）の全部又は一部を行わせることができる。
<sup>art-75-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may have a person designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the "designated examination board") undertake all or part of the administrative functions involved in implementing the licensing examination that the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau undertakes pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "exam administration").
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定による指定（以下第七十五条の十二までにおいて「指定」という。）は、試験事務を行おうとする者の申請により行う。
<sup>art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2/par-2</sup>
The designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "designation" up to Article 75-12) is made at the application of a person seeking undertake exam administration.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  都道府県労働局長は、第一項の規定により指定試験機関が試験事務の全部又は一部を行うこととされたときは、当該試験事務の全部又は一部を行わないものとする。
<sup>art-75-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2/par-3</sup>
If it has been decided, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) that a designated examination board will undertake all or part of exam administration, the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau is not to undertake the exam administration in question.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-75-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条第一項 (Article 75, paragraph (1)), art-75/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75/par-1
- art-75-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の二第一項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2/par-1
- art-75-2/par-2: 第七十五条の十二 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の十二 (Article 75-12), art-75-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-12
- art-75-2/par-3: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の二第一項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (1)), art-75-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2/par-1

## Cited by

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- 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の二第二項（指定試験機関の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の二第三項（指定試験機関の指定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-2/par-3
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の三第一項（指定の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第七十五条の三第二項（指定の基準） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-75-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-75-3/par-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十三条の三第一項（指定コンサルタント試験機関の指定等についての準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-83-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-83-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第八十五条の三第一項（指定登録機関の指定等についての準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-85-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-85-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十二条の二第一項第七号（公示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-112-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-112-2/par-1/item-7

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## 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
