# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第九十五条 (Article 95)

- 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: 第九十五条 (Article 95)（労働衛生指導医） — address `art-95`
- 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-95
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-95
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### 第九十五条（労働衛生指導医） — (Senior Industrial Health Physicians)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-95</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県労働局に、労働衛生指導医を置く。
<sup>art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-95/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-95/par-1</sup>
Senior industrial health physicians are stationed in the Prefectural Labour Bureaus.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  労働衛生指導医は、第六十五条第五項又は第六十六条第四項の規定による指示に関する事務その他労働者の衛生に関する事務に参画する。
<sup>art-95/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-95/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-95/par-2</sup>
A senior industrial health physician participates in administrative functions involved in the instruction under the provisions of paragraph (5) of Article 65 or paragraph (4) of Article 66 and other administrative functions involving the health of workers.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  労働衛生指導医は、労働衛生に関し学識経験を有する医師のうちから、厚生労働大臣が任命する。
<sup>art-95/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-95/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-95/par-3</sup>
Senior industrial health physicians are appointed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from among physicians with knowledge and experience in industrial health.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  労働衛生指導医は、非常勤とする。
<sup>art-95/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-95/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-95/par-4</sup>
Senior industrial health physician is a non-regular employment position.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-95/par-2: 第六十五条第五項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十五条第五項 (Article 65, paragraph (5)), art-65/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-65/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-65/par-5
- art-95/par-2: 第六十六条第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十六条第四項 (Article 66, paragraph (4)), art-66/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66/par-4

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働安全衛生法 第九十六条第四項（厚生労働大臣等の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-96/par-4

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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
