# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二十五条の三十七 (Article 25-37)

- Law: 社会保険労務士法 (Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance), 昭和四十三年法律第八十九号
- English title "Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第二十五条の三十七 (Article 25-37)（資格審査会） — address `art-25-37`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-37
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### 第二十五条の三十七（資格審査会） — Qualifications Screening Board
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-25-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-37</sup>

**第一項**  連合会に、資格審査会を置く。
<sup>art-25-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-37/par-1</sup>
The Federation has a Qualifications Screening Board.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  資格審査会は、連合会の請求により、第十四条の六第一項の規定による登録の拒否及び第十四条の九第一項の規定による登録の取消しについて必要な審査を行うものとする。
<sup>art-25-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-37/par-2</sup>
At the request of the Federation, the Qualifications Screening Board is to conduct the necessary review of refusal of registration under the provisions of Article 14-6, paragraph (1) and cancellation of registration under the provisions of Article 14-9, paragraph (1).
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**第三項**  資格審査会は、会長及び委員六名をもつて組織する。
<sup>art-25-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-37/par-3</sup>
The Qualifications Screening Board is composed of a president and six members.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  会長は、連合会の会長をもつてこれに充てる。
<sup>art-25-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-37/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-37/par-4</sup>
The president of the Federation serves as the president.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  委員は、会長が、厚生労働大臣の承認を受けて、社会保険労務士、労働又は社会保険の行政事務に従事する職員及び学識経験者のうちから委嘱する。
<sup>art-25-37/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-37/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-37/par-5</sup>
The president commissions the members, with the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, from among labor and social security attorneys, staff members engaged in administrative affairs of labor or social insurance, and persons with academic knowledge and experience.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第六項**  委員の任期は、二年とする。ただし、欠員を生じた場合の補欠の委員の任期は、前任者の残任期間とする。
<sup>art-25-37/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-37/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-37/par-6</sup>
The term of office of a member is two years. However, the term of office of a member who fills a vacancy is the remainder of the term of office of the predecessor.
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## Cites
- art-25-37/par-2: 第十四条の六第一項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十四条の六第一項 (Article 14-6, paragraph (1)), art-14-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-14-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-14-6/par-1
- art-25-37/par-2: 第十四条の九第一項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十四条の九第一項 (Article 14-9, paragraph (1)), art-14-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-14-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-14-9/par-1

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 社会保険労務士法 第十四条の六第一項（登録に関する決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-14-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-14-6/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 第十四条の九第一項（登録の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-14-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-14-9/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 社会保険労務士法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 社会保険労務士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/903), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-012, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 社会保険労務士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18