# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 第二十二条 (Article 22)

- Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（地域障害者職業センター） — address `art-22`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22
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### 第二十二条（地域障害者職業センター） — (Local Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22</sup>

  **第一項**  地域障害者職業センターは、都道府県の区域内において、次に掲げる業務を行う。
  <sup>art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1</sup>
  A local vocational center for persons with disabilities provides the following services within the prefecture:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  障害者に対する職業評価、職業指導、職業準備訓練及び職業講習を行うこと。
    <sup>art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-1</sup>
    providing persons with disabilities with vocational evaluations, vocational guidance, vocational readiness training, and vocational training courses;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  事業主に雇用されている知的障害者等に対する職場への適応に関する事項についての助言又は指導を行うこと。
    <sup>art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-2</sup>
    giving persons with intellectual and other disabilities who are employed by employers advice or guidance in matters related to adaptation to the workplace;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  事業主に対する障害者の雇用管理に関する事項についての助言その他の援助を行うこと。
    <sup>art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-3</sup>
    giving employers advice and other assistance concerning personnel management matters concerning persons with disabilities;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  職場適応援助者の養成及び研修を行うこと。
    <sup>art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-4</sup>
    educating and training workplace adaptation aides;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  第二十七条第二項の障害者就業・生活支援センター、就労支援事業者その他の関係機関及びこれらの機関の職員に対する職業リハビリテーションに関する技術的事項についての助言、研修その他の援助を行うこと。
    <sup>art-22/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-5</sup>
    giving the work/life support center for persons with disabilities referred to in Article 27, paragraph (2), employment support service providers, and other relevant organizations, and the employees of those organizations, advice, training, and other assistance in technical matters concerning vocational rehabilitation; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **六**  前各号に掲げる業務に附帯する業務を行うこと。
    <sup>art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-6</sup>
    providing services incidental to those set forth in each of the preceding items.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-22/par-1/item-5: 第二十七条第二項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-2
- art-22/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十二条第一項第一号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-22/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-1
- art-22/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十二条第一項第二号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-22/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-2
- art-22/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十二条第一項第三号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-22/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-3
- art-22/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十二条第一項第四号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-22/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-4
- art-22/par-1/item-6: 前各号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十二条第一項第五号 (Article 22, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-22/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-5

## Cited by

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

- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十条第一項第四号（障害者職業総合センター） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-20/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-20/par-1/item-4
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十条第一項第五号イ（障害者職業総合センター） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-20/par-1/item-5/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-20/par-1/item-5/sub-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十二条第一項第六号（地域障害者職業センター） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-22/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-6
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十五条第二項（障害者職業センター相互の連絡及び協力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-25/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act-20261018T205639-001, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
