# 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 — 第二十七条 (Article 27) - 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（指定） — address `art-27` - 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-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十七条（指定） — (Designation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27 **第一項** 都道府県知事は、職業生活における自立を図るために就業及びこれに伴う日常生活又は社会生活上の支援を必要とする障害者（以下この節において「支援対象障害者」という。）の職業の安定を図ることを目的とする一般社団法人若しくは一般財団法人、社会福祉法（昭和二十六年法律第四十五号）第二十二条に規定する社会福祉法人又は特定非営利活動促進法（平成十年法律第七号）第二条第二項に規定する特定非営利活動法人その他厚生労働省令で定める法人であつて、次条に規定する業務に関し次に掲げる基準に適合すると認められるものを、その申請により、同条に規定する業務を行う者として指定することができる。 art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-1 At the application of a general incorporated association or general incorporated foundation whose purpose is to stabilize employment for persons with disabilities who need support in their employment and in associated aspects of daily or community life in order to achieve independence in their working lives (hereinafter referred to as "persons with disabilities needing support" in this Section), social welfare corporation as provided in Article 22 of the Social Welfare Act (Act No. 45 of 1951), corporation engaging in specified non-profit activities as provided in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities (Act No. 7 of 1998), or other corporation provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that is found to conform to the following criteria in relation to the services provided for in the following Article, a prefectural governor may designate the applicant as a person to provide the services provided for in that Article: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 職員、業務の方法その他の事項についての業務の実施に関する計画が適正なものであり、かつ、その計画を確実に遂行するに足りる経理的及び技術的な基礎を有すると認められること。 art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-1/item-1 that its plan for implementing the services is appropriate in terms of personnel, operational procedures, and other particulars, and it is found to have sufficient accounting and technical bases to reliably execute the plan; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に定めるもののほか、業務の運営が適正かつ確実に行われ、支援対象障害者の雇用の促進その他福祉の増進に資すると認められること。 art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-1/item-2 that beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, it is found that the services will be operated properly and reliably and contribute to facilitating the employment of persons with disabilities needing support and to otherwise enhancing welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による指定をしたときは、同項の規定による指定を受けた者（以下「障害者就業・生活支援センター」という。）の名称及び住所並びに事務所の所在地を公示しなければならない。 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 Having made a designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must issue public notice of the name and address of the person designated under the provisions of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "work/life support center for persons with disabilities") and the location of its office. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 障害者就業・生活支援センターは、その名称及び住所並びに事務所の所在地を変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。 art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-3 Prior to changing its name or address or the location of its office, a work/life support center for persons with disabilities must file a notification of this with the prefectural governor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 都道府県知事は、前項の規定による届出があつたときは、当該届出に係る事項を公示しなければならない。 art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-4 When a notification as under the preceding paragraph has been filed, the prefectural governor must issue public notice of the particulars to which the notification pertains. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-27/par-1: 社会福祉法（昭和二十六年法律第四十五号）第二十二条 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000045, 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — not held in this collection - art-27/par-1: 特定非営利活動促進法（平成十年法律第七号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 410AC1000000007, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-27/par-1: 次条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-28 - art-27/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十七条第一項第一号 (Article 27, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-27/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-1/item-1 - art-27/par-2: 前項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-1 - art-27/par-4: 前項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十七条第三項 (Article 27, paragraph (3)), art-27/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-3 ## Cited by 7 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 第二十二条第一項第五号（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-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-22/par-1/item-5 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十五条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-25/par-3 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十七条第一項第二号（指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-1/item-2 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十七条第二項（指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-2 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第二十七条第四項（指定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-27/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-27/par-4 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十二条第一項（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-32/par-1 --- ## 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 - 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