# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第百四条 (Article 104) - 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: 第百四条 (Article 104)（心身の状態に関する情報の取扱い） — address `art-104` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百四条（心身の状態に関する情報の取扱い） — (Handling of Information on a Person's Physical and Mental Condition) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104 **第一項** 事業者は、この法律又はこれに基づく命令の規定による措置の実施に関し、労働者の心身の状態に関する情報を収集し、保管し、又は使用するに当たつては、労働者の健康の確保に必要な範囲内で労働者の心身の状態に関する情報を収集し、並びに当該収集の目的の範囲内でこれを保管し、及び使用しなければならない。ただし、本人の同意がある場合その他正当な事由がある場合は、この限りでない。 art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-1 In collecting, preserving, or using information regarding the physical and mental conditions of workers in connection with its implementation of measures under the provisions of this Act or an order under this Act, an employer must collect information on the physical and mental conditions of workers within the necessary scope to ensure the health of the workers, and must preserve and use that information within the scope of the purpose of its collection; provided, however, that this does not apply if the employer has the consent of the individual concerned or if there are any other reasonable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事業者は、労働者の心身の状態に関する情報を適正に管理するために必要な措置を講じなければならない。 art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-2 An employer must take the necessary measures to manage information on the physical and mental conditions of workers in an appropriate manner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、前二項の規定により事業者が講ずべき措置の適切かつ有効な実施を図るため必要な指針を公表するものとする。 art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-3 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of the measures that employers are to take pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の指針を公表した場合において必要があると認めるときは、事業者又はその団体に対し、当該指針に関し必要な指導等を行うことができる。 art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-4 Having released guidelines as referred to in the preceding paragraph, and on finding that it is necessary to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance on those guidelines to employers and associations thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-104/par-3: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-1 - art-104/par-3: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百四条第二項 (Article 104, paragraph (2)), art-104/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-2 - art-104/par-4: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百四条第三項 (Article 104, paragraph (3)), art-104/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第百四条第三項（心身の状態に関する情報の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第百四条第四項（心身の状態に関する情報の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-104/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-104/par-4 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第十五項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-15 --- ## 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