# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) - 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（衛生委員会） — address `art-18` - 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-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条（衛生委員会） — (Health Committees) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18 **第一項** 事業者は、政令で定める規模の事業場ごとに、次の事項を調査審議させ、事業者に対し意見を述べさせるため、衛生委員会を設けなければならない。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1 At each workplace of the scale specified by Cabinet Order, an employer must establish a health committee in order to have it investigate and deliberate on the following particulars and state its opinion to the employer: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 労働者の健康障害を防止するための基本となるべき対策に関すること。 art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1/item-1 things related to the strategy that is to form the basis for preventing the impairment of workers' health; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 労働者の健康の保持増進を図るための基本となるべき対策に関すること。 art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1/item-2 things related to the strategy that is to form the basis for helping to maintain and improve the health of workers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 労働災害の原因及び再発防止対策で、衛生に係るものに関すること。 art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1/item-3 things related to the parts of the causes of industrial injuries and the strategy to prevent recurrence that are related to health; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、労働者の健康障害の防止及び健康の保持増進に関する重要事項 art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1/item-4 material particulars involved in preventing the impairment of the health of workers and in helping to maintain and improve workers' health, beyond what is set forth in the preceding three items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 衛生委員会の委員は、次の者をもつて構成する。ただし、第一号の者である委員は、一人とする。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-2 A health committee is composed of the following persons; provided, however, that only one of the committee members constitutes a person as referred to in item (i): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 総括安全衛生管理者又は総括安全衛生管理者以外の者で当該事業場においてその事業の実施を統括管理するもの若しくはこれに準ずる者のうちから事業者が指名した者 art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-2/item-1 the general safety and health manager, or the person that the employer designates from among persons other than the general safety and health manager who are in charge of comprehensively managing the implementation of the undertaking at the relevant workplace or from among equivalent persons; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 衛生管理者のうちから事業者が指名した者 art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-2/item-2 persons that the employer has designated from among health managers; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 産業医のうちから事業者が指名した者 art-18/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-2/item-3 persons that the employer has designated from among industrial physicians; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 当該事業場の労働者で、衛生に関し経験を有するもののうちから事業者が指名した者 art-18/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-2/item-4 persons that the employer has designated from among workers at the relevant workplace who have health-related experience. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 事業者は、当該事業場の労働者で、作業環境測定を実施している作業環境測定士であるものを衛生委員会の委員として指名することができる。 art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-3 An employer may designate a worker at the relevant workplace who is an expert in work environment monitoring and is implementing the work environment monitoring, as a member of the health committee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前条第三項から第五項までの規定は、衛生委員会について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項及び第四項中「第一号の委員」とあるのは、「第十八条第二項第一号の者である委員」と読み替えるものとする。 art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-4 The provisions of paragraphs (3) through (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the health committee. In such a case, the phrase "item (i) member" in paragraphs (3) and (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a member who is a person as referred to in item (i) of paragraph (2) of Article 18". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第一項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-18/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1/item-1 - art-18/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第一項第二号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-18/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1/item-2 - art-18/par-1/item-4: 前三号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第一項第三号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-18/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1/item-3 - art-18/par-2: 第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第二項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-18/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-2/item-1 - art-18/par-4: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-3 - art-18/par-4: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-4 - art-18/par-4: 前条第三項から第五項まで → 労働安全衛生法 第十七条第五項 (Article 17, paragraph (5)), art-17/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-17/par-5 - art-18/par-4: 第十八条第二項第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第二項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-18/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-2/item-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第一項第四号（衛生委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-1/item-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第二項（衛生委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第十八条第四項（衛生委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-18/par-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第十九条第一項（安全衛生委員会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/par-1/item-1 - 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 第四十五条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-1 - 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 第四十五条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-2 - 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 第四十五条第八項（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-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-8 - 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 第四十五条第九項（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-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-9 --- ## 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