# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第十九条の二 (Article 19-2) - 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: 第十九条の二 (Article 19-2)（安全管理者等に対する教育等） — address `art-19-2` - 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-19-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2 - 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. --- ### 第十九条の二（安全管理者等に対する教育等） — (Education of Safety Managers, etc.) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2 **第一項** 事業者は、事業場における安全衛生の水準の向上を図るため、安全管理者、衛生管理者、安全衛生推進者、衛生推進者その他労働災害の防止のための業務に従事する者に対し、これらの者が従事する業務に関する能力の向上を図るための教育、講習等を行い、又はこれらを受ける機会を与えるように努めなければならない。 art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2/par-1 In order to increase the level of safety and health in the workplace, an employer must endeavor to provide education and training or the chance of receiving education and training to safety managers, health managers, safety and health advocates, health advocates, and persons engaged in other operations for preventing industrial injuries, in order to improve these person's competencies relevant to the operations in which they are engaged. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の教育、講習等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-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary guidelines to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of the education and training referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の指針に従い、事業者又はその団体に対し、必要な指導等を行うことができる。 art-19-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2/par-3 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide the necessary guidance to employers and associations thereof in accordance with the guidelines referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十九条の二第一項 (Article 19-2, paragraph (1)), art-19-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2/par-1 - art-19-2/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第十九条の二第二項 (Article 19-2, paragraph (2)), art-19-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第十九条の二第二項（安全管理者等に対する教育等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第十九条の二第三項（安全管理者等に対する教育等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-19-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-19-2/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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