# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第二十八条 (Article 28) - 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: 第二十八条 (Article 28)（技術上の指針等の公表等） — address `art-28` - 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-28 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28 - 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. --- ### 第二十八条（技術上の指針等の公表等） — (Publication of Technical Guidelines) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第二十条から第二十五条まで及び第二十五条の二第一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業種又は作業ごとの技術上の指針を公表するものとする。 art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release the necessary technical guidelines for each industry and work operation to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of the measures that the employer is required to take pursuant to the provisions of Articles 20 through 25 and of paragraph (1) of Article 25-2. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の技術上の指針を定めるに当たつては、中高年齢者に関して、特に配慮するものとする。 art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to make special considerations for middle-aged and elderly workers in preparing the technical guidelines specified in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、次の化学物質で厚生労働大臣が定めるものを製造し、又は取り扱う事業者が当該化学物質による労働者の健康障害を防止するための指針を公表するものとする。 art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-3 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to release guidelines to enable employers that manufacture or handle the chemical substances as follows that are prescribed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to prevent the impairment of workers' health by those chemical substances: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第五十七条の四第四項の規定による勧告又は第五十七条の五第一項の規定による指示に係る化学物質 art-28/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-3/item-1 chemical substances related to recommendations under the provisions of paragraph (4) of Article 57-4 or instructions under the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 57-5; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げる化学物質以外の化学物質で、がんその他の重度の健康障害を労働者に生ずるおそれのあるもの art-28/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-3/item-2 chemical substances other than those set forth in the preceding item, which could cause significant impairment of worker's health such as cancer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項又は前項の規定により、技術上の指針又は労働者の健康障害を防止するため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、当該技術上の指針又は労働者の健康障害を防止するための指針に関し必要な指導等を行うことができる。 art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-4 Having released technical guidelines or guidelines for preventing the impairment of workers' health pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph (1) or 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 technical guidelines or guidelines for preventing the impairment of workers' health to employers and associations thereof. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-28/par-1: 第二十条から第二十五条まで → 労働安全衛生法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-20 - art-28/par-1: 第二十条から第二十五条まで → 労働安全衛生法 第二十一条 (Article 21), art-21 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-21 - art-28/par-1: 第二十条から第二十五条まで → 労働安全衛生法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-22 - art-28/par-1: 第二十条から第二十五条まで → 労働安全衛生法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-23 - art-28/par-1: 第二十条から第二十五条まで → 労働安全衛生法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-24 - art-28/par-1: 第二十条から第二十五条まで → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-25 - art-28/par-1: 第二十五条の二第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-25-2/par-1 - art-28/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-1 - art-28/par-3/item-1: 第五十七条の四第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の四第四項 (Article 57-4, paragraph (4)), art-57-4/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-4/par-4 - art-28/par-3/item-1: 第五十七条の五第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の五第一項 (Article 57-5, paragraph (1)), art-57-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-5/par-1 - art-28/par-3/item-2: 前号 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第三項第一号 (Article 28, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-28/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-3/item-1 - art-28/par-4: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-1 - art-28/par-4: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第二項（技術上の指針等の公表等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第三項第二号（技術上の指針等の公表等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-3/item-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条第四項（技術上の指針等の公表等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28/par-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第二十八条の二第二項（事業者の行うべき調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-28-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-28-2/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の三第三項（第五十七条第一項の政令で定める物及び通知対象物について事業者が行うべき調査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-3/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