# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第六十六条の五 (Article 66-5) - 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: 第六十六条の五 (Article 66-5)（健康診断実施後の措置） — address `art-66-5` - 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-66-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5 - 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. --- ### 第六十六条の五（健康診断実施後の措置） — (Measures Following Medical Checkups) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-66-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5 **第一項** 事業者は、前条の規定による医師又は歯科医師の意見を勘案し、その必要があると認めるときは、当該労働者の実情を考慮して、就業場所の変更、作業の転換、労働時間の短縮、深夜業の回数の減少等の措置を講ずるほか、作業環境測定の実施、施設又は設備の設置又は整備、当該医師又は歯科医師の意見の衛生委員会若しくは安全衛生委員会又は労働時間等設定改善委員会（労働時間等の設定の改善に関する特別措置法（平成四年法律第九十号）第七条に規定する労働時間等設定改善委員会をいう。以下同じ。）への報告その他の適切な措置を講じなければならない。 art-66-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5/par-1 On finding that it is necessary to do so in light of the opinion of a physician or dentist under the provisions of the preceding Article, an employer must take measures including changing the location of work, changing the work content, shortening the working hours, or reducing the frequency of night work, in accordance with the actual circumstances of the worker concerned, along with conducting appropriate measures including work environment monitoring, providing or streamlining facilities or equipment, reporting the opinions of the physician or dentist to the Health Committee or the Safety and Health Committee, or the Committee for the Improvement of Establishing Working Hours, etc. (meaning the Committee for the Improvement of Establishing Working Hours, etc. provided for in Article 7 of the Act on Special Measures Concerning the Improvement of Establishing Working Hours, etc. (Act No. 90 of 2002); the same applies hereinafter). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前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-66-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5/par-2 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 required to take pursuant to the provisions of 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-66-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5/par-3 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-66-5/par-1: 前条 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十六条の四 (Article 66-4), art-66-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-4 - art-66-5/par-1: 労働時間等の設定の改善に関する特別措置法（平成四年法律第九十号）第七条 → e-Gov law 404AC0000000090, 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — not held in this collection - art-66-5/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十六条の五第一項 (Article 66-5, paragraph (1)), art-66-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5/par-1 - art-66-5/par-3: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十六条の五第二項 (Article 66-5, paragraph (2)), art-66-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第六十六条の五第二項（健康診断実施後の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第六十六条の五第三項（健康診断実施後の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-66-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-66-5/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第七十条の三第一項（健康診査等指針との調和） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-70-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-70-3/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