# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第七十三条 (Article 73)

- 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: 第七十三条 (Article 73) — address `art-73`
- 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-73
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-73
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### 第七十三条
<sup>art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-73</sup>

**第一項**  免許には、有効期間を設けることができる。
<sup>art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-73/par-1</sup>
A licensing authority may set a valid period for a license.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  都道府県労働局長は、免許の有効期間の更新の申請があつた場合には、当該免許を受けた者が厚生労働省令で定める要件に該当するときでなければ、当該免許の有効期間を更新してはならない。
<sup>art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-73/par-2</sup>
When a person has applied to renew the valid period of a license, the Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau must not renew the valid period of the license unless the licensee meets the qualifications specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働安全衛生法 第七十四条の二第一項（厚生労働省令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-74-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-74-2/par-1

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## 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