# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第八条 (Article 8) - Law: 社会保険労務士法 (Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance), 昭和四十三年法律第八十九号 - English title "Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（受験資格） — address `art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八条（受験資格） — Eligibility to Take Tests caption: machine translation, not official art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、社会保険労務士試験を受けることができる。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1 A person who falls under any of the following items may take the labor and social security attorney examination: machine translation, not official **一** 学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）による大学において学士の学位（同法第百四条第二項に規定する文部科学大臣の定める学位（同法による専門職大学を卒業した者に対して授与されるものに限る。）を含む。）を得るのに必要な一般教養科目の学習を終わつた者又は同法による短期大学若しくは高等専門学校を卒業した者（同法による専門職大学の前期課程を修了した者を含む。） art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-1 a person who has completed, at a university under the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947), the study of the general education subjects necessary to obtain a bachelor's degree (including a degree specified by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology prescribed in Article 104, paragraph (2) of that Act (limited to one conferred on a person who has graduated from a professional university under that Act)), or a person who has graduated from a junior college or a college of technology under that Act (including a person who has completed the first half of a program at a professional university under that Act); machine translation, not official **二** 旧高等学校令（大正七年勅令第三百八十九号）による高等学校高等科、旧大学令（大正七年勅令第三百八十八号）による大学予科又は旧専門学校令（明治三十六年勅令第六十一号）による専門学校を卒業し、又は修了した者 art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-2 a person who has graduated from or completed the higher course of a high school under the former Higher School Order (Imperial Ordinance No. 389 of 1918), the preparatory course of a university under the former University Order (Imperial Ordinance No. 388 of 1918), or a professional school under the former Professional School Order (Imperial Ordinance No. 61 of 1903); machine translation, not official **三** 司法試験予備試験又は高等試験予備試験に合格した者 art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-3 a person who has passed the preliminary examination for the bar examination or the preliminary examination for the higher examination; machine translation, not official **四** 削除 art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-4 **五** 国又は地方公共団体の公務員として行政事務に従事した期間及び行政執行法人又は特定地方独立行政法人の役員又は職員として行政事務に相当する事務に従事した期間が通算して三年以上になる者 art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-5 a person whose total period of engagement in administrative affairs as a public officer of the State or a local government and of engagement in affairs equivalent to administrative affairs as an officer or staff member of an agency engaged in administrative execution or a specified local incorporated administrative agency is three years or more; machine translation, not official **六** 行政書士となる資格を有する者 art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-6 a person qualified to be an administrative scrivener; machine translation, not official **七** 社会保険労務士若しくは社会保険労務士法人（第二十五条の六に規定する社会保険労務士法人をいう。次章から第四章までにおいて同じ。）又は弁護士、弁護士法人若しくは弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人の業務の補助の事務に従事した期間が通算して三年以上になる者 art-8/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-7 a person whose total period of engagement in affairs assisting the business of a labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation (meaning a labor and social security attorney corporation prescribed in Article 25-6; the same applies from the next Chapter through Chapter IV), or of an attorney, an attorney corporation or a joint enterprise corporation of attorneys and registered foreign lawyers is three years or more; machine translation, not official **八** 労働組合の役員として労働組合の業務に専ら従事した期間が通算して三年以上になる者又は会社その他の法人（法人でない社団又は財団を含む。）（労働組合を除く。次号において「法人等」という。）の役員として労務を担当した期間が通算して三年以上になる者 art-8/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-8 a person whose total period of exclusively engaging in the business of a labor union as an officer of the labor union is three years or more, or a person whose total period of being in charge of labor affairs as an officer of a company or other juridical person (including an association or foundation that is not a juridical person) (excluding labor unions; referred to as a "juridical person, etc." in the following item) is three years or more; machine translation, not official **九** 労働組合の職員又は法人等若しくは事業を営む個人の従業者として労働社会保険諸法令に関する厚生労働省令で定める事務に従事した期間が通算して三年以上になる者 art-8/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-9 a person whose total period of engagement in affairs specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning the labor and social insurance laws and regulations as a staff member of a labor union or as a worker of a juridical person, etc. or of an individual carrying on business is three years or more; machine translation, not official **十** 厚生労働大臣が前各号に掲げる者と同等以上の知識及び能力を有すると認める者 art-8/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-10 a person whom the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds to have knowledge and ability equal or superior to those of the persons listed in the preceding items. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-8/par-1/item-1: 同法第百四条第二項 → 学校教育法 第百四条第二項 (Article 104, paragraph (2)), art-104/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/school-education-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000026/art-104/par-2 - art-8/par-1/item-7: 第二十五条の六 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の六 (Article 25-6), art-25-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-6 - art-8/par-1/item-8: 次号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第九号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-8/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-9 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第一号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-8/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-1 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第二号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-8/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-2 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第三号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-8/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-3 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第四号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-8/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-4 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第五号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-8/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-5 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第六号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-8/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-6 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第七号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-8/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-7 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第八号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-8/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-8 - art-8/par-1/item-10: 前各号 → 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第九号 (Article 8, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-8/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-9 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第八号（受験資格） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-8 - 社会保険労務士法 第八条第一項第十号（受験資格） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-8/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-8/par-1/item-10 - 社会保険労務士法 附則第四十五条第一項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3591-77/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3591-77/art-45/par-1 - 社会保険労務士法 附則第百四十五条第一項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3601-34/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3601-34/art-145/par-1 - 社会保険労務士法 附則第二十条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4121-16/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4121-16/art-20/par-2 - 社会保険労務士法 附則第十二条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4131-35/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4131-35/art-12/par-2 - 社会保険労務士法 附則第四条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4151-30/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4151-30/art-4/par-2 - 社会保険労務士法 附則第九十八条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4171-102/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4171-102/art-98/par-2 - 社会保険労務士法 附則第二十二条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4261-67/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4261-67/art-22/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 社会保険労務士法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 社会保険労務士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/903), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-002, translated 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 209 — 社会保険労務士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18