# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第三十七条 (Article 37)

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- Law: 労働基準法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年厚生省令第二十三号
- English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第三十七条 (Article 37) — address `art-37`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第三十七条
<sup>art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-37</sup>

**第一項**  労働者が就業中又は事業場若しくは事業の附属建設物内で負傷し、疾病にかゝり又は死亡した場合には、使用者は、遅滞なく医師に診断させなければならない。
<sup>art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-37/par-1</sup>
If a worker is injured, gets disease, or dies in employment or in the workplace, or in auxiliary buildings of the business, the employer shall make a medical doctor diagnose the worker without delay.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023/20260401_508M60000100057), retrieved 2026-09-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2605/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10
- This site's parser, version 222 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10