Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health
Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 32 of September 30, 1972
Latest Amendments:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance No. 47 of March 30, 2007
In Japanese
掲載日：2008.03.28
Part I General Rules
Chapter VI Measures for Maintaining and Promoting Workers’ Health
Section 1-3 Face-to-Face Guidance, etc.
Article 52-2 (Requirement, etc., of Workers Subject to Face-to-Face Guidance)
- (1) Requirements prescribed by the Ordinance of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 66-8 of the Act shall be the person whose working hours per week has exceeded 40 hours excluding break hours and the total working hours exceeding 40 hours per week has exceeded 100 hours per month, and who is deemed to have been suffering from accumulated fatigue. However, of a worker who has undergone face-to-face guidance within one month before the date set forth in the next paragraph or other workers with similar conditions, those diagnosed as having no need to undergo face-to-face guidance shall be excluded.
- (2) The excess working hours set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be calculated once or more a month by designating a fixed date.
Article 52-3 (Implementation Method, etc., of Face-to-Face Guidance)
- (1) Face-to-face guidance shall be provided at the request of workers who fall under the requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
- (2) The request set forth in the preceding paragraph shall be made without delay after the date set forth in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article.
- (3) The employer shall, when receiving a request set forth in paragraph (1) from a worker, provide face-to-face guidance without delay.
- (4) The industrial physician may recommend the worker whose working conditions fall under the requirements set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article to make the request set forth in paragraph (1).
Article 52-4 (Confirmation Matters in Face-to-Face Guidance)
- (1) The medical doctor shall, in providing face-to-face guidance, confirm the following matters for the worker who made a request set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article:
- (i) Working conditions of the worker concerned.
- (ii) Conditions of accumulated fatigue of the worker concerned.
- (iii) In addition to what is listed in the preceding item, mental and physical conditions of the worker concerned.
Article 52-5 (Certification of Face-to-Face Guidance Provided by the Medical Doctor that a Worker Desired)
- (1) The document set forth in the proviso of paragraph (2) of Article 66-8 of the Act shall indicate the following matters concerning face-to-face guidance provided for the worker:
- (i) The date of guidance.
- (ii) The full name of the said worker.
- (iii) The full name of the medical doctor who provided face-to-face guidance.
- (iv) The conditions of accumulated fatigue of the worker concerned.
- (v) In addition to what is listed in the preceding item, the mental and physical conditions of the said worker.
Article 52-6 (Record of Results of Face-to-Face Guidance)
- (1) The employer shall record the results of the face-to-face guidance (including the case set forth in the proviso of paragraph (2) of Article 66-8 of the Act; the same shall apply in next Article) and preserve them for five years.
- (2) The record set forth in the preceding paragraph shall indicate the matters listed in each item of the preceding Article and the advices by the medical doctor pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4) of Article 66-8 of the Act.
Article 52-7 (Hearing of Advices by Medical Doctor on the Results of Face-to-Face Guidance)
- (1) The hearing of advices by the medical doctor based on the results of face-to-face guidance as pursuant to the provision of paragraph (4) of Article 66-8 of the Act shall be carried out without delay after the face-to-face guidance (after the worker submitted the certification document describing the results of face-to-face guidance in the case set forth in the proviso of paragraph (2) of Article 66-8 of the Act).
Article 52-8 (Implementation of Necessary Measures Prescribed by Article 66-9 of the Act)
- (1) The necessary measures set forth in Article 66-9 of the Act shall be the implementation of face-to-face guidance or measures equivalent to face-to-face guidance.
- (2) The necessary measures set forth in Article 66-9 of the Act shall be provided for the following persons:
- (i) A worker who deemed to have been suffering from accumulated fatigue or have health concerns due to long working hours.
- (ii) In addition to what is listed in the preceding item, workers who fall under the standard established in the workplace concerning necessary measures set forth in Article 66-9 of the Act.
- (3) The necessary measures set forth in Article 66-9 of the Act for workers set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph shall be provided at the request of the said worker.
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