Enforcement Ordinance of the Working Environment Measurement Law

(Chief of Labour Standards Inspection Office and Labour Standards Inspector)

Article 66.     The Chief of the Labour Standards Inspection Office shall, under the direction and superintendence of the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau, be in charge of the service concerning the enforcement of the Law in addition to what is provided for by this Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance.

2.       The Labour Standards Inspector shall, by order of his superior officer, be in charge of the spot inspection based on the Law, the function of judicial police official, and other service concerning the enforcement of the Law.

(Identification Card)

Article 67.     The identification card under paragraph 2 of Article 39 of the Law shall follow Form No. 18 of the Enforcement Order of the Labour Standards Law (Ministry of Health and Welfare Ordinance No. 23 of 1947).

2.       The identification card under paragraph 2 of Article 39 of the Law which shall apply mutatis mutandis in paragraph 2 of the Article 41 of the Law shall follow Form No. 21-2 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 32 of 1972).

(Report, etc.)

Article 68.     The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau, the Chief of the Labour Standards Inspection Office or the Labour Standards Inspector shall, in a case where he makes an employer submit a report on necessary matters or orders appearance under the provision of paragraph 1 of Article 42, notify the following matters:

(1)  Reason why he makes the employer submit report or orders appearance.

(2)  Matters he intends to hear in the case he orders for appearance.

(Training)

Article 69.     The subjects of training shall be the subjects listed in each of the items in paragraph 1 of Article 25 and the instruction of the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau under the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 44 of the Law shall be made by designating the subjects to be studied.

2.  A person who intends to take the training shall submit a Working Environment Measurement Expert Training Application (Form No. 8) to the Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau or the designated training institution which conducts training.

3.       The Director General of the Prefectural Labour Bureau or designated training institution which conducts training shall issue a certificate of completion of training under Form No. 22 to a person who has completed training.

4.       Article 29 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a person who completed training. In this case, "certificate of completion of the training course" in the same Article shall be read as "certificate of completion of training under paragraph 3 of Article 69," and "reissue application for certificate of completion of the training course of working environment measurement expert (Form No. 10)" in the same Article as "reissue application for certificate of completion of training of working environment measurement expert (Form No. 10)."

5.  In addition to the provisions of the each of the preceding paragraphs, necessary details concerning the conducting of training shall be provided for by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 70 through Article 73. Deleted

(Specified Subjects)

Article 74.     Test subjects to be designated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ordinance under a) of item 1 of Article 2 of the Cabinet Order shall be the subjects mentioned in items 1 to 4 inclusive of paragraph 1 of Article 16.