Enforcement Ordinance of the Working Environment Measurement Law

Chapter II. Working Environment Measurement Experts, etc.

Section 4.  Designated Registration Institutions

(Application for Designation)

Article 51-2.     Those who wish to be designated according to the provision of paragraph 1 of Article 32-2 of the Law shall submit the application wherein the following matters are set forth to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare:

(1)  Name and address.

(2)  Name and address of the office where the business of the registration is to be performed.

(3)  Date of scheduled commencement of registration business.

2.       The application set forth in the preceding paragraph shall accompany the following documents:

(1) Certified copy of the articles of incorporation or the articles of association and the register.

(2) Inventory of property and the balance sheet for the business year preceding to the business year wherein the day of the application is included.

(3) Business programs and income and expenditure budget for the business year including the day of the application and the following business year.

(4)  List of the officers' names and brief personal histories.

(Delivery of Documents to the Designated Registration Institution)

Article 51-3.     The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall deliver to the designated registration institution the written notification of the names, dates of birth, addresses, certificate numbers and the category (class-1 or class-2) of the examination of those who have passed the examination, and the document describing the subjects concerning the analysis skill taken by those who have passed the class-1 examination, and the document describing the names, dates of birth, addresses, numbers of training course completion certificate and the subject of finished training course for those who have completed the training course.

(Notification to Designated Registration Institution)

Article 51-4.     When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has cancelled the registration of any registered working environment measurement expert under the provision of Article 12 of the Law, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall notify the designated registration institution concerned to that effect. 

(Matters Required to Be Noted in Registration)

Article 51-5.     The matters to be noted in registration required by the registration business set forth in paragraph 3, Article 25 of the Law, which is applicable with necessary modifications to the case set forth in paragraph 4, Article 32-2 of the Law, shall be as follows:

(1)  Matters concerning the office hours for registration business and holidays.

(2)  Matters concerning the place of registration business.

(3)  Matters concerning the procedure of registration business.

(4)  Matters concerning the collection of registration fee.

(5)  Matters concerning the delivery, renewal and reissue of the registration certificate.

(6)  Matters concerning the protection of the confidential information acquired through the registration business.

(7)  Matters concerning the preservation of books, documents and the name list of the registered working environment measurement experts (provided for in paragraph 1, Article 7 of the Law) relating to the registration business.

(8)  Other matters necessary for the execution of the registration business.

(Report on Registration Status)

Article 51-6.     The designated registration institution shall submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare the registration status report (Form 15-2) without delay for every quarter of each business year.

(Report on Illegal Registration)

Article 51-7.     Should any illegal registration of the registered working environment measurement expert be detected, the designated registration institution concerned shall immediately submit to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare the report on the following matters:

(1)  The content of registration concerning the registered working environment measurement expert in question.

(2)  The content of illegality concerning the registration.

(Preparation and Preservation of Books)

Article 51-8.     Where the category of the registered working environment measurement expert employed is class-1 registered working environment measurement expert, the designated registration institution shall prepare the books wherein the following matters are entered corresponding to the categories of the working places listed in the Attached table as the working places to which the working environment measurement is applicable and preserve the said books until it discontinues the registration business.

(1) Monthly number of cases of the registration, rejection of registration and cancellation of registration.

(2) Monthly number of cases of the renewal, reissue and return of the registration certificates.

(3) Monthly number of cases of the report to be made under Article 12 (restricted to the cases of the registered working environment measurement experts who have discontinued their services or died) and the monthly numbers of the reports set forth in the preceding Article.

(4) Number of registered working environment measurement experts as of the end of each month.

(Application with Necessary Modifications) 

Article 51-9.     The provisions of Articles 32, 33, 36, 38, 42 and 43 shall be applicable with the necessary modifications to the cases concerning the designated registration institution, providing that the part expressed as "paragraph 2, Article 22 of the Law" in paragraph 1 of Article 32 shall be read as "paragraph 2, Article 22 of the Law applicable with necessary modifications to the case of paragraph 4, Article 32-2 of the Law"; the part expressed as "the designated testing institution (hereinafter referred to as "designated testing institution") provided for in paragraph 2, Article 20 of the Law" as "the designated registration institution (hereinafter referred to as "designated registration institution") provided for in paragraph 2, Article 32-2 of the Law"; the part expressed as "the test business" in item 1 of the said paragraph as "the registration business; (hereinafter referred to as "the registration business") provided for in paragraph 1, Article 32-2 of the Law" the part expressed as "the clerical work on testing" in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the said article, Articles 42 and 43 as "the clerical work for registration"; the part expressed as "paragraph 1, Article 23 of the Law" in Article 33 as "paragraph 1, Article 23 of the Law applicable with necessary modification to the case of paragraph 4, Article 32-2"; the part expressed as "the first half of paragraph 1, Article 25 of the Law" in Article 36 as "the first half of paragraph 1, Article 25 of the Law applicable with necessary modifications to the case of paragraph 4, Article 32-2 of the Law"; the part expressed as "the test business" as "the registration business"; the part expressed as "the second half of paragraph 1, Article 25 of the Law" in Article 38 as "the second half of paragraph 1, Article 25 of the Law applicable with necessary modifications to the case of paragraph 4, Article 32-2 of the Law"; the part expressed as "paragraph 1, Article 29 of the Law" in Article 42 as "paragraph 1, Article 29 of the Law applicable with necessary modifications to the case of paragraph 4, Article 32-2 of the Law"; the part expressed as "paragraph 3, Article 31 of the Law" in Article 43 as "paragraph 3, Article 31 of the Law applicable with necessary modifications to the case of paragraph 4, Article 32-2 of the Law"; and the part expressed as "the documents" in item 2 of the said article as "the documents and the name list of the registered working environment measurement experts provided for in Article 7 of the Law.