Article 75-6. (Examination affair Rules)
• (1) The designated examination institution shall lay down rules concerning the implementation of examination affairs (hereinafter in this Article and Article 75-11, paragraph (2), item (iv) referred to as the “examination affair rules”), and receive the approval of the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, before it starts in the examination affairs . The same shall apply when it intends to alter them.
• (2) The matters to be included in the examination affair rules shall be provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
• (3) The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare may, when finding that the examination affair rules approved under paragraph (1) have become inappropriate for proper and reliable implementation of the examination affairs order the designated examination institution to alter them.
Article 75-7. (Approval of Business Plan, etc.)
• (1) The designated examination institution shall prepare a business plan and working budget for each business year and receive the approval of the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare before the commencement of that business year (or without delay after designation in the business year to which the date of designation belongs). The same shall apply when it intends to alter them.
• (2) The designated examination institution shall, within three months after the end of each business year, prepare and submit to the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare a business report and the settlement of accounts for that business year.
Article 75-8. (Obligation to Keep Secrets, etc.)
• (1) An executive official or a member of the staff (including a license examiner) of the designated examination institution and all persons who have held such a post must not disclose to any person confidential information which they have learned in the course of the implementation of the examination affairs.
• (2) An executive official or a member of the staff (including a license examiner) of the designated examination institution who are engaged in the examination affairs shall be regarded as a member of the staff engaged in public service under the acts and regulations, in respect to the application of the Penal Code (Act No.45 of 1907) and other penal provisions.
Article 75-9. (Supervision Orders)
• The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare may, when finding it necessary for the enforcement of this Act, give necessary orders to the designated examination institution for the supervision of its examination affairs.
Article 75-10. (Suspension or Discontinuation of Examination Affairs)
• The designated examination institution shall neither suspend nor discontinue the whole or part of the examination affairs without obtaining permission from the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.