Article 54-3. (Registered Inspection Agency for Specified Self Inspection)
• (1) A person who intends to become a registered agency for specified self inspection shall, as provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, apply for the registration of his/her name or appellation, his/her address and other matters prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in the registry book of registered inspection agencies for specified voluntary inspection kept at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare or the Prefectural Labor Bureau.
• (2) A person who falls under any of the following items shall not be registered under the provisions of the preceding paragraph:
o (i) A person who, having violated the provisions of paragraph (1) or 2 of Article 45 or the ordinances under these provisions, or the order issued under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 54-6, was sentenced to a penalty heavier than a fine and for whom two years have not elapsed since the date when the execution of the sentence was completed or the date when he ceased to be amenable to the execution of the sentence.
o (ii) A person whose registration was cancelled pursuant to provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 54-6 and for whom two years have not elapsed since the date of cancellation
o (iii) A juridical person one of whose executive officers come under item (i)
• (3) The registration under the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be made on the application of a person who intends to be a registered inspection agency for specified voluntary inspection.
• (4) The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare or the Director of the Prefectural Labor Bureau shall not make the registration referred to in paragraph (1) unless they recognize that an application set forth in the preceding paragraph complies with the standards provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
• (5) The employer or other said persons may ask for the perusal of the registry book.