Article 8 The employer may be excepted from the obligation as pursuant to the provision of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article in the case where there should be some unavoidable reason whereby the employer is unable to appoint a health officer under that provision and when the employer has obtained the permission of the Director of the competent Prefectural Labour Bureau.
(Appointment of a Common Health officer)
Article 9 The Director of the Prefectural Labour Bureau may, when the Director finds it necessary, recommend the appointment of a common health officer for those two or more workplaces where the appointment of a health officer for one workplace is not necessary and the two or more such workplaces are located in the same area, through the deliberation by the Local Labour Council.
(Qualifications of Health Officers)
Article 10 A person who is in possession of the qualifications prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare set forth in paragraph (1) of Article 12 of the Act shall be as follows:
(i) Physicians;
(ii) Dentists;
(iii) Industrial health consultant;
(iv) In addition to those listed in the preceding three items, those provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
(Periodical Inspection by the Health Officer and Authorization)
Article 11 (1) The health officer shall inspect workshops, etc., at least once a week and promptly take necessary measures to prevent the impairment of workers' health when there should be a risk of harmful effects due to the design of the facilities, working methods or in health conditions of such workshops.
(2) The employer shall grant the health officer the authority to take measures necessary to prevent health impairment as previously described.
(Administration of Industrial Health Engineering Matters)
Article 12 The employer shall have a health officer appointed pursuant to the provision of item (vi) of paragraph (1) of Article 7 supervise the works relating to industrial health engineering among those technical matters pertaining to industrial health set forth in each item of paragraph (1) of Article 10 of the Act.
(ii) To appoint a person who is exclusively assigned to the workplace as a safety and health promoter. However, this shall not apply when the said safety and health promoter is to be appointed from among the industrial safety consultants, industrial health consultants or others who are provided by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
(Dissemination of Names of Safety and Health Promoter, etc.)
Article 12-4 The employer shall, when having appointed the safety and health promoter, etc., make the name of the said safety and health promoter, etc., known to the workers concerned by posting their names at a readily visible location in the workshop, etc.