No. 8852
Promulgation Date 2008-02-29
Ministry of Health and Welfare
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Concept of Infant Care)
Article 4 (Responsibility)
Article 5 (Infant Care Policy Coordination Committee)
Article 6 (Infant Care Policy Committees)
Article 7 (Infant Care Information Center)
Article 8 (Infant Care Development Institute)
Article 9 (Investigation of Actual Conditions of Infant Care)
CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT OF NURSERY FACILITIES
Article 10 (Type of Nursery Facilities)
Article 11 (Formulation and Operation of Infant Care Plans)
Article 11-2 (Securing Nursery Facilities or Sites for Nursery Facilities)
Article 12 (Establishment, etc. of National or Public Nursery Facilities)
Article 13 (Establishment of Nursery Facilities Other than National or Public Nursery Facilities)
Article 14 (Establishment, etc. of Nursery Facilities of Place of Work)
Article 15 (Establishment Standards for Nursery Facilities)
Article 16 (Disqualifications)
CHAPTER III EMPLOYEES IN NURSERY FACILITIES
Article 17 (Disposition of Employees in Nursery Facilities)
Article 18 (Duties of Employees in Nursery Facilities)
Article 19 (Appointment and Dismissal of Employees in Nursery Facilities)
Article 20 (Disqualifications)
Article 21 (Qualifications for Head of Nursery Facilities or Infant Care Teachers)
Article 22 (Issuance of Certificate of Qualifications for Heads of Nursery Facilities or Infant Care Teachers)
Article 22-2 (Prohibitions of Name Lending, etc.)
Article 23 (Supplementary Education)
CHAPTER IV OPERATION OF NURSERY FACILITIES
Article 24 (Standards for Operation of Nursery Facilities, etc.)
Article 25 (Nursery Facilities Operating Committee)
Article 26 (Preferential Operation of Vulnerable Infant Care)
Article 27 (Eligibility for Nursery Facilities)
Article 28 (Preferential Provision of Infant Care)
Article 29 (Infant Care Courses)
Article 29-2 (Records of Life in Nursery Facilities)
Article 30 (Evaluation Certifications of Nursery Facilities)
CHAPTER V HEALTH, NUTRITION AND SAFETY
Article 31 (Health Care and Emergency Measures)
Article 32 (Treatment and Preventive Measures)
Article 33 (Management of Meals)
CHAPTER VI EXPENSES
Article 34 (Obligations for Expenses)
Article 35 (Special Cases for Free Infant Care)
Article 36 (Subsidy of Expenses, etc.)
Article 37 (Obligation for Expenses by Business Proprietors)
Article 38 (Receipt of Infant Care Fees, etc.)
Article 39 (Support from Tax System)
Article 40 (Orders for Refund of Expenses and Subsidies)
CHAPTER VII GUIDANCE AND SUPERVISION
Article 41 (Guidance and Orders)
Article 42 (Reports and Examinations)
Article 43 (Reports on Closure, Suspension, Resumption, etc. of Nursery Facilities)
Article 44 (Orders for Correction and Modification)
Article 45 (Closure of Nursery Facilities, etc.)
Article 45-2 (Succession of Effect of Administrative Sanction Disposition)
Article 46 (Suspension of Qualifications for Head of Nursery Facilities)
Article 47 (Suspension of Qualifications of Infant Care Teachers)
Article 48 (Revocation of Qualifications for Head of Nursery Facilities or Infant Care Teachers)
Article 49 (Hearing)
CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 50 (Recognition of Career)
Article 51 (Delegation and Entrustment of Authority)
Article 52 (Nursery Facilities on Islands, in Secluded Places, or in Agricultural and Fishing Communities, etc.)
Article 53 (Federation of Nursery Facilities)
CHAPTER IX PENAL PROVISIONS
Article 54 (Penal Provisions)
Article 55 (Joint Penal Provisions)
Article 56 (Fines for Negligence)
ADDENDA
ADDENDUM<Act No. 7302, Dec. 31, 2004>
ADDENDA<Act No. 7413, Mar. 24, 2005>
ADDENDA<Act No. 7785, Dec. 29, 2005>
ADDENDA<Act No. 8563, Jul. 27, 2007>
ADDENDA<Act No. 8654, Oct. 17, 2007>
ADDENDA >Act No. 8655, Oct. 17, 2007>
ADDENDUM<Act No. 8851, Jan. 17, 2008>
ADDENDA<Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008>