Temporary handling regarding personnel standards due to the change in the classification of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Control Law

Regarding the temporary handling of personnel standards for nursing care service providers related to COVID-19, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has provided administrative communications from Report 1 to Report 27 (COVID-19 special administrative communications) as indicated in the link below "Appendix 1".

In order to consolidate the contents of these COVID-19 special exception administrative communications, a notification has been issued regarding the response after the change in the classification of COVID-19 under the Infectious Diseases Control Law, effective from May 8, 2023 (as per the link below, 'Appendix 2').

Regarding the temporary handling in the COVID-19 special notice shown in "Appendix 1", it has been categorized into responses of "Continuation", "Partial Revision (Standards, etc.)", "Partial Revision (Training)", and "Termination", so please check the details.

• Appendix 1: List of administrative notices regarding temporary handling of personnel standards for nursing care service providers related to COVID-19 (Reports 1 to 27) (PDF 9.7MB)
• Appendix 2: Summary Table for Handling Special COVID-19 Procedures After Position Change (PDF 186.0KB)

Related Information

• Response to COVID-19 at nursing care facilities, etc. (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Website)(External link)
  【Refer to '6. Temporary handling of matters related to personnel, facilities, equipment, and operational standards of nursing service providers, etc.'】