保ほ健けん所しょ政せい令れい市し

noun

city designated to operate its own public health centers

A legal/administrative term for a city that, under the Community Health Act, is required to establish and run public health centers (保健所) instead of relying on the prefecture. Applies to designated cities (政令指定都市) and core cities (中核市) with a population of 200,000 or more.

• 保ほ健けん所しょ政せい令れい市しでは、市しが独どく自じに保ほ健けん所しょを設せっ置ち・運うん営えいする義ぎ務むがある。

  In a city designated to operate its own public health centers, the city is obligated to independently establish and run public health centers.

• この地ち域いきは保ほ健けん所しょ政せい令れい市しに指し定ていされているため、感かん染せん症しょう対たい策さくの権けん限げんが市しに移い譲じょうされている。

  Because this area is designated as a city that operates its own public health centers, authority for infectious disease control has been transferred to the city.