The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010

Made: 15th March 2010

Coming into force: 1st April 2010

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PART 1 — GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — REGULATED ACTIVITIES

Prescribed activities

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PART 3 — REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PERSONS CARRYING ON OR MANAGING A REGULATED ACTIVITY

Requirements where the service provider is an individual or partnership

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Requirement where the service provider is a body other than a partnership

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Requirements relating to registered managers

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Registered person: training

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PART 4 — QUALITY AND SAFETY OF SERVICE PROVISION IN RELATION TO REGULATED ACTIVITY

General

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Care and welfare of service users

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Assessing and monitoring the quality of service provision

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Safeguarding service users from abuse

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Cleanliness and infection control

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Management of medicines

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Meeting nutritional needs

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Safety and suitability of premises

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Safety, availability and suitability of equipment

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Respecting and involving service users

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Consent to care and treatment

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Complaints

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Records

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Requirements relating to workers

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Staffing

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Supporting workers

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Cooperating with other providers

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PART 5 — COMPLIANCE AND OFFENCES

Compliance with regulations

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Guidance and Code

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Offences

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PART 6 — PENALTY NOTICES

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PART 7 — REVOCATION

Revocation

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SCHEDULE 1 — Regulated Activities

Personal care

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Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

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Accommodation for persons who require treatment for substance misuse

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Accommodation and nursing or personal care in the further education sector

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Treatment of disease, disorder or injury

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Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the 1983 Act

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Surgical procedures

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Diagnostic and screening procedures

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Management of supply of blood and blood derived products etc.

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Transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely

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Maternity and midwifery services

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Termination of pregnancies

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Services in slimming clinics

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Nursing care

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Family planning services

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SCHEDULE 2 — Regulated Activities: General exceptions

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SCHEDULE 3 — Information Required In Respect Of Persons Seeking To Carry On, Manage Or Work For The Purposes Of Carrying On, A Regulated Activity

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SCHEDULE 4 — Fixed Penalty Offences

Provision creating offence	General nature of offence	Monetary amount of penalty
Regulation 27 of these Regulations	Contravention of, or failure to comply with, requirements relating to quality and safety of service provision in relation to a regulated activity	£4,000 in the case of an offence committed by a service provider; £2,000 in the case of an offence committed by a registered manager
Section 10(1) of the Act	Carrying on a regulated activity without being registered	£4,000
Section 33 of the Act	Failure to comply with conditions	£4,000 in the case of an offence committed by a service provider; £2,000 in the case of an offence committed by a registered manager
Section 34(1) of the Act	Carrying on a regulated activity whilst registration is suspended	£4,000
Section 34(2), (3) or (4) of the Act	Managing a regulated activity whilst registration is cancelled or suspended	£2,000
Section 63(7) of the Act	Obstructing entry and inspection	£300
Section 64(4) of the Act	Failure to provide documents and information	£300
Section 65(4) of the Act	Failure to provide an explanation	£300

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Mike O'Brien — Minister of State, — 2010-03-15

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c. 14. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 97(1) of the Act.

[^f00002]: 1983 c.20.

[^f00003]: 2006 c.41.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2002/254.

[^f00005]: See the definition of “relevant professions” in Schedule 3, paragraph 1 of the 2001 Order as amended by S.I. 2004/2033, article 10(5)(b)(i).

[^f00006]: 1973 c.35. See section 13(2) and (3). Section 13(2) was amended by the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c.26), Schedule 7, paragraphs 1 and 7.

[^f00007]: 1999 c.8. Section 60(2) was amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Schedule 8, paragraph 1(3) and Schedule 15, Part 2 and by S.I. 2002/253 and the 2001 Order.

[^f00008]: 1992 c.13.

[^f00009]: The definition of “registered medical practitioner” in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) has been substituted by S.I. 2002/3135, Schedule 1, paragraph 10 with effect from 16th November 2009.

[^f00010]: 1996 c.56; seesection 4 for the meaning of “school”. Section 4 has been amended by the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), sections 51, 57(1) and (4) and Schedule 7, paragraphs 10(a) and (b) and Schedule 8, by the Education Act 2002 (c. 32), section 215(2) and Schedule 22, Part 3, and by the Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), section 95(1), (2) and (3).

[^f00011]: 2006 c. 47. Section 59 was amended by S.I. 2008/912, Schedule 1, paragraph 21 and by the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), section 147(8).

[^f00012]: See section 97(1) of the Act for the definition of “English NHS body”.

[^f00013]: 2000 c. 14.

[^f00014]: S.I. 2002/618; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2008/2936.

[^f00015]: The General Social Care Council is established under Part 5 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14). See section 55 of that Act for the definition of “social care worker”, and S.I. 2004/561.

[^f00016]: 2000 c.7; seesection 15 as amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c.21), Schedule 17, paragraph 158.

[^f00017]: 1971 c. 80.

[^f00018]: 1974 c. 39.

[^f00019]: S.I. 2009/660.

[^f00020]: S.I. 1997/2776.

[^f00021]: S.I. 1996/1656.

[^f00022]: 1990 c. 37. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 was amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), Schedule 2, paragraph 2 and Schedule 8, Part I and by S.I. 2007/1522.

[^f00023]: “Relevant professions” are set out in Schedule 3, paragraph 1 of the 2001 Order. See S.I. 2004/2033, articles 3(4)(c) and 10(5)(b)(ii) and S.I. 2007/3101, Part 21, for relevant amendments.

[^f00024]: Section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 (c.24) (“the 1984 Act”) was substituted by the Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2011) (“the 2005 Order”), article 2(6) and amended by S.I. 2007/3101, regulation 111.

[^f00025]: The dental care professionals register was established by section 36B of the 1984 Act as inserted by article 29 of the 2005 Order and amended by S.I. 2001/3101, regulation 122.

[^f00026]: 2000 c.14. See also S.I. 2007/3101, regulations 230 and 232(a) for relevant amendments.

[^f00027]: Section 135 was amended by the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.36) Schedule 3, paragraph 56, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60) Schedule 6, Part 1 and Schedule 7, Part 1, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c.19) Schedule 10, the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14) Schedule 4, paragraph 9, the Mental Health Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) (c.12) section 44 and Schedule 2, paragraph 10(a) and S.I. 2005/2078, Schedule 1, paragraph 2(9). Section 136 was amended by the 2007 Act, section 44 and Schedule 2, paragraph 10(b).

[^f00028]: Section 17E was inserted by section 32 of the 2007 Act.

[^f00029]: Seesections 34(2) and 145(1) of the 1983 Act; relevant amendments were made by the Care Standards Act 2000, Schedule 4, paragraph 9.

[^f00030]: Section 145 was amended by section 7 of the 2007 Act.

[^f00031]: Section 1 was amended by section 1(2) of the 2007 Act.

[^f00032]: 1994 c. 17. Section 5A was inserted by S.I. 2007/3101, regulation 219.

[^f00033]: See section 97(1) of the Act for the definition of “English NHS provider”. See regulation 3(6) which provides that the words “by an English NHS provider” cease to have effect on 1st April 2011.

[^f00034]: 2000 c.14.

[^f00035]: This paragraph will cease to have effect on 1st April 2012: see regulation 3(8)(a).

[^f00036]: This paragraph will cease to have effect on 1st April 2012: see regulation 3(8)(a).

[^f00037]: This paragraph will cease to have effect on 1st April 2012: see regulation 3(8)(a).

[^f00038]: This paragraph will cease to have effect on 1st April 2011: see regulation 3(8)(b).

[^f00039]: 1996 c.16. The definition of police authority in section 101 was amended by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), section 312(2).

[^f00040]: This paragraph will cease to have effect on 1st April 2011: see regulation 3(8)(b).