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Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 requires service providers and registered persons to conduct identity and criminal record checks under reg. 19 and reg. 4, meeting Schedule 3 vetting standards.

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Summary

What this law does

Prescribes regulated health and social care activities in England and sets fundamental standards, including fit and proper person requirements, recruitment vetting, record keeping, and governance for service providers and registered managers.

Why it matters to Signicat and its customers

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Who is bound: service provider; body other than a partnership; registered person; registered manager · Regulators: Care Quality Commission

Public Sector Health: Mandates fitness, identity, DBS screening, and governance requirements for registered health and adult social care providers and their staff.

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Pending effects amendments not yet applied to this text

reg. 12(3)-(3K) substituted for reg. 12(3)-(3D) by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 reg. 4(2) · Effective date unknown · reg. 12

reg. 12(4) words substituted by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 reg. 4(3) · Effective date unknown · reg. 12

reg. 12(6) words substituted by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 reg. 4(4)(a) · Effective date unknown · reg. 12

reg. 12(6) words omitted by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 reg. 4(4)(c) · Effective date unknown · reg. 12

Sch. 4A inserted by The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 reg. 4(5) · Effective date unknown

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11 parts · 72 provisions. Open a provision for its text and, where available, its one-line summary.

PART 1 General · 2 provisions

1 Citation and commencement uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-1

2 Interpretation uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-2

PART 2 Regulated Activities · 1 provisions

3 Prescribed activities uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-3

PART 3 Requirements in relation to Regulated Activities · 19 provisions

4 Requirements where the service provider is an individual or partnership uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-4

5 Fit and proper persons: directors uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-5

6 Requirement where the service provider is a body other than a partnership uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-6

7 Requirements relating to registered managers uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-7

8 General uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-8

9 Person-centred care uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-9

9A Visiting and accompanying in care homes, hospitals and hospices uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-9A

10 Dignity and respect uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-10

11 Need for consent uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-11

12 Safe care and treatment uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-12

13 Safeguarding service users from abuse and improper treatment uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-13

14 Meeting nutritional and hydration needs uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-14

15 Premises and equipment uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-15

16 Receiving and acting on complaints uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-16

17 Good governance uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-17

18 Staffing uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-18

19 Fit and proper persons employed uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-19

20 Duty of candour uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-20

20A Requirement as to display of performance assessments uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-20A

PART 4 Compliance and Offences · 3 provisions

21 Guidance and Code uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-21

22 Offences uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-22

23 Offences: penalties uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-23

PART 5 Penalty Notices · 1 provisions

24 Penalty notices uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-24

PART 6 Miscellaneous · 3 provisions

25 Revocations uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-25

26 Transitional and transitory provision uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-26

27 Review uk:uksi/2014/2936#regulation-27

SCHEDULE 1 · 14 provisions

1 Personal care uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-1

2 Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-2

3 Accommodation for persons who require treatment for substance misuse uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-3

4 Treatment of disease, disorder or injury uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-4

5 Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the 1983 Act uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-5

6 Surgical procedures uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-6

7 Diagnostic and screening procedures uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-7

8 Management of supply of blood and blood derived products etc uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-8

9 Transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-9

10 Maternity and midwifery services uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-10

11 Termination of pregnancies uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-11

12 Services in slimming clinics uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-12

13 Nursing care uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-13

14 Family planning services uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-1-paragraph-14

SCHEDULE 2 · 12 provisions

1 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-1

2 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-2

3 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-3

4 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-4

5 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-5

6 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-6

7 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-7

8 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-8

9 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-9

10 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-10

11 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-11

12 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-2-paragraph-12

SCHEDULE 3 · 9 provisions

1 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-1

2 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-2

3 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-3

4 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-4

5 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-5

6 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-6

7 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-7

8 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-8

9 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-3-paragraph-9

PART 1 Unfit person test · 6 provisions

1 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-4-paragraph-1

2 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-4-paragraph-2

3 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-4-paragraph-3

4 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-4-paragraph-4

5 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-4-paragraph-5

6 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-4-paragraph-6

PART 2 Good character · 2 provisions

7 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-4-paragraph-7

8 uk:uksi/2014/2936#schedule-4-paragraph-8

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Definitions

the Act

“means the Health and Social Care Act 2008;”

reg. 2

service provider

“means, in respect of a regulated activity, a person registered with the Commission under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Act as a service provider in respect of that activity;”

reg. 2

registered manager

“means, in respect of a regulated activity, a person registered with the Commission under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Act as a manager in respect of that activity;”

reg. 2

registered person

“means, in respect of a regulated activity, a person who is the service provider or registered manager in respect of that activity;”

reg. 2

service user

“means a person who receives services provided in the carrying on of a regulated activity;”

reg. 2

relevant person

“except in regulation 20, means the service user or, where the service user is under 16 and not competent to make a decision in relation to their care or treatment, a person lawfully acting on their behalf;”

reg. 2

medical practitioner

“means a registered medical practitioner;”

reg. 2

nurse

“means a registered nurse;”

reg. 2

social worker

“means a person who is registered as such in the register of social workers in England maintained under section 39(1) of the Children and Social Work Act 2017;”

reg. 2

vulnerable adult

“has the same meaning as in section 60(1) (interpretation) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 .”

reg. 2

References

uk:ukpga/1997/50