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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-and-health-scotland-act-2002/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "asp/2002/5",
  "legislation_title": "Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-care-and-health-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "As regards the personal hygiene of the person cared for—\n(a) shaving;\n(b) cleaning teeth (whether or not they are artificial) by means of a brush or dental floss and (in the case of artificial teeth) by means of soaking;\n(c) providing assistance in rinsing the mouth;\n(d) keeping finger nails and toe nails trimmed;\n(e) assisting the person with going to the toilet or with using a bedpan or other receptacle;\n(f) where the person is fitted with a catheter or stoma, providing such assistance as is requisite to ensure cleanliness and that the skin is kept in a favourable hygienic condition;\n(g) where the person is incontinent—\n(i) the consequential making of the person’s bed and consequential changing and laundering of the person’s bedding and clothing; and\n(ii) caring for the person’s skin to ensure that it is not adversely affected.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/5/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:06.261823+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}