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The Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2004

W.S.I. 2004/219 · Made 3 February 2004

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SOCIAL CARE, WALES

Made 3rd February 2004

Coming into force 1st March 2004

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 4(6), 12(2), 14(1)(d), 15(3), 16(1) and (3), 22(1), (2)(a) to (d) and (f) to (j), (5)(a) and (7)(a) to (h) and (j), 25, 35 and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000f1, having consulted such persons as it considers appropriatef2:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 14. The powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 121(1), in relation to Wales, as the Assembly, and in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as the Secretary of State. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 121(1) of the Act; “the Assembly” is defined in section 5(b) of the Act.

f2

See section 22(9) of the Care Standards Act 2000 for the requirement to consult.

Contents

  1. Part I: GENERAL
  2. 1Name, commencement and application
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. 3Excepted undertakings and application to employment agencies
  5. 4Statement of purpose
  6. 5Service user’s guide
  7. 6Review of statement of purpose and service user’s guide
  8. 7Agency documents
  9. Part II: REGISTERED PERSONS
  10. 8Fitness of registered provider
  11. 9Appointment of manager
  12. 10Fitness of manager
  13. 11Registered person — general requirements and training
  14. 12Notification of offences
  15. Part III: CONDUCT OF DOMICILIARY CARE AGENCIES
  16. 13Conduct of agency
  17. 14Arrangements for the provision of personal care
  18. 15Fitness of workers
  19. 16Staffing
  20. 17Staff handbook and code of conduct
  21. 18Provision of information to service users
  22. 19Identification of workers
  23. 20Records
  24. 21Complaints
  25. 22Staff views as to conduct of agency
  26. 23Review of quality of service provision
  27. 24Fitness of premises
  28. 25Financial position
  29. 26Notification of incidents
  30. 27Notice of absence
  31. 28Notice of changes
  32. 29Death of registered person
  33. Part IV: MISCELLANEOUS
  34. 30Compliance with regulations
  35. 31Offences
  36. 32Specification of appropriate offices
  37. 33Amendment of the Registration of Social Care and Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002
  38. 34Amendment of the Registration of Social Care and Independent Healthcare (Fees) (Wales) Regulations 2002
  39. 35Transitional provisions
  40. Signature
  41. Schedule 1: INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
  42. 1Paragraph 1
  43. 2Paragraph 2
  44. 3Paragraph 3
  45. 4Paragraph 4
  46. 5Paragraph 5
  47. 6Paragraph 6
  48. 7Paragraph 7
  49. 8Paragraph 8
  50. 9Paragraph 9
  51. 10Paragraph 10
  52. 11Paragraph 11
  53. 12Paragraph 12
  54. 13Paragraph 13
  55. 14Paragraph 14
  56. 15Paragraph 15
  57. 16Paragraph 16
  58. 17Paragraph 17
  59. 18Paragraph 18
  60. Schedule 2: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN RESPECT OF REGISTERED PROVIDERS AND MANAGERS OF AN AGENCY AND PERSONS NOMINATED TO DEPUTISE FOR A REGISTERED PERSON
  61. 1Paragraph 1
  62. 2Paragraph 2
  63. 3Paragraph 3
  64. 4Paragraph 4
  65. 5Paragraph 5
  66. 6Paragraph 6
  67. 7Paragraph 7
  68. 8Paragraph 8
  69. 9Paragraph 9
  70. 10Paragraph 10
  71. Schedule 3: INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION TO BE AVAILABLE IN RESPECT OF DOMICILIARY CARE WORKERS
  72. 1Paragraph 1
  73. 2Paragraph 2
  74. 3Paragraph 3
  75. 4Paragraph 4
  76. 5Paragraph 5
  77. 6Paragraph 6
  78. 7Paragraph 7
  79. 8Paragraph 8
  80. 9Paragraph 9
  81. 10Paragraph 10
  82. 11Paragraph 11
  83. 12Paragraph 12
  84. Schedule 4: RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED FOR INSPECTION
  85. 1Financial records
  86. 2Financial records
  87. 3Financial records
  88. 4Financial records
  89. 5Other records
  90. 6Other records
  91. 7Other records
  92. 8Other records
  93. 9Other records
  94. Explanatory note