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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-social-care-act-2008-regulated-activities-regulations-2009/regulation-13",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111487006",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2009",
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  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Management of medicines",
  "text": "(1) The registered person must protect service users against the risks associated with the unsafe use and management of medicines, by means of the making of appropriate arrangements for the obtaining, recording, handling, using, safe keeping, dispensing, safe administration and disposal of medicines used for the purposes of the regulated activity.\n(2) In making the arrangements referred to in paragraph (1), the registered person must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State or an appropriate expert body in relation to the safe handling and use of medicines.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111487006/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:56:38.813155+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."
}