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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-social-care-act-2008-regulated-activities-regulations-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-5",
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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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  "number": "5",
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  "text": "Paragraph 4 does not apply in relation to—\n(a) treatment carried out under anaesthesia or intravenously administered sedation;\n(b) dental treatment carried out under general anaesthesia;\n(c) obstetric services and, in connection with childbirth, medical services;\n(d) the termination of pregnancies;\n(e) cosmetic surgery, with the exception of the procedures referred to in paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 1;\n(f) haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis;\n(g) endoscopy; or\n(h) the provision of hyperbaric therapy, being the administration of oxygen (whether or not combined with one or more other gases) to a person who is in a sealed chamber which is gradually pressurised with compressed air, where such therapy is carried out by or under the supervision or direction of a medical practitioner.",
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  "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."
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