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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-social-care-act-2008-regulated-activities-regulations-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111491942",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Surgical procedures",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5), surgical procedures (including all pre-operative and post-operative care associated with such procedures) carried on by a health care professional for—\n(a) the purpose of treating disease, disorder or injury;\n(b) cosmetic purposes, where the procedure involves the use of instruments or equipment which are inserted into the body; or\n(c) the purpose of religious observance.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the following procedures are excepted from sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) nail surgery and nail bed procedures carried out by a health care professional on any area of the foot; and\n(b) surgical procedures involving the curettage, cautery or cryocautery of warts, verrucae or other skin lesions carried out by—\n(i) a medical practitioner, or\n(ii) another health care professional on any area of the foot.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (2) only applies where the procedures are carried out—\n(a) without anaesthesia; or\n(b) using local anaesthesia.\n(4) The following cosmetic procedures are excepted from sub-paragraph (1)(b)—\n(a) the piercing of any part of the human body;\n(b) tattooing;\n(c) the subcutaneous injection of a substance or substances for the purpose of enhancing a person’s appearance; and\n(d) the removal of hair roots or small blemishes on the skin by the application of heat using an electric current.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111491942/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
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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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