# The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, Regulation 10: Dignity and respect


(1) Service users must be treated with dignity and respect.
(2) Without limiting paragraph (1), the things which a registered person is required to do to comply with paragraph (1) include in particular—
(a) ensuring the privacy of the service user;
(b) supporting the autonomy, independence and involvement in the community of the service user;
(c) having due regard to any relevant protected characteristics (as defined in section 149(7) of the Equality Act 2010) of the service user.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111117613/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-health-and-social-care-act-2008-regulated-activities-regulations-2014/regulation-10
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