{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-healthcare-improvement-scotland-inspections-regulations-2011/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111011928",
  "legislation_title": "The Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Inspections) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-healthcare-improvement-scotland-inspections-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;\n“authorised person” means a person authorised by HIS to carry out an inspection under—\n(a) section 10I (inspections of services provided under the health service);\n(b) section 10K (authorised persons); or\n(c) section 10M (inspections at request of Scottish Ministers);\n“information” includes any document, record (including personal records), or item or any part of a document, record or item;\n“independent health care service” has the same meaning as in section 10F (meaning of “independent health care service”);\n“inspection” means, unless otherwise stated, an inspection under—\n(a) section 10J (inspections of independent health care services); or\n(b) section 10M (inspections at request of Scottish Ministers) if that inspection relates to an independent health care service;\n“HIS” means Healthcare Improvement Scotland established by section 10A (Healthcare Improvement Scotland);\n“medical records” has the meaning given in section 10O(4) (regulations relating to inspections);\n“personal records” includes health records as defined in section 10O(4);\n“pharmacist” means a person registered as a pharmacist in Part 1 or 4 of the register maintained under article 19 (establishment, maintenance of and access to the register) of the Pharmacy Order 2010 or the register maintained in pursuance of articles 6 (the register) and 9 (the registrars) of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;\n“registered dentist” means a person registered in the register maintained under section 14 (the dentists register and the registrar) of the Dentists Act 1984;\n“registered nurse” means an individual registered in the register maintained under article 5 (establishment and maintenance of the register) of the Nurses and Midwives Order 2001 by virtue of qualifications in nursing;\n“service user” means a person cared for, by or accommodated in the premises of an independent healthcare service.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations—\n(a) to the provision of a service includes the management, organisation or co-ordination of a service; and\n(b) to a section is a reference to that section of the Act except where otherwise indicated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2010/231."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/1213 (N.I. 22) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1984 c.24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/253."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111011928/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:26.154009+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."
}