Regulation 16 Provision of information to service usersI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The registered person shall ensure that before a nurse is supplied, the service user is informed of –

(a)

the name of the nurse who is to be supplied and the means of contacting him;

(b)

the name of the member of staff of the agency who is responsible for the supply of that nurse; and

(c)

where the agency is acting as an employment business, details of how the service user may contact the registered person, or a person nominated to act on behalf of the registered person.

(1A)

F1Where the agency supplies a nurse to a service user in the circumstances mentioned in regulation 12(4), and the agency is acting as an employment agency, the registered person must—

(a)

inform the service user, or the service user’s representative, of the information and documents mentioned in paragraphs 2, 4 to 9 and 11 to 13 of Schedule 3 that are not yet available;

(b)

inform the service user, or the service user’s representative, when the information and documents are available.

F2(2)

Where the service user is also the patient, the registered person must ensure that the information specified in paragraph (1) and, where applicable, paragraph (1A) is provided to the person acting on behalf of the patient.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 16(1A) (Reg. 16(1A) previously omitted by virtue of S.R. 2009/145, Sch.) inserted (2.4.2020) by The Establishment and Agencies (Fitness of Workers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/60), regs. 1, 4(3)(a)
F2: Reg. 16(2) substituted (2.4.2020) by The Establishment and Agencies (Fitness of Workers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/60), regs. 1, 4(3)(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 16 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1