Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations

For regulation 6(4) of the principal Regulations (registers of staff and other persons providing professional services) there is substituted the following paragraph:–

“(4)

The registers maintained in pursuance of this regulation shall be retained at the nursing home by the person registered and shall be maintained or caused to be maintained by him in respect of each member of staff, practitioner or pharmacist entered in it–

(a)

in the case of a member of staff, for a minimum period of 3 years from the date of cessation of his employment at the nursing home; and

(b)

in the case of a practitioner or pharmacist, for so long as the nursing home is carried on.”.