# The Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) Regulations 2001, Regulation 19: Fitness of workers


(1) The registered person shall ensure that—
(a) no person is employed to work in or for the purposes of the establishment or for the purposes of the agency; and
(b) no medical practitioner is granted consulting or practising privileges,
unless that person is fit to work in or for the purposes of the establishment, or for the purposes of the agency.
(2) A person is not fit to work in or for the purposes of an establishment, or for the purposes of an agency unless—
(a) he is of integrity and good character;
(b) he has the qualifications, skills and experience which are necessary for the work which he is to perform;
(c) he is physically and mentally fit for that work; and
(d) full and satisfactory information is available in relation to him—
(i) except where paragraph (3) applies, in respect to each of the matters specified in paragraphs 1 to 7 of Schedule 2;
(ii) where paragraph (3) applies, in respect of each of the matters specified in paragraphs 1 and 3 to 8 of Schedule 2.
(3) This paragraph applies where any certificate or information on any matters referred to in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 is not available to an individual because any provision of the Police Act 1997 has not been brought into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3968/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-and-voluntary-health-care-england-regulations-2001/regulation-19
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