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Regulation 11 Further requirements as to health and welfare

(1)

The registered person shall make arrangements for residents to have access to such medical advice or treatment as may be necessary.

(2)

The registered person shall make arrangements for the recording, handling, safe keeping, safe administration and disposal of medicines received into the residential family centre.

(3)

The registered person shall make suitable arrangements to prevent infection, toxic conditions and the spread of infection at the residential family centre.

(4)

The registered person shall ensure that—

(a)

all parts of the residential family centre to which residents have access are so far as reasonably practicable free from hazards to their safety;

(b)

any activities in which residents participate are so far as reasonably practicable free from avoidable risks; and

(c)

unnecessary risks to the health or safety of residents are identified and so far as possible eliminated.

(5)

The registered person shall make arrangements, by training persons working at the residential family centre or by other measures, to prevent residents being harmed or suffering abuse or being placed at risk of harm or abuse.

(6)

The registered person shall ensure that no resident is subject to physical restraint unless restraint of the kind employed is the only practicable means of securing the welfare of that or any other resident and there are exceptional circumstances.

(7)

On any occasion on which a resident is subject to physical restraint, the registered person shall record the circumstances, including the nature of the restraint.

(8)

The registered person shall ensure that persons working at the residential family centre use no form of corporal punishment at any time on any child or parent under the age of 18 who is accommodated in the residential family centre.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

2000 c. 14. These powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister, who is defined in section 121(1) of the 2000 Act, in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, as the Secretary of State, and in relation to Wales, as the National Assembly for Wales. “Prescribed” and “regulations” are defined in section 121(1) of that Act.

F2

See section 22(9) of the 2000 Act for the requirement to consult.