Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2007 Northern Ireland

Domiciliary Care Agencies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

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Enforced by
RQIA
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Registered Care Provider4 Licence Holder1

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Registered Care Provider — also bound by 25 other Acts
Licence Holder — also bound by 225 other Acts

What it requires

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Part 1

GENERAL

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7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Prescribed services
s.004 Excepted undertakings
s.005 Statement of purpose
s.006 Service user’s guide
s.007 Review of statement of purpose and service user’s guide
Part 2

REGISTERED PERSONS

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s.009 Appointment of manager Regulated
  • Appoint a manager for your domiciliary care agency and notify RQIARegistered Care Provider
s.011 Registered person — general requirements and training Regulated
  • Run your domiciliary care agency with sufficient care, competence and skill, and keep training up to dateRegistered Care Provider
s.012 Notification of offences Regulated
  • Notify RQIA of any criminal convictionLicence Holder
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.008 Fitness of registered provider
s.010 Fitness of registered manager
Part 3

CONDUCT OF DOMICILIARY CARE AGENCIES

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s.026 Financial position Regulated
  • Ensure financial viability and provide financial records on requestRegistered Care Provider
s.027 Notice of absence Regulated
  • Notify RQIA about absence of key personnel lasting 28+ daysRegistered Care Provider
16 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.013 Fitness of domiciliary care workers supplied by an agency
s.014 Conduct of agency
s.015 Arrangements for the provision of prescribed services
s.016 Staffing
s.017 Staff handbook
s.018 Provision of information to service users
s.019 Disclosure of Information
s.020 Identification of workers
s.021 Records
s.022 Complaints
s.023 Assessment of quality of services
s.024 Improvement plan
s.025 Fitness of premises
s.028 Notice of changes
s.029 Appointment of liquidators etc.
s.030 Death of registered person
Part 4

MISCELLANEOUS

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2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.031 Compliance with regulations
s.032 Offences
Schedules

Schedules

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40 other schedules
s.sch001 A statement of the aims and objectives of the agency....
s.sch001 The nature and range of the services which the agency...
s.sch001 The name and address of the registered provider and of...
s.sch001 The relevant qualifications and experience of the registered provider and...
s.sch001 The range of qualifications of the domiciliary care workers supplied...
s.sch001 The complaints procedure established in accordance with regulation 22.
s.sch001 Status, constitution and organisational structure, which identify the lines of...
s.sch001 A description of the agency’s underlying ethos and philosophy of...
s.sch002 Proof of identity, including a recent photograph.
s.sch002 When Part V of the Police Act 1997 is commenced...
s.sch002 Two written references relating to the person, including a reference...
s.sch002 Where the person has previously worked in a position which...
s.sch002 Details and documentary evidence of any relevant qualifications or accredited...
s.sch002 A full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation...
s.sch002 Details of health record.
s.sch002 If applicable, details of registration with, or membership of, any...
s.sch002 Details of any professional indemnity insurance.
s.sch003 Name, address, date of birth and telephone number.
s.sch003 A statement by the registered provider, or the registered manager,...
s.sch003 Details of any professional indemnity insurance.
s.sch003 When Part V of the Police Act 1997 is commenced...
s.sch003 Name, address and telephone number of next of kin
s.sch003 Proof of identity, including a recent photograph.
s.sch003 Two written references, relating to the person, including a reference...
s.sch003 Where the person has previously worked in a position which...
s.sch003 Evidence of a satisfactory knowledge of the English language, where...
s.sch003 Details and documentary evidence of any relevant qualifications or accredited...
s.sch003 A full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation...
s.sch003 Details of physical and mental health record, including immunisation status....
s.sch004 Records relating to domiciliary care workers and service users
s.sch004 Details of any physical restraint used on a service user...
s.sch004 The service user plan devised for each service user in...
s.sch004 Copies of any statement given to a service user setting...
s.sch004 An alphabetical index of service users, including the full name,...
s.sch004 An alphabetical index of domiciliary care workers supplied or available...
s.sch004 Details of each supply of a domiciliary care worker to...
s.sch004 Records relating to training and development of staff
s.sch004 Annual staff appraisals.
s.sch004 Other records
s.sch004 Details of every allegation of abuse, neglect or other harm...

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