PART IVCONDUCT AND INSPECTION OF RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES AND NURSING HOMES
Regulations as to conduct of residential care homes and nursing homes28
1
The Department may make regulations as to the conduct of residential care homes and nursing homes, and in particular—
a
as to the facilities and services to be provided in such homes;
b
as to the numbers and qualifications of staff to be employed in such homes;
c
as to the numbers of suitably qualified and competent staff to be on duty in such homes;
d
as to the records to be kept and notices to be given in respect of persons received into such homes;
e
as to the information to be supplied to such persons concerning the manner in which any complaint is to be made;
f
as to the notification of events occurring in such homes;
g
as to the giving of notice by a person of a description specified in the regulations of periods during which any person of a description so specified proposes to be absent from a home;
h
as to the information to be supplied in such a notice;
i
as to the information to be supplied on an application for registration.
2
Regulations under this Article may provide that—
a
a contravention of any specified provision of the regulations shall be an offence against the regulations; and
b
a person guilty of any such offence shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.