Private and Voluntary Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002

Notice of absence

28.—(1) Where—

(a) a registered provider in respect of whom a notification has been given under regulation 10(3); or

(b) a registered manager,

proposes to be absent from the establishment for a continuous period of 28 days or more, the registered person shall give notice in writing to the appropriate office of the National Assembly of the absence.

(2) Except in the case of an emergency, the notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall be given no later than one month before the proposed absence commences or within such shorter period as may be agreed with the National Assembly and the notice shall specify with respect to the absence—

(a) its length or expected length;

(b) the reason for it;

(c) the arrangements which have been made for running the establishment;

(d) the name, address and qualifications of the person who will be responsible for the establishment during that absence; and

(e) the arrangements that have been or are proposed to be made for appointing another person to manage the establishment during that absence, including the proposed date by which the appointment is to be made.

(3) Where the absence arises as a result of an emergency, the registered person shall give notice of the absence within one week of the emergency’s occurrence specifying the matters set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph (2).

(4) Where—

(a) a registered provider in respect of whom a notification has been given under regulation 10(3); or

(b) a registered manager,

has been absent from the establishment for a continuous period of 28 days or more, and the appropriate office of the National Assembly has not been given notice of the absence, the registered person shall, without delay, give notice in writing to that office, specifying the matters set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph (2).

(5) The registered person shall notify the appropriate office of the National Assembly of the return to work of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (4) not later than 7 days after the date of that person’s return.