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The Regulation of Care (Requirements as to Limited Registration Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2003
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- 2003 No. 150
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Complaints
16.—(1) A provider shall establish a procedure (“the complaints procedure”) for considering complaints made to the provider by a service user or person acting on the service user’s behalf.
(2) The complaints procedure shall be appropriate to the needs of service users.
(3) The provider shall ensure that any complaint made under the complaints procedure is fully investigated.
(4) The provider shall, within 28 days after the date on which the complaint is made, or such shorter period as may be reasonable in the circumstances, inform the person who made the complaint of the action (if any) that is to be taken.
(5) The provider shall supply a written copy of the complaints procedure to every service user and to any person acting on behalf of a service user if that person so requests.
(6) The written copy of the complaints procedure shall include–
(a)the name and address of the Commission; and
(b)the procedure (if any) that has been notified by the Commission to the provider for the making of complaints to the Commission relating to the service.
(7) The provider shall supply to the Commission at its request a statement containing a summary of the complaints made during the preceding 12 months and the action that was taken.
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