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The Public Services Reform (Social Services Inspections) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

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5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), if an authorised person considers it necessary or expedient for the purposes of the inspection, the authorised person may—

(a)inspect, remove from the premises and take copies of information; and

(b)request delivery of information and make copies of that information,

if the information relates to the provision of the social service.

(2) The powers in this regulation include—

(a)power to require any person holding or accountable for information to produce it; and

(b)in relation to electronically stored information, power to require it to be produced in a form which is acceptable to the authorised person and which can be removed from the premises.

(3) When inspecting information under paragraph (1) an authorised person is entitled to have access to any computer and associated apparatus or material which is or has been used in connection with that information.

(4) Nothing in this regulation allows an authorised person to inspect medical records unless that person is a health professional.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation a “health professional” means—

(a)a registered medical practitioner;

(b)a registered nurse;

(c)a pharmacist; or

(d)a registered dentist.

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