The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010

Requirements relating to workers

21.  The registered person must—

(a) operate effective recruitment procedures in order to ensure that no person is employed for the purposes of carrying on a regulated activity unless that person—

(i) is of good character,

(ii) has the qualifications, skills and experience which are necessary for the work to be performed, and

(iii) is physically and mentally fit for that work;

(b) ensure that information specified in Schedule 3 is available in respect of a person employed for the purposes of carrying on a regulated activity, and such other information as is appropriate;

(c) ensure that a person employed for the purposes of carrying on a regulated activity is registered with the relevant professional body where such registration is required by, or under, any enactment in relation to—

(i) the work that the person is to perform, or

(ii) the title that the person takes or uses; and

(d) take appropriate steps in relation to a person who is no longer fit to work for the purposes of carrying on a regulated activity including—

(i) where the person is a health care professional, informing the body responsible for regulation of the health care profession in question, or

(ii) where the person is a social care worker registered with the General Social Care Council, informing the Council(1).

(1)

The General Social Care Council is established under Part 5 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14). See section 55 of that Act for the definition of “social care worker”, and S.I. 2004/561.