[F182BRegulations: requirement to use staffing methodsS
(1)Following the development and recommendation by SCSWIS under section 82A or 82C of a staffing method for use by persons who provide care services, the Scottish Ministers may by regulations require the use of that method (with or without modifications) by persons who provide those care services.
(2)Regulations under subsection (1) may prescribe—
(a)the types of care settings and individuals working in a care service in relation to which, and whom, a staffing method is to be used,
(b)the minimum frequency at which a staffing method is to be used, and
(c)the staffing level tools for the purpose of section 82A(5).]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 5 Ch. 3A inserted (1.4.2024) by Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 6), ss. 12(2), 15(2); S.S.I. 2024/20, reg. 2(2) (as amended by The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 Amendment Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/127), regs. 1, 3(4))