Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

108 Information and inspection E+W

(1) Section 31 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (inspections by persons authorised by registration authority) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1), insert—

“(1A) The power under subsection (1) to require the provision of information includes—

(a) power to require the provision of copies of any documents or records (including medical and other personal records); and

(b) in relation to records kept by means of a computer, power to require the provision of the records in legible form.”

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) in paragraph (b), for “(other than medical records)” substitute “ (including medical and other personal records) ”; and

(b) in paragraph (d), for “employed” substitute “ working ”.

(4) In subsection (6), omit “and inspect any medical records relating to his treatment in the establishment”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 108 in force at 1.4.2004 for W. by S.I. 2004/873, art. 2(e)

I2 S. 108 in force at 1.4.2004 by S.I. 2004/759, art. 5(2)(a)