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11.—(1) The service provider must not make a placement of an individual with an adult placement carer unless the service provider has entered into a carer agreement with the adult placement carer.
(2) The carer agreement must be in writing.
(3) A service provider may only enter into one carer agreement with each adult placement carer.
(4) The carer agreement must—
(a)provide that the parties to the carer agreement undertake their roles in accordance with the policies and procedures of the service;
(b)include arrangements to ensure that the premises, facilities and equipment used by adult placement carers are—
(i)suitable and safe for the purpose for which they are intended to be used;
(ii)used in a safe way;
(iii)properly maintained;
(iv)kept clean to a standard which is appropriate for the purpose for which they are being used;
(v)in the case of equipment, stored appropriately;
(c)include a requirement that the adult placement carer should support the individual to access treatment, advice and other services from any health care professional as necessary;
(d)include arrangements to ensure that medicines are stored and administered safely including specifying in what circumstances an adult placement carer may administer or assist in the administration of an individual's medication and the procedures to be adopted in such circumstances;
(e)include suitable arrangements to support individuals to manage their money.
(5) The service provider must terminate a carer agreement in any case in which the adult placement carer ceases to be fit to be an adult placement carer in accordance with regulation 36.
(6) Without prejudice to paragraph (5), the service provider must terminate a carer agreement in any case in which it appears to the service provider that the adult placement carer is not meeting or will not meet their obligations under the carer agreement.
(7) The service provider must not terminate a carer agreement without first consulting the adult placement carer, unless it is not reasonably practicable to consult them.