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14.—(1) The registered person shall ensure as far as reasonably practicable that—
(a)all parts of the day care setting to which service users have access are free from hazards to their safety;
(b)any activities in which service users participate are free from avoidable risks; and
(c)unnecessary risks to the health or safety of service users are identified and so far as possible eliminated; and
(d)suitable arrangements are in place for the training in first aid of appropriate persons employed in the day care setting.
(2) The registered person shall make suitable arrangements to provide a safe system for moving and handling service users.
(3) The registered person shall make arrangements, by training persons employed in the day care setting or by other measures, to prevent service users being harmed or suffering abuse or being placed at risk of harm or abuse.
(4) The registered person shall ensure that no service user is subject to restraint unless restraint of the kind employed is the only practicable means of securing the welfare of that or any other service user and there are exceptional circumstances.
(5) On any occasion on which a service user is subject to restraint, the registered person shall record the circumstances, including the nature of the restraint. These details should also be reported to the [F1RQIA] as soon as is practicable.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Regulations substituted (11.4.2014) by Health and Social Care (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 5), Sch. para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. para. 1(2))
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 14 in operation at 30.4.2007, see reg. 1
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