This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 No. 2936
10.—(1) Service users must be treated with dignity and respect.
(2) Without limiting paragraph (1), the things which a registered person is required to do to comply with paragraph (1) include in particular—
(a)ensuring the privacy of the service user;
(b)supporting the autonomy, independence and involvement in the community of the service user;
(c)having due regard to any relevant protected characteristics (as defined in section 149(7) of the Equality Act 2010) of the service user.
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