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S.I. No. 36/2010 - Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.
Table of Provisions (17)
Statutory Text (17 Articles)
1. A copy of the statement of purpose.
2. A copy of the resident’s guide.
3. A record of all residents’ accounts kept in the designated centre.
4. A copy of all inspection reports.
5. A record of all persons employed at the designated centre, including in respect of each person so employed
(
a
) their full name, address, date of birth, qualifications and experience;
(
b
) a copy of each reference obtained in respect of them;
(
c
) the dates on which they commence and cease to be so employed;
(
d
) the position they hold at the designated centre, the work that they perform and the number of hours for which they are employed each week;
(
e
) correspondence, reports, records of disciplinary action and any other records in relation to their employment; and
(
f
) a record of current registration details of nursing staff.
6. A copy of the duty roster of persons working at the designated centre, and a record of whether the roster was actually worked.
7. A record of the designated centre’s charges to residents, including any extra amounts payable for additional services not covered by those charges, and the amounts paid by or in respect of each resident.
8. A record of all money or other valuables deposited by a resident for safekeeping or received on the resident’s behalf, which
(
a
) shall state the date on which the money or valuables were deposited or received, the date on which any money or valuables were returned to a resident or used, at the request of the resident, on their behalf and, where applicable, the purpose for which the money or valuables were used; and
(
b
) shall include the written acknowledgement of the return of the money or valuables.
9. A record of furniture brought by a resident into the room occupied by them.
10. A record of all complaints made by residents or representatives or relatives of residents or by persons working at the designated centre about the operation of the designated centre, and the action taken by the registered provider in respect of any such complaint.
11. A record of any of the following events that occur in the designated centre
(
a
) any accident;
(
b
) any outbreak of infectious disease in the designated centre;
(
c
) any injury or illness;
(
d
) any fire;
(
e
) except where a record to which paragraph 13 refers is to be made, any occasion on which the fire alarm equipment is operated;
(
f
) any theft or burglary;
(
g
) any unexplained absence of a resident from the designated centre;
(
h
) any allegation, suspected or confirmed, of abuse of any resident;
(
i
) any allegation of misconduct by the registered provider or any person who works in the designated centre; and
(
j
) any incident where evacuation of the centre took place.
12. Records of the food provided for residents in sufficient detail to enable any person inspecting the record to determine whether the diet is satisfactory, in relation to nutrition and otherwise, and of any special diets prepared for individual residents.
13. A record of every fire practice, drill or test of fire equipment (including fire alarm equipment) conducted in the designated centre and of any action taken to remedy defects in the fire equipment.
14. A statement of the procedure to be followed in the event of a fire, or where a fire alarm is given.
15. A statement of the procedure to be followed in the event of accidents or in the event of a resident going missing.
16. A record of all visitors to the designated centre, including the names of visitors.”
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
4 February 2010.
MARY HARNEY,
Minister for Health and Children.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
These Regulations amend articles 16 and 37 and schedules 3 and 4 of the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2009.
S.I. No. 36 of 2010
HEALTH ACT 2007 (CARE AND WELFARE OF RESIDENTS IN DESIGNATED CENTRES FOR OLDER PEOPLE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2010
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
9
th February
, 2010.
I, MARY HARNEY, Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 101
of the
Health Act 2007
(No. 23 of 2007) hereby make the following regulations