Regulations, 2020

L.N. 424 of 2020

SOCIAL CARE STANDARDS AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 582)

Mandatory Measures for Residential Services for Older Persons

Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 30(5) of the

Social Care Standards Authority Act, the Minister for the Family,

Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity, has made the following

regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Mandatory

Measures for Residential Services for Older Persons Regulations,

2020. (2) The scope of these regulations is to establish mandatory

measures for residential services for older persons for which the

Authority may impose an administrative penalty and to establish the

penalties to be paid in order to control the spread of COVID-19.

(Regulation 3)

In the event of non-compliance by the licensed

Administrat-

service provider for failure to

1. Mandatory use of visor or medical mask

1.1. Wear a visor or medical mask by any

person who is

(a) working in a residential service for

older persons;

(b) a professional or medical care staff

who needs to assist the residents;

(c) delivering goods or rendering a

service within the residence.

2. Residents to carer allocation system and

residential bubble

2.1 Make use of residents to carer allocation

system within the same residential bubble.

3. Communication with relatives

3.1 Ensure that residents are provided with the

necessary resources to ensure that they are able to

keep continuous communication with their families

and/or friends. Such contact can be made through

phone calls, video calls, interaction on social media

and other technological means.

4. Infection Control Measures

4.1 Abide by infection control measures as

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issued by the authority.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

"Act" means the Social Care Standards Authority Act;

"Authority" means the Social Care Standards Authority

established by virtue of article 5 of the Act;

"older person" means a person over the age of sixty (60)

whose care needs may be holistically managed on a long-term

basis by a facility;

"residents to carer allocation system" means a system

where the same cohort of caring staff are allocated to care

holistically for all the needs of residents assigned within the

same residential bubble;

"residential bubble" means keeping the same people within

the same small cohort group;

"service provider" means a person who, or organisation that

provides and operates a facility and associated care services to

older persons on a long-term basis;

"Tribunal" means the Administrative Review Tribunal

referred to in articles 25 and 26 of the Act.

(1) Where the Authority imposes an administrative Administrative

penalty as provided for in article 28 of the Act, the amount of such penalties.

penalty shall be determined by reference to the Schedule.

(2) The first column of the Schedule provides a general

description of the infringement and the second column establishes the

penalty to be paid.

Any person who feels aggrieved by a decision of the Appeals.

Authority may appeal before the Tribunal in accordance with articles

25 and 26 of the Act.

Respect of Quarantine Measures

5.1 Respect quarantine measures as issued by

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the authority

Visiting Arrangements

6.1 Abide with the protocol issued by the

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authority in relation to visits by relatives to older

persons residing in a residential home.

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