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The following professions fall under The Exceptions Order in The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions order) 1975. Schedule 1, Articles 2(3), 3 and 4.
Excepted professions, offices, employments, work and occupations:

• Care Provider

As defined by: The Care Standards Act 2000 and the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 which are the main pieces of legislation that specifically regulate care providers in England, Wales and Scotland. Separate, but similar, legislation exists for Northern Ireland.

Care providers regulated by the Care Standards Act 2000 include:
• care homes for elderly people aged over 65 years
• care homes for adults aged 18-65 years
• children's homes
• "small" homes that provide residential care for up to three adults
• domiciliary care providers
• businesses and organisations that visit and care for people in their own homes
• fostering and adoption agencies

Useful links.

• The Care Homes Regulations 2001
• Children's Homes Regulations 2001
• Adult Placement Schemes Regulations 2004 (PDF)
• Domiciliary Care Regulations 2002
• Nurses Agencies Regulations 2002
• Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002
• Fostering Services Regulations 2002 (PDF)
• National Care Standards Commission (Registration) Regulations 2001 (PDF)
• Commission for Social Care Inspection (Fees & Frequency of Inspections) Regulations 2004
• Commission for Social Care Inspection (Children's Rights Director) Regulations 2004
• National Care Standards Commission (Inspections of Schools and Colleges) Regulations 2002
• The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 9 (England) and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2001
• The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 10 (England) and Transitional, Savings and Amendment Provisions) Order 2001
• The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002
• Adoption Regulations (Local Authority Adoption Service (England) Regulations 2003; The Voluntary • Adoption Agencies and the Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2003; also inlcudes NMS)
• The National Care Standards Commission (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
• The National Care Standards Commission (Fees & Frequency of Inspections) (Adoption Agencies) Regulations 2003
• The Care Homes (Adult Placement) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (PDF)
• The Care Standards Act 2000 (Establishments and Agencies) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004
• The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of the Application of Part 2 to Adult Placement Schemes) (England) Regulations 2004 (PDF)

NATIONAL CSCI BODIES
England - the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
Wales - the Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales (CSIW)
Scotland - the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (SCRC)
Northern Ireland - the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS)