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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 are the main pieces of legislation that specifically regulate care providers in England, Wales and Scotland. Separate but similar legislation exists for Northern Ireland.
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Fitness of Nurses supplied by an Agency:
12. - (1) The registered person shall ensure that no nurse is supplied by the agency unless -
(a) she is of integrity and good character;
(b) she has the qualifications, skills and experience which are necessary for the work which she is to perform;
(c) she is physically and mentally fit for that work; and
(d) full and satisfactory information is available in relation to her in respect of each of the matters specified in Schedule 3.
(2) The registered person shall ensure that the selection of a nurse for supply is made by or under the supervision of a nurse and that full and satisfactory information in respect of each of the matters listed in Schedule 2 is available in relation to the nurse carrying out the selection.
(3) The registered person shall ensure that every nurse supplied by the agency acting as an employment business is instructed that when working for a service user she must at all times wear identification showing her name, the name of the agency and a recent photograph.
Compliance with regulations
Where there is more than one registered person in respect of an agency, anything which is required under these Regulations to be done by the registered person shall, if done by one of the registered persons, not be required to be done by any of the other registered persons.
Offences
A contravention or failure to comply with any of the provisions of regulations 4 to 6 and 11 to 23 shall be an offence.
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