legislation Flashcards
disability discrimination ACT 2005
DDA
Aims to end discrimination
- Unemployment, Education, Access to goods, facilities, services, Buying or renting property, Functions of public bodies, Long term conditions, Progressive conditions, HIV, cancer, diabetes, MS, Learning disabilities, Mental health conditions, Mobility impaired, Blind, Deaf
Must treat someone regardless of disability
- AFARP adaptations to surgery:
- Hearing loop; Access ramp; Braille leaflets; Domiciliary visits
equality act 2010
Protect rights of individuals
- Advance equality of opportunity for all
Update, simplify & strengthen DDA
Ethical issues:
- Advocacy; Capacity; Consent; AWI; MCA; Restraint
9 protected characteristics of equality act 2010
- age
- disability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity
- race
- religion or belief
- sex
- sexual orientation
adults with incapactity act (Scotland) 2000
AWI
- No one can make decisions you can make yourself
- Consent & capacity
- Principles of AWI
- Welfare POA;
- welfare Guardian;
- General authority to treat
metal health capacity act (eng and wales)
- People >16 are presumed to have capacity to consent unless there is evidence to contrary
- Pt suffering from mental disorder or physical impairment does not necessarily lack capacity
- Allows pt to appoint someone to make decisions on their behalf once they lose ability
- Code of practise
mental health act (scotland) 2003
MHA
Management & treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders
Allow some people with severe mental disabilities to be compulsorily detained in a psychiatric hospital
- Emergency detention: 72 hours
- Short term detention: 28 days
- Compulsory Treatment Order: 6 months
if Tx available for Person who has a mental disorder to stop condition getting worse
- If medical tx is not provide, there would be significant risk posed to person or others
Due to disorder, patients ability to make decision is significantly impaired
Compulsory detainment is necessary
UN convention of rights of child UNRC 89
based on needds of a child
- protection
- participation
- provision
child and yound peoples charter
6 elements
- Right to respect;
- Right to info about yourself;
- Right to be protected
- Right to a good start;
- Right to have a say in your life;
- Right to be & feel secure
The Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Any person U16
Anyone U18 subject to a supervision requirement
- Welfare of child is paramount
- No court/childrens hearing should make order/supervision requirement unless it is in childs best interest
- Childs views, accounting age & understanding, should be taken into account where major decisions are made about their future
Parental responsibilities:
- Safeguard & promote childs health, development or futue
- Direction until 16 & guidance until 18
- Regular contact with child until 16
Human Rights act
year
1998
age of legal capacity act 1991
ALCA
Anyone U16 has legal capacity to consent on his or her behalf to any surgical, medical or dental procedure or treatment including psychiatric exam
- Where in the opinion of attending medical practitioner, they are capable of understanding the nature & possible consequences of procedure & treatment
national guidance for child protection in scotland 2010
Categories of registration removed
Registration of unborn children
Broaden definition of child protection beyond familial abuse
Guidance enables managers & practitioners to apply their skills collectively & effectively to support & protect children, particularly the most vulnerable
Needs of children:
- Warmth, clothes, food, love, protection, med & dent care, education, housing
protection of children (scotland) act 2003
Update protection of children act 93
Offences against a child
Child care positions
COSHH
control of substances hazardous to health
2002
disposal of amalgam
3 pieces
COSHH 2002
environmental protection 1990
hazardous waste directive 2011
