Nursing Home Minimum Standards - Regulation and Quality ...

When the home runs a scheme where the patients are charged
for the running costs, and no profit is included in the charges,
the insurance company provides written confirmation that the
insurance policy covers the shared use of the vehicle.
18.8 Where a vehicle is owned by a group of patients, records are
kept of its use and running costs, and of the charges made to
each patient.
18.9 Records are kept of the maintenance of vehicles, the reporting
and repair of defects, and all required legislative documents.
18.10 Staff in the vehicle can make contact with the home by use of
mobile phone or other means of communication.
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