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Faculty of Nursing
Adult care Nursing Department
risk, corrective measures should be introduced.
Further, these measures should increase whenever milder measures seemingly lack efficacy.
A lack of account ability necessarily leads to the reinforcement of regulatory instruments and
therefore, of deterrence as a regulatory strategy.
At the base of the pyramid, there are recommendations and guidelines indicating the standards
to be followed by regulated entities.
These will be for more frequent and general use in the regulatory process.
It is fundamental that all regulatory instruments and the regulators’ discretionary power are
subject to some moderation by criteria such as prudence, transparency, and accountability
(Whincup 2001). Further, the adopted procedures should be standardized and grounded for
coherence and consistency so that the innovative nature of the regulator is not confused with a
lack of determination.
An integrated vision of the objectives of health care regulation and the means to achieve it is an
important stimulus of regula tory activity.
Responsive regulation depends on the systematic application of accountability arrangements so
that it is possible to achieve effective sunshine regulation and allow the introduction of new
governance models that prioritize citizens’ interests.
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