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Registration Authority key documents and forms

Care Identity Service forms, Registration Authority policy, Operation and Process guidance and the National RBAC Database.

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Care Identity Service forms

The Care Identity Service forms are used by Registration Authorities to record information offline, when Care Identity Service is unavailable or not used by an organisation. This information may then be used to enter information into Care Identity Service later.

The forms include RA08, to request to add or remove a Registration Authority parent link. Go to the Care Identity Service forms page.

Registration Authority Policy

Local registration authority managers will find it useful to refer to the Registration Authority Policy. This policy was updated on 31 January 2022.

Terms and conditions

Read our terms and conditions for NHS CIS1 and CIS2 Authentication.

Privacy notice

Read our privacy policy for NHS CIS1 and CIS2 Authentication.

Operations and process guidance

The 'Registration Authorities Operational and Process Guidance' document was last updated in 2016 has now been archived. The last PDF version of the document is available at the Government Web Archive.

National Role-based Access Control (RBAC) table

Note: for an up-to-date list of roles, including those introduced for ARRS staff, go to Appointments in General Practice : SDS Role Groups.

Secure authentication for Robotic Process Automation

Last edited: 13 August 2026 1:00 pm