Mae'r rheoliadau'n deillio o Ddeddf Rheoleiddio ac Arolygu Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2016, sy'n nodi'r fframwaith statudol newydd ar gyfer rheoleiddio ac arolygu gwasanaethau gofal cymdeithasol, ac yn diwygio'r gwaith o reoleiddio'r gweithlu gofal cymdeithasol yng Nghymru.
The regulations flow from the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, which sets the new legal framework for the regulation and inspection of social care services and reforms the regulation of the social care workforce in Wales.