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Eligibility requirement

Definition in Statutory Guidance

From:

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice

Care Quality Commission

An assessment, for the purpose of the deprivation of liberty safeguards, of whether or not a person is rendered ineligible for a standard deprivation of liberty authorisation because the authorisation would conflict with requirements that are, or could be, placed on the person under the Mental Health Act 1983.

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