MENTAL HEALTH ACT LEGAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION CODE is required for all PATIENTS who have a Hospital Provider Spell which includes the care of a CONSULTANT in the psychiatric specialties or have been discharged from such a Hospital Provider Spell and are required to receive supervised aftercare under the provisions of the Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act 1995.

Note: for the Mental Health Services Data Set, 'Not Known' indicates 'Not Recorded'.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
formerly	LEGAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION CODE
plural	MENTAL HEALTH ACT LEGAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION CODES