health legislation

collocation in English

meaningsofhealthandlegislation

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health
noun[U]
uk
/helθ/us
/helθ/
the condition of the body and the degree to which it is free from illness, or the state of ...
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legislation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌledʒ.ɪˈsleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌledʒ.əˈsleɪ.ʃən/
a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by ...
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(Definition ofhealthandlegislationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some of the more general theoretical passages on illness classification or mentalhealthlegislationare rather dry, although accurate and concise.
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Chapter 4 provides the international norms of mentalhealthlegislationand summarizes the key elements governing any mental health legislation to be enacted.
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Lancashire reformers lacked a common goal or a united health discourse, resulting in few reforms in weaving towns and little effectivehealthlegislation.
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Further problems arose due to local variation in the implementation of permissive publichealthlegislation, and the low status and poor training of nuisance inspectors appointed to examine meat.
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Healthlegislationat imperial level was rare.
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The remainder were either released without charge, bailed to return, cautioned, charged under other legislation or dealt with under immigration or mentalhealthlegislation.
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It was taken into public ownership under environmentalhealthlegislation.
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The powers that local authorities have under environmentalhealthlegislationdo not help.
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Why are they twice as likely to be detained in hospital under mentalhealthlegislation?
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That is a long statute, even by the standards of housing, town planning and publichealthlegislation.
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Incidentally, he answered me on adoption, but he did not tell me what has happened to the proposed reform of mentalhealthlegislation.
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The history of safety andhealthlegislationover, perhaps, the last 150 years, reveals a fascinating story, in which one point stands out clearly.
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When the time comes for revision of publichealthlegislationtheir adequacy will be considered.
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However, there is no such thing as a definition of a psychopathic personality in mentalhealthlegislation.
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Mentalhealthlegislationbegan in the first half of the eighteenth century.
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I wish that all references to cohabitees could be removed from other areas of social security andhealthlegislation.
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The whole course of publichealthlegislationhas been of a permissive sort.
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There is at present a wide field of employment not covered by any specific safety andhealthlegislation.
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The responsibilities of port medical officers are set out in the national and international publichealthlegislationwhich they enforce; no guidelines are issued centrally.
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Primary mentalhealthlegislationis the place to have the discussion, and that is indeed taking place.
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