# Continuity Admission Control
**Domain:** Deep Time / Public Service / Eligibility
**Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Entry
**Maturity:** Developed
**Evidence / Concept Status:** Future constitutional concept
## Definition
**Continuity Admission Control** is the set of legal criteria determining which preserved or executable entities enter protected continuity service.
## Why It Matters for Deep Time Continuity
It is where identity verification, personhood, service class, citizenship, funding, and scarce capacity converge.
## Existing Architecture / Evidence
Public benefits and regulated services already use eligibility frameworks.
## Deep-Time Continuity Analysis
Deep-time admission rules may determine whether an entity receives preservation, execution, migration, or provider-of-last-resort protection.
## Evidentiary Boundary
Admission control must not silently become unreviewable life-and-death discretion.
## Related Ontology
[[wiki/Continuity Service Class|Continuity Service Class]] · [[wiki/Continuity Citizenship|Continuity Citizenship]] · [[wiki/Digital Entity Due Process|Digital Entity Due Process]] · [[wiki/Status-Triggered Continuity Liability|Status-Triggered Continuity Liability]]
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## Canonical Branch
[[wiki/Deep Time Continuity|Deep Time Continuity]]
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