35D.2 - RIGHT TO ADMISSION.
35D.2 RIGHT TO ADMISSION.
1. Persons described in section 35D.1 who do not have sufficient
means for their own support, or are disabled by disease, wounds, old
age, or otherwise, and are unable to earn a livelihood, and who are
residents of the state of Iowa on the date of the application and
immediately preceding the date the application is accepted, may be
admitted to the home as members under rules adopted by the
commission. Eligibility determinations are subject to approval by
the commandant.
2. A person shall not be received or retained in the home who has
been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional as acutely
mentally ill and considered dangerous to self or others, is an acute
inebriate, or is addicted to the use of drugs, and whose documented
behavior is continuously disruptive to the operation of the facility.
Section History: Early Form