125.88 - STATUS IF COMMITMENT DELAYED.
125.88 STATUS IF COMMITMENT DELAYED.
If a court directs a respondent who was previously ordered taken
into immediate custody under section 125.81 to be placed at a
facility for evaluation and appropriate treatment under section
125.83, and no suitable facility can immediately admit the
respondent, the respondent shall remain in custody as previously
ordered by the court, notwithstanding the time limits stated in
section 125.81, until a suitable facility can admit the respondent.
The court shall take appropriate steps to expedite the admission of
the respondent to a suitable facility at the earliest feasible time.
Section History: Early Form
[82 Acts, ch 1212, § 16]
Referred to in § 125.81, 229.21