135H.11 - COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS -- CONFIDENTIALITY.
135H.11 COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS --
CONFIDENTIALITY.
A person may request an inspection of a psychiatric medical
institution for children by filing with the department a complaint of
an alleged violation of an applicable requirement of this chapter or
a rule adopted pursuant to this chapter. The complaint shall state
in a reasonably specific manner the basis of the complaint. A
statement of the nature of the complaint shall be delivered to the
psychiatric institution involved at the time of or prior to the
inspection. The name of the person who files a complaint with the
department shall be kept confidential and shall not be subject to
discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for its
release to a person other than department employees involved in the
investigation of the complaint. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 283, § 12
Referred to in § 135H.12