218.46 - SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.
218.46 SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.
1. The administrator who is in charge of an institution shall
encourage the scientific investigation, on the part of the
superintendent and medical staff of the institution, as to the most
successful methods of institutional management and treating the
persons committed to the institution. In addition, the administrator
shall procure and furnish to the superintendent and medical staff
information relative to such management and treatment and, from time
to time, publish bulletins and reports of scientific and clinical
work done in that type of institution.
2. The administrators of such state institutions are authorized
to provide services and facilities for the scientific observation,
rechecking, and treatment of persons with mental illness within the
state. Application by, or on behalf of, any person for such services
and facilities shall be made to the administrator in charge of the
particular institution involved and shall be made on forms furnished
by such administrator. The time and place of admission of any person
to outpatient or clinical services and facilities for scientific
observation, rechecking and treatment and the use of such services
and facilities for the benefit of persons who have already been
hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation and appropriate treatment or
involuntarily hospitalized as seriously mentally ill shall be in
accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the administrator in
control of the particular institution involved. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2727-a27; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3329; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 218.46] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 2000 Acts, ch
1112, §16
Publications; § 7A.27