225.10 - VOLUNTARY PUBLIC PATIENTS.
225.10 VOLUNTARY PUBLIC PATIENTS.
Persons suffering from mental diseases may be admitted to the
state psychiatric hospital as voluntary public patients as follows:
Any physician authorized to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine
in the state of Iowa may file information with the board of
supervisors of the person's county of residence or the board's
designee, stating that the physician has examined the person and
finds that the person is suffering from some abnormal mental
condition that can probably be remedied by observation, treatment,
and hospital care; that the physician believes it would be
appropriate for the person to enter the state psychiatric hospital
for that purpose and that the person is willing to do so; and that
neither the person nor those legally responsible for the person are
able to provide the means for the observation, treatment, and
hospital care. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3964; C39, § 3482.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 225.10] Section History: Recent Form
2006 Acts, ch 1059, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, § 141
Referred to in § 225.12, 225.16, 225.30
Additional information blanks; §225.30