225.16 - VOLUNTARY PUBLIC PATIENTS -- ADMISSION.
225.16 VOLUNTARY PUBLIC PATIENTS -- ADMISSION.
1. If the county board of supervisors or the board's designee
finds from the physician's information which was filed under the
provisions of section 225.10 that it would be appropriate for the
person to be admitted to the state psychiatric hospital, and the
report of the county board of supervisors or the board's designee
made pursuant to section 225.13 shows that the person and those who
are legally responsible for the person are not able to pay the
expenses incurred at the hospital, or are able to pay only a part of
the expenses, the person shall be considered to be a voluntary public
patient and the board of supervisors shall direct that the person
shall be sent to the state psychiatric hospital at the state
university of Iowa for observation, treatment, and hospital care.
2. When the patient arrives at the hospital, the patient shall be
cared for in the same manner as is provided for committed public
patients in section 225.15. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3970; C39, § 3482.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 225.16] Section History: Recent Form
2006 Acts, ch 1059, §5