225C.14 - PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION.
225C.14 PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION.
1. Except in cases of medical emergency, a person shall be
admitted to a state mental health institute as an inpatient only
after a preliminary diagnostic evaluation performed through the
central point of coordination process has confirmed that the
admission is appropriate to the person's mental health needs, and
that no suitable alternative method of providing the needed services
in a less restrictive setting or in or nearer to the person's home
community is currently available. If provided for through the
central point of coordination process, the evaluation may be
performed by a community mental health center or by an alternative
diagnostic facility. The policy established by this section shall be
implemented in the manner and to the extent prescribed by sections
225C.15, 225C.16 and 225C.17.
2. As used in this section and sections 225C.15, 225C.16 and
225C.17, the term "medical emergency" means a situation in which
a prospective patient is received at a state mental health institute
in a condition which, in the opinion of the chief medical officer, or
that officer's physician designee, requires the immediate admission
of the person notwithstanding the policy stated in subsection 1. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 225B.4; S81, § 225C.13; 81 Acts, ch 78, § 15, 20] Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1170, §18; 96 Acts, ch 1183, § 14; 2004 Acts, ch 1090,
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Referred to in § 225C.12, 225C.15, 225C.16, 331.382