226.9 - CUSTODY OF PATIENT.
226.9 CUSTODY OF PATIENT.
The superintendent, upon the receipt of a duly executed order of
admission of a patient into the hospital for persons with mental
illness, pursuant to section 229.13, shall take such patient into
custody and restrain the patient as provided by law and the rules of
the administrator, without liability on the part of such
superintendent and all other officers of the hospital to prosecution
of any kind on account thereof, but no person shall be detained in
the hospital who is found by the superintendent to be in good mental
health. Section History: Early Form
[C73, § 1411; C97, § 2278; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3491; C46,
50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 226.9] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113