227.4 - STANDARDS FOR CARE OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR MENTAL RETARDATION IN COUNTY CARE FACILITIES.
227.4 STANDARDS FOR CARE OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL
ILLNESS OR MENTAL RETARDATION IN COUNTY CARE FACILITIES.
The administrator, in cooperation with the department of
inspections and appeals, shall recommend and the mental health,
mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and brain injury
commission created in section 225C.5 shall adopt standards for the
care of and services to persons with mental illness or mental
retardation residing in county care facilities. The standards shall
be enforced by the department of inspections and appeals as a part of
the licensure inspection conducted pursuant to chapter 135C. The
objective of the standards is to ensure that persons with mental
illness or mental retardation who are residents of county care
facilities are not only adequately fed, clothed, and housed, but are
also offered reasonable opportunities for productive work and
recreational activities suited to their physical and mental abilities
and offering both a constructive outlet for their energies and, if
possible, therapeutic benefit. When recommending standards under
this section, the administrator shall designate an advisory committee
representing administrators of county care facilities, county mental
health and developmental disabilities regional planning councils, and
county care facility resident advocate committees to assist in the
establishment of standards. Section History: Early Form
[S81, §227.4; 81 Acts, ch 78, § 20, 34] Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 122, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §37; 99 Acts, ch 129, §11;
2004 Acts, ch 1090, §7; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §98
Referred to in § 225C.4, 225C.6, 227.2