230.6 - INVESTIGATION BY ADMINISTRATOR.
230.6 INVESTIGATION BY ADMINISTRATOR.
The administrator shall immediately investigate the legal
settlement of a patient and proceed as follows:
1. If the administrator concurs with a certified determination of
legal settlement concerning the patient, the administrator shall
cause the patient either to be transferred to a state hospital for
persons with mental illness at the expense of the state, or to be
transferred, with approval of the court as required by chapter 229 to
the place of foreign settlement.
2. If the administrator disputes a certified legal settlement
determination, the administrator shall order the patient to be
maintained at a state hospital for persons with mental illness at the
expense of the state until the dispute is resolved.
3. If the administrator disputes a legal settlement
determination, the administrator shall utilize the procedure provided
in section 225C.8 to resolve the dispute. A determination of the
person's legal settlement status made pursuant to section 225C.8 is
conclusive. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2727-a28a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3586; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 230.6] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 97 Acts, ch 23, § 18; 2004 Acts, ch 1090,
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