Iowa Code § 225.12
Voluntary public patient — physician’s or physician assistant’s report
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
A physician filing information under section 225.10 shall include a written report to the county board of supervisors or the board’s designee, giving a history of the case as will be likely to aid in the observation, treatment, and hospital care of the person named in the information and describing the history in detail.
A physician or a physician assistant who meets the qualifications set forth in the definition of a mental health professional in section 228.1 shall submit a detailed history of the case to an administrative services organization as will be likely to aid in the observation, treatment, and hospital care of the person.
2024 amendment effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137
Section amended
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