Iowa Code § 226.13
Patients allowed to write
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2012
The name and address of the administrator shall be kept posted in every ward in each hospital. Every patient shall be allowed to write once a week what the patient pleases to said administrator and to any other person. The superintendent may send letters addressed to other parties to the administrator for inspection before forwarding them to the individual addressed.
The name and address of the director shall be posted in every ward in each mental health institute. Every patient shall be allowed to write once a week what the patient pleases to the director and to any other person. The superintendent may send letters addressed to other parties to the director for inspection before forwarding them to the individual addressed.
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