Iowa Code § 226.9
Custody of patient
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2012
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.
The superintendent, upon the receipt of a duly executed order of admission of a patient into a state mental health institute, pursuant to section 229.13, shall take the patient into custody and restrain the patient as provided by law and the rules of the department, without liability on the part of such superintendent and all other officers of the mental health institute to prosecution of any kind, but no person shall be detained in the mental health institute who is found by the superintendent to be in good mental health.
96 Acts, ch 1129, §113
96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §477
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