225.18 Attendants.
The regional administrator may appoint an attendant to accompany the committed public patient or the voluntary public patient or the committed private patient from the place where the patient may be to the state psychiatric hospital, or to accompany the patient from the hospital to a place as may be designated by the regional administrator. If a patient is moved pursuant to this section, at least one attendant shall be of the same gender as the patient.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, §3974; C39, §3482.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §225.18]
85 Acts, ch 99, §4; 2006 Acts, ch 1059, §7; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §27
Referred to in §225.19
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 225 - PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
Section 225.1 - Establishment — definitions.
Section 225.2 - Name — location.
Section 225.3 - Under control of state board of regents.
Section 225.5 - Cooperation of hospitals.
Section 225.7 - Classes of patients.
Section 225.9 - Voluntary private patients.
Section 225.10 - Voluntary public patients.
Section 225.11 - Initiating commitment procedures.
Section 225.12 - Voluntary public patient — physician’s report.
Section 225.13 - Financial condition.
Section 225.14 - Patient costs.
Section 225.15 - Examination and treatment.
Section 225.16 - Voluntary public patients — admission.
Section 225.17 - Committed private patient — treatment.
Section 225.19 - Compensation for attendant.
Section 225.20 - Compensation for physician.
Section 225.21 - Compensation claims — filing — approval.
Section 225.22 - Liability of private patients — payment.
Section 225.23 - Collection for treatment.
Section 225.24 - Collection of preliminary expense.
Section 225.25 - Commitment of private patient as public.
Section 225.26 - Private patients — disposition of funds.
Section 225.27 - Discharge — transfer.
Section 225.28 - Appropriation.
Section 225.30 - Blanks — audit.
Section 225.32 - Report and order to accompany patient.
Section 225.33 - Death of patient — disposal of body.