227.15 Authority to confine in hospital.
No person shall be involuntarily confined and restrained in any private institution or hospital or county hospital or other general hospital with a psychiatric ward for the care or treatment of persons with mental illness, except by the procedure prescribed in sections 229.6 through 229.15.
[S13, §2727-a66; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3532; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.15]
96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §119
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Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
Section 227.1 - Definitions — supervision.
Section 227.3 - Residents to have hearing.
Section 227.6 - Removal of residents.
Section 227.7 - Cost — collection from county.
Section 227.8 - Notification to guardians.
Section 227.9 - Investigating mental health.
Section 227.10 - Transfers from county or private institutions.
Section 227.11 - Transfers from state hospitals.
Section 227.12 - Difference of opinion.
Section 227.13 - Discharge of transferred patient.
Section 227.14 - Caring for persons with mental illness from other counties.