Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 226 - STATE MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTES

Section 226.1 - Official designation — definitions. - 226.1 Official designation — definitions. 1. The state hospitals for...

Section 226.2 - Qualifications of superintendent. - 226.2 Qualifications of superintendent. The superintendent of each institute must...

Section 226.3 - Assistant physicians. - 226.3 Assistant physicians. The assistant physicians shall be of such...

Section 226.4 - Salary of superintendent. - 226.4 Salary of superintendent. The salary of the superintendent of...

Section 226.5 - Superintendent as witness. - 226.5 Superintendent as witness. The superintendents and assistant physicians of...

Section 226.6 - Duties of superintendent. - 226.6 Duties of superintendent. The superintendent shall: 1. Have the...

Section 226.7 - Order of receiving patients. - 226.7 Order of receiving patients. 1. a. Preference in the...

Section 226.8 - Persons with an intellectual disability not receivable — exception. - 226.8 Persons with an intellectual disability not receivable — exception....

Section 226.9 - Custody of patient. - 226.9 Custody of patient. The superintendent, upon the receipt of...

Section 226.9A - Custody of juvenile patients. - 226.9A Custody of juvenile patients. Effective January 1, 1991, a...

Section 226.9B - Net general fund appropriation — psychiatric medical institution for children. - 226.9B Net general fund appropriation — psychiatric medical institution for...

Section 226.9C - Net general fund appropriation — dual diagnosis program. - 226.9C Net general fund appropriation — dual diagnosis program. Repealed...

Section 226.10 - Equal treatment. - 226.10 Equal treatment. The patients of the state mental health...

Section 226.11 - Special care permitted. - 226.11 Special care permitted. Patients may have such special care...

Section 226.12 - Monthly reports. - 226.12 Monthly reports. The administrator shall assure that the superintendent...

Section 226.13 - Patients allowed to write. - 226.13 Patients allowed to write. The name and address of...

Section 226.14 - Writing material. - 226.14 Writing material. Every patient shall be furnished by the...

Section 226.15 - Letters to administrator. - 226.15 Letters to administrator. The superintendent or other officer in...

Section 226.16 - Unauthorized departure and retaking. - 226.16 Unauthorized departure and retaking. It shall be the duty...

Section 226.17 - Expense attending retaking. - 226.17 Expense attending retaking. All actual and necessary expenses incurred...

Section 226.18 - Investigation as to mental health. - 226.18 Investigation as to mental health. The administrator may investigate...

Section 226.19 - Discharge — certificate. - 226.19 Discharge — certificate. 1. Every patient shall be discharged...

Section 226.22 - Clothing furnished. - 226.22 Clothing furnished. Upon such discharge the business manager shall...

Section 226.23 - Convalescent leave of patients. - 226.23 Convalescent leave of patients. Upon the recommendation of the...

Section 226.26 - Dangerous patients. - 226.26 Dangerous patients. The administrator, on the recommendation of the...

Section 226.27 - Patient accused or acquitted of crime or awaiting judgment. - 226.27 Patient accused or acquitted of crime or awaiting judgment....

Section 226.30 - Transfer of dangerous patients. - 226.30 Transfer of dangerous patients. When a patient of any...

Section 226.31 - Examination by court — notice. - 226.31 Examination by court — notice. Before granting the order...

Section 226.32 - Overcrowded conditions. - 226.32 Overcrowded conditions. The administrator shall order the discharge or...

Section 226.33 - Notice to court. - 226.33 Notice to court. When a patient who was hospitalized...

Section 226.34 - Investigation of death — notice. - 226.34 Investigation of death — notice. 1. Upon the death...

Section 226.40 - Emergency patients. - 226.40 Emergency patients. In case of emergency disaster, with the...

Section 226.41 - Charge permitted. - 226.41 Charge permitted. The hospital is authorized to make a...

Section 226.42 - Emergency powers of superintendents. - 226.42 Emergency powers of superintendents. In case the mental health...

Section 226.43 - Fund created. - 226.43 Fund created. There is hereby established at each hospital...

Section 226.44 - Deposits. - 226.44 Deposits. Any funds, including social security benefits, coming into...

Section 226.45 - Reimbursement to county or state. - 226.45 Reimbursement to county or state. If a patient is...

Section 226.46 - Deposit of fund. - 226.46 Deposit of fund. The business manager shall deposit the...

Section 226.47 - Administrator defined. - 226.47 Administrator defined. Repealed by 2015 Acts, ch 69, §79.