§ 218.89 — Abstracts of payrolls

Iowa § 218.89

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 218: INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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218.90 and 218.91 Reserved.
218.92 Residents with dangerous mental disturbances.
Whenaresidentofaninstitutionhasbecomesomentallydisturbedastoconstituteadanger
to self, to other residents or staff of the institution, or to the public, and the institution cannot
provide adequate security, the director or the director’s designee, with the consent of the
director of the Iowa department of corrections, may order the resident to be transferred
to the Iowa medical and classification center, if the superintendent of the institution from
which the resident is to be transferred, with the support of a majority of the medical staff,
recommends the transfer in the interest of the resident, other residents, or the public. If the
resident transferred was hospitalized pursuant to sections 229.6 through 229.15, the transfer
shall be promptly reported to the court that ordered the hospitalization of the resident, as
required by section 229.15, subsection 5. The Iowa medical and classification center has the
same rights, duties, and responsibilities with respect to the resident as the institution from
which the resident was transferred had while hospitalized in the institution. The cost of the
transfer shall be paid from the funds of the institution from which the transfer is made.

Legislative History

[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.92; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §5]