Iowa Statutes
§ 226.16 — Unauthorized departure and retaking
Iowa § 226.16
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 226.16 (2026).
Text
The superintendent and all other officers and employees of any mental health institute, in
case of the unauthorized departure of any involuntarily hospitalized patient, shall exercise
all due diligence to take into protective custody and return the patient to the mental health
institute. A notification by the superintendent of such unauthorized departure to any peace
officer of the state or to any private person shall be sufficient authority to such officer or
person to take and return the patient to the mental health institute.
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Legislative History
[R60, §1445; C73, §1423; C97, §2287; S13, §2287; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3498; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §226.16]
Nearby Sections
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§ 226.10
Equal treatment§ 226.11
Special care permitted§ 226.12
Monthly reports§ 226.13
Patients allowed to write§ 226.14
Writing material§ 226.15
Letters to director§ 226.17
Expense attending retaking§ 226.19
Discharge — certificate§ 226.22
Clothing furnished§ 226.23
Convalescent leave of patients§ 226.26
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Iowa § 226.16, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ia/226.16.