Iowa Statutes
§ 226.9 — Custody of patient
Iowa § 226.9
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 226.9 (2026).
Text
The superintendent, upon the receipt of a duly executed order of admission of a patient
into a state mental health institute, pursuant to section 229.13, shall take the patient into
custody and restrain the patient as provided by law and the rules of the department, without
liability on the part of such superintendent and all other officers of the mental health institute
to prosecution of any kind, but no person shall be detained in the mental health institute who
is found by the superintendent to be in good mental health.
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Legislative History
[C73, §1411; C97, §2278; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3491; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
79, 81, §226.9]
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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Bluebook (online)
Iowa § 226.9, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ia/226.9.