Iowa Statutes
§ 229.38 — Cruelty or official misconduct
Iowa § 229.38
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Bluebook
Iowa Code § 229.38 (2026).
Text
If any person having the care of a person with mental illness who has voluntarily entered
a hospital or other facility for treatment or care, or who is responsible for psychiatric
examination care, treatment, and maintenance of any person involuntarily hospitalized
under sections 229.6 through 229.15, whether in a hospital or elsewhere, with or without
proper authority, shall treat such patient with unnecessary severity, harshness, or cruelty,
or in any way abuse the patient or if any person unlawfully detains or deprives of liberty
any person with mental illness or any person who is alleged to have mental illness, or if any
officer required by the provisions of this chapter and chapter 226, to perform any act shall
willfully refuse or neglect to perform the same, the offending person shal
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Legislative History
[C73, §1415, 1416, 1440, 1445; C97, §2307; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3578; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.38]
Nearby Sections
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§ 229.1
Definitions§ 229.12
Hearing procedure§ 229.14
Chief medical officer’s report§ 229.14A
Placement order — notice and hearing§ 229.14B
Escape from custody§ 229.15
Periodic reports required§ 229.1A
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