1.
a.The director may transfer at the expense of the department an inmate of one
institution to another institution under the director’s control if the director is satisfied that
the transfer is in the best interests of the institutions or inmates.
b.The director may transfer at the expense of the department an inmate under the
director’s jurisdiction from any institution supervised by the director to another institution
under the control of the director of health and human services with the consent and approval
of the director of health and human services and may transfer an inmate to any other
institution for mental or physical examination or treatment retaining jurisdiction over the
inmate when so transferred.
c.If the juvenile court waives its jurisdiction over a child over thirteen
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1. a. The director may transfer at the expense of the department an inmate of one
institution to another institution under the director’s control if the director is satisfied that
the transfer is in the best interests of the institutions or inmates.
b. The director may transfer at the expense of the department an inmate under the
director’s jurisdiction from any institution supervised by the director to another institution
under the control of the director of health and human services with the consent and approval
of the director of health and human services and may transfer an inmate to any other
institution for mental or physical examination or treatment retaining jurisdiction over the
inmate when so transferred.
c. If the juvenile court waives its jurisdiction over a child over thirteen and under eighteen
years of age pursuant to section 232.45 so that the child may be prosecuted as an adult and
if the child is convicted of a public offense in the district court and committed to the custody
of the director under section 901.7, the director may request transfer of the child to the state
training school under this section. If the director of health and human services consents and
approves the transfer, the child may be retained in temporary custody by the state training
school until attaining the age of eighteen, at which time the child shall be returned to the
custodyofthedirectorofthedepartmentofcorrectionstoservetheremainderofthesentence
imposed by the district court. If the child becomes a security risk or becomes a danger to
other residents of the state training school at any time before reaching eighteen years of age,
the director of health and human services may immediately return the child to the custody of
the director of the department of corrections to serve the remainder of the sentence.
2. When the director has cause to believe that an inmate in a state correctional institution
is mentally ill, the Iowa department of corrections may cause the inmate to be transferred
to the Iowa medical and classification center, or to another appropriate facility within the
department, for examination, diagnosis, or treatment. The inmate shall be confined at that
centerorfacilityorastatementalhealthinstituteuntiltheexpirationoftheinmate’ssentence
or until the inmate is pronounced in good mental health. If the inmate is pronounced in good
mental health before the expiration of the inmate’s sentence, the inmate shall be returned to
the state correctional institution until the expiration of the inmate’s sentence.
3. Whenthedirectorhasreasontobelievethataprisonerinastatecorrectionalinstitution,
whose sentence has expired, is mentally ill, the director shall cause examination to be made
of the prisoner by competent physicians who shall certify to the director whether the prisoner
is in good mental health or mentally ill. The director may make further investigation and if
satisfied that the prisoner is mentally ill, the director may cause the prisoner to be transferred
tooneofthehospitalsforpersonswithmentalillness,ormayordertheprisonertobeconfined
in the Iowa medical and classification center.
2. [SS15, §5709-b, -e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3755; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,
81, §246.16; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §11]
3. [C97, §5710; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3756; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,
§246.17; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §12]