222.55 - PROCEDURE REGARDING A PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
222.55 PROCEDURE REGARDING A PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. If it appears at any time that a person has under the provisions of this chapter been committed to a private institution and should be evaluated and treated in a hospital for persons with mental illness, the person may be hospitalized under any of the provisions of sections 229.2 to 229.15.Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3457; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 222.47; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.55]Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1299, § 7; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113 Hospitalization of persons with mental illness, chapter 229