227.4 - STANDARDS FOR CARE OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR MENTAL RETARDATION IN COUNTY CARE FACILITIES.

        227.4  STANDARDS FOR CARE OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL
      ILLNESS OR MENTAL RETARDATION IN COUNTY CARE FACILITIES.
         The administrator, in cooperation with the department of
      inspections and appeals, shall recommend and the mental health,
      mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and brain injury
      commission created in section 225C.5 shall adopt standards for the
      care of and services to persons with mental illness or mental
      retardation residing in county care facilities.  The standards shall
      be enforced by the department of inspections and appeals as a part of
      the licensure inspection conducted pursuant to chapter 135C.  The
      objective of the standards is to ensure that persons with mental
      illness or mental retardation who are residents of county care
      facilities are not only adequately fed, clothed, and housed, but are
      also offered reasonable opportunities for productive work and
      recreational activities suited to their physical and mental abilities
      and offering both a constructive outlet for their energies and, if
      possible, therapeutic benefit.  When recommending standards under
      this section, the administrator shall designate an advisory committee
      representing administrators of county care facilities, county mental
      health and developmental disabilities regional planning councils, and
      county care facility resident advocate committees to assist in the
      establishment of standards.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S81, §227.4; 81 Acts, ch 78, § 20, 34] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         85 Acts, ch 122, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §37; 99 Acts, ch 129, §11;
      2004 Acts, ch 1090, §7; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §98
         Referred to in § 225C.4, 225C.6, 227.2