229.26 - EXCLUSIVE PROCEDURE FOR INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION.
229.26 EXCLUSIVE PROCEDURE FOR INVOLUNTARY
HOSPITALIZATION.
Sections 229.6 through 229.19 constitute the exclusive procedure
for involuntary hospitalization of persons by reason of serious
mental impairment in this state, except that this chapter does not
negate the provisions of section 904.503 relating to transfer of
prisoners with mental illness to state hospitals for persons with
mental illness and does not apply to commitments of persons under
chapter 812 or the rules of criminal procedure, Iowa court rules, or
negate the provisions of section 232.51 relating to disposition of
children with mental illness or mental retardation. Section History: Early Form
[C77, 79, 81, § 229.26] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1323, § 3; 85 Acts, ch 21, §36; 87 Acts, ch 90, § 4;
88 Acts, ch 1134, § 45; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 58; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §
108; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §125, 132