Iowa Code (Last Updated: December 05, 2016) |
Title VI. HUMAN SERVICES |
Chapter 226. STATE MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTES |
Section 226.32. Overcrowded conditions.
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The administrator shall order the discharge or removal from the hospital of incurable and harmless patients whenever it is necessary to make room for recent cases. If a patient who is to be so discharged entered the hospital voluntarily, the administrator shall notify the regional administrator for the county interested at least ten days in advance of the day of actual discharge.
[R60, §1483; C73, §1425; C97, §2289; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3514; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §226.32]
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