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225.17 Committed private patient---treatment.

If the judge of the district court, finds upon the review and determination made under the provisions of section 225.14 that the respondent is an appropriate subject for placement at the state psychiatric hospital, and that the respondent, or those legally responsible for the respondent, are able to pay the expenses thereof, the judge shall enter an order directing that the respondent shall be sent to the state psychiatric hospital at the state University of Iowa for observation, treatment, and hospital care as a committed private patient.

When the respondent arrives at the said hospital, the respondent shall receive the same treatment as is provided for committed public patients in section 225.15, in compliance with sections 229.13 to 229.16.

Section History: Early form

[C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3971; C39, § 3482.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 225.17]


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