226.32  Overcrowded conditions.

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 auditor of the county interested at least ten days in advance of the day of actual discharge.

Section History: Early form

  [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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