The administrator of the division shall have the power to place patients of mental health institutes who have no county of legal settlement; who are nonresidents; or whose legal settlement is unknown, on convalescent leave to a private sponsor or in any health care facility licensed under chapter 135C, when in the opinion of the administrator said placement is in the best interests of the patient and the state of Iowa. If the patient was involuntarily hospitalized the district court which hospitalized the patient must be informed when the patient is placed on convalescent leave, as required by section 229.15, subsection 4.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3446; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 222.36; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 229.43]
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