1. Persons described in section 35D.1 who do not have sufficient means for their own support, or are disabled by disease, wounds, old age, or otherwise, and are unable to earn a livelihood, and who are residents of the state of Iowa on the date of the application and immediately preceding the date the application is accepted, may be admitted to the home as members under rules adopted by the commission. Eligibility determinations are subject to approval by the commandant.
2. A person shall not be received or retained in the home who has been diagnosed by a qualified mental health professional as acutely mentally ill and considered dangerous to self or others, is an acute inebriate, or is addicted to the use of drugs, and whose documented behavior is continuously disruptive to the operation of the facility.
1. [C97, § 2602; S13, § 2602, 2606; SS15, § 2606; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3366; C39, § 3384.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 219.2]
2. [C97, § 2605; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3370; C39, § 3384.13; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 219.13]
84 Acts, ch 1277, § 2
C85, § 219.2
92 Acts, ch 1140, § 23
C93, § 35D.2
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