If the judge of the district court, or the clerk of the court, as aforesaid, finds from the physician's information which was filed under the provisions of section 225.10, that it would be appropriate for the person to enter the state psychiatric hospital, and the report of the county attorney shows that neither the person nor those legally responsible for the person, are able to pay the expenses thereof, or able to pay only a part of the expenses, the judge or clerk shall enter an order directing that the said person shall be sent to the state psychiatric hospital at the state University of Iowa for observation, treatment, and hospital care as a voluntary public patient.
When the said patient arrives at the hospital, the patient shall receive the same treatment as is provided for committed public patients in section 225.15.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3970; C39, § 3482.16; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 225.16]
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