Senate Amendment 5375


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     1  1    Amend House File 2473, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 2, by inserting after line 15 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 229.10, subsection 1,
     1  6 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read
     1  7 as follows:
     1  8    An examination of the respondent shall be conducted
     1  9 by one or more licensed physicians, as required by the
     1 10 court's order, within a reasonable time.  If the
     1 11 respondent is detained pursuant to section 229.11,
     1 12 subsection 2, the examination shall be conducted
     1 13 within twenty=four hours.  If the respondent is
     1 14 detained pursuant to section 229.11, subsection 1 or
     1 15 3, the examination shall be conducted within forty=
     1 16 eight hours.  If the respondent so desires, the
     1 17 respondent shall be entitled to a separate examination
     1 18 by a licensed physician of the respondent's own
     1 19 choice.  The reasonable cost of such separate each
     1 20 examination shall, if the respondent lacks sufficient
     1 21 funds to pay the cost, be paid from county funds upon
     1 22 order of the court.>
     1 23 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 27 STEVEN H. WARNSTADT
     1 28 HF 2473.302 80
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