226.7  ORDER OF RECEIVING PATIENTS.
 1. a.  Preference in the reception of patients into said
 hospitals shall be exercised in the following order:
 (1)  Cases of less duration than one year.
 (2)  Chronic cases, where the disease is of more than one-year
 duration, presenting the most favorable prospect for recovery.
 (3)  Those for whom application has been longest on file, other
 things being equal.
 b.  Where cases are equally meritorious in all other respects,
 the indigent shall have the preference.
 2.  If the district court commits a patient to a state mental
 health institute and a bed for the patient is not available, the
 institute shall assist the court in locating an alternative placement
 for the patient.
         Section History: Early Form

 [R60, § 1438; C73, § 1422; C97, § 2286; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §
 3489; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 226.7]
         Section History: Recent Form

 92 Acts, ch 1241, § 69; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263