227.10 TRANSFERS FROM COUNTY OR PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS.
Patients who have been admitted at public expense to any
institution to which this chapter is applicable may be involuntarily
transferred to the proper state hospital for persons with mental
illness in the manner prescribed by sections 229.6 to 229.13. The
application required by section 229.6 may be filed by the
administrator of the division or the administrator's designee, or by
the administrator of the institution where the patient is then being
maintained or treated. If the patient was admitted to that
institution involuntarily, the administrator of the division may
arrange and complete the transfer, and shall report it as required of
a chief medical officer under section 229.15, subsection 5. The
transfer shall be made at county expense, and the expense recovered,
as provided in section 227.7. However, transfer under this section
of a patient whose expenses are payable in whole or in part by a
county is subject to an authorization for the transfer through the
central point of coordination process.
227.10 TRANSFERS FROM COUNTY OR PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS.
Patients who have been admitted at public expense to any
institution to which this chapter is applicable may be involuntarily
transferred to the proper state hospital for persons with mental
illness in the manner prescribed by sections 229.6 to 229.13. The
application required by section 229.6 may be filed by the
administrator of the division or the administrator's designee, or by
the administrator of the institution where the patient is then being
maintained or treated. If the patient was admitted to that
institution involuntarily, the administrator of the division may
arrange and complete the transfer, and shall report it as required of
a chief medical officer under section 229.15, subsection 5. The
transfer shall be made at county expense, and the expense recovered,
as provided in section 227.7. However, transfer under this section
of a patient whose expenses are payable in whole or in part by a
county is subject to an authorization for the transfer through the
central point of coordination process.
227.10 TRANSFERS FROM COUNTY OR PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS.
Patients who have been admitted at public expense to any
institution to which this chapter is applicable may be involuntarily
transferred to the proper state hospital for persons with mental
illness in the manner prescribed by sections 229.6 to 229.13. The
application required by section 229.6 may be filed by the
administrator of the division or the administrator's designee, or by
the administrator of the institution where the patient is then being
maintained or treated. If the patient was admitted to that
institution involuntarily, the administrator of the division may
arrange and complete the transfer, and shall report it as required of
a chief medical officer under section 229.15, subsection 5. The
transfer shall be made at county expense, and the expense recovered,
as provided in section 227.7. However, transfer under this section
of a patient whose expenses are payable in whole or in part by a
county is subject to an authorization for the transfer through the
central point of coordination process.
