229.14B  ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY.
 A person who is placed in a hospital or other suitable facility
 for evaluation under section 229.13 or who is required to remain
 hospitalized for treatment under section 229.14 shall remain at that
 hospital or facility unless discharged or otherwise permitted to
 leave by the court or the chief medical officer of the hospital or
 facility.  If a person placed at a hospital or facility or required
 to remain at a hospital or facility leaves the facility without
 permission or without having been discharged, the chief medical
 officer may notify the sheriff of the person's absence and the
 sheriff shall take the person into custody and return the person
 promptly to the hospital or facility.
         Section History: Recent Form

 92 Acts, ch 1072, § 4
 C93, §229.14A
 2001 Acts, ch 155, §32, 40
 CS2001, §229.14B
 Referred to in § 218.92, 222.7, 222.55, 225.15, 225.17, 226.31,
 227.15, 229.17, 229.21, 229.26, 229.38