229.2 APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTARY ADMISSION --
AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE VOLUNTARY PATIENTS.
1. a. An application for admission to a public or private
hospital for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment as a
voluntary patient may be made by any person who is mentally ill or
has symptoms of mental illness.
b. In the case of a minor, the parent, guardian, or custodian
may make application for admission of the minor as a voluntary
patient.
(1) Upon receipt of an application for voluntary admission of a
minor, the chief medical officer shall provide separate prescreening
interviews and consultations with the parent, guardian or custodian
and the minor to assess the family environment and the
appropriateness of the application for admission.
(2) During the interview and consultation the chief medical
officer shall inform the minor orally and in writing that the minor
has a right to object to the admission. If the chief medical officer
of the hospital to which application is made determines that the
admission is appropriate but the minor objects to the admission, the
parent, guardian or custodian must petition the juvenile court for
approval of the admission before the minor is actually admitted.
(3) As soon as is practicable after the filing of a petition for
juvenile court approval of the admission of the minor, the juvenile
court shall determine whether the minor has an attorney to represent
the minor in the hospitalization proceeding, and if not, the court
shall assign to the minor an attorney. If the minor is financially
unable to pay for an attorney, the attorney shall be compensated by
the county at an hourly rate to be established by the county board of
supervisors in substantially the same manner as provided in section
815.7.
(4) The juvenile court shall determine whether the admission is
in the best interest of the minor and is consistent with the minor's
rights.
(5) The juvenile court shall order hospitalization of a minor,
over the minor's objections, only after a hearing in which it is
shown by clear and convincing evidence that:
(a) The minor needs and will substantially benefit from
treatment.
(b) No other setting which involves less restriction of the
minor's liberties is feasible for the purposes of treatment.
(6) Upon approval of the admission of a minor over the minor's
objections, the juvenile court shall appoint an individual to act as
an advocate representing the interests of the minor in the same
manner as an advocate representing the interests of patients
involuntarily hospitalized pursuant to section 229.19.
2. Upon receiving an application for admission as a voluntary
patient, made pursuant to subsection 1:
a. The chief medical officer of a public hospital shall
receive and may admit the person whose admission is sought, subject
in cases other than medical emergencies to availability of suitable
accommodations and to the provisions of sections 229.41 and 229.42.
b. The chief medical officer of a private hospital may
receive and may admit the person whose admission is sought.
229.2 APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTARY ADMISSION --
AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE VOLUNTARY PATIENTS.
1. a. An application for admission to a public or private
hospital for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment as a
voluntary patient may be made by any person who is mentally ill or
has symptoms of mental illness.
b. In the case of a minor, the parent, guardian, or custodian
may make application for admission of the minor as a voluntary
patient.
(1) Upon receipt of an application for voluntary admission of a
minor, the chief medical officer shall provide separate prescreening
interviews and consultations with the parent, guardian or custodian
and the minor to assess the family environment and the
appropriateness of the application for admission.
(2) During the interview and consultation the chief medical
officer shall inform the minor orally and in writing that the minor
has a right to object to the admission. If the chief medical officer
of the hospital to which application is made determines that the
admission is appropriate but the minor objects to the admission, the
parent, guardian or custodian must petition the juvenile court for
approval of the admission before the minor is actually admitted.
(3) As soon as is practicable after the filing of a petition for
juvenile court approval of the admission of the minor, the juvenile
court shall determine whether the minor has an attorney to represent
the minor in the hospitalization proceeding, and if not, the court
shall assign to the minor an attorney. If the minor is financially
unable to pay for an attorney, the attorney shall be compensated by
the county at an hourly rate to be established by the county board of
supervisors in substantially the same manner as provided in section
815.7.
(4) The juvenile court shall determine whether the admission is
in the best interest of the minor and is consistent with the minor's
rights.
(5) The juvenile court shall order hospitalization of a minor,
over the minor's objections, only after a hearing in which it is
shown by clear and convincing evidence that:
(a) The minor needs and will substantially benefit from
treatment.
(b) No other setting which involves less restriction of the
minor's liberties is feasible for the purposes of treatment.
(6) Upon approval of the admission of a minor over the minor's
objections, the juvenile court shall appoint an individual to act as
an advocate representing the interests of the minor in the same
manner as an advocate representing the interests of patients
involuntarily hospitalized pursuant to section 229.19.
2. Upon receiving an application for admission as a voluntary
patient, made pursuant to subsection 1:
a. The chief medical officer of a public hospital shall
receive and may admit the person whose admission is sought, subject
in cases other than medical emergencies to availability of suitable
accommodations and to the provisions of sections 229.41 and 229.42.
b. The chief medical officer of a private hospital may
receive and may admit the person whose admission is sought.
229.2 APPLICATION FOR VOLUNTARY ADMISSION --
AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE VOLUNTARY PATIENTS.
1. a. An application for admission to a public or private
hospital for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment as a
voluntary patient may be made by any person who is mentally ill or
has symptoms of mental illness.
b. In the case of a minor, the parent, guardian, or custodian
may make application for admission of the minor as a voluntary
patient.
(1) Upon receipt of an application for voluntary admission of a
minor, the chief medical officer shall provide separate prescreening
interviews and consultations with the parent, guardian or custodian
and the minor to assess the family environment and the
appropriateness of the application for admission.
(2) During the interview and consultation the chief medical
officer shall inform the minor orally and in writing that the minor
has a right to object to the admission. If the chief medical officer
of the hospital to which application is made determines that the
admission is appropriate but the minor objects to the admission, the
parent, guardian or custodian must petition the juvenile court for
approval of the admission before the minor is actually admitted.
(3) As soon as is practicable after the filing of a petition for
juvenile court approval of the admission of the minor, the juvenile
court shall determine whether the minor has an attorney to represent
the minor in the hospitalization proceeding, and if not, the court
shall assign to the minor an attorney. If the minor is financially
unable to pay for an attorney, the attorney shall be compensated by
the county at an hourly rate to be established by the county board of
supervisors in substantially the same manner as provided in section
815.7.
(4) The juvenile court shall determine whether the admission is
in the best interest of the minor and is consistent with the minor's
rights.
(5) The juvenile court shall order hospitalization of a minor,
over the minor's objections, only after a hearing in which it is
shown by clear and convincing evidence that:
(a) The minor needs and will substantially benefit from
treatment.
(b) No other setting which involves less restriction of the
minor's liberties is feasible for the purposes of treatment.
(6) Upon approval of the admission of a minor over the minor's
objections, the juvenile court shall appoint an individual to act as
an advocate representing the interests of the minor in the same
manner as an advocate representing the interests of patients
involuntarily hospitalized pursuant to section 229.19.
2. Upon receiving an application for admission as a voluntary
patient, made pursuant to subsection 1:
a. The chief medical officer of a public hospital shall
receive and may admit the person whose admission is sought, subject
in cases other than medical emergencies to availability of suitable
accommodations and to the provisions of sections 229.41 and 229.42.
b. The chief medical officer of a private hospital may
receive and may admit the person whose admission is sought.
