229.28 HOSPITALIZATION IN CERTAIN FEDERAL
FACILITIES.
1. When a court finds that the contention that a respondent is
seriously mentally impaired has been sustained or proposes to order
continued hospitalization of any person, or an alternative placement,
as described under section 229.14, subsection 1, paragraph "b" or
"d", and the court is furnished evidence that the respondent or
patient is eligible for care and treatment in a facility operated by
the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of
the United States government and that the facility is willing to
receive the respondent or patient, the court may so order.
a. The respondent or patient, when so hospitalized or placed
in a facility operated by the United States department of veterans
affairs or another agency of the United States government within or
outside of this state, shall be subject to the rules of the United
States department of veterans affairs or other agency, but shall not
thereby lose any procedural rights afforded the respondent or patient
by this chapter.
b. The chief officer of the facility shall have, with respect
to the person so hospitalized or placed, the same powers and duties
as the chief medical officer of a hospital in this state would have
in regard to submission of reports to the court, retention of
custody, transfer, convalescent leave or discharge.
2. Jurisdiction is retained in the court to maintain surveillance
of the person's treatment and care, and at any time to inquire into
that person's mental condition and the need for continued
hospitalization or care and custody.
229.28 HOSPITALIZATION IN CERTAIN FEDERAL
FACILITIES.
1. When a court finds that the contention that a respondent is
seriously mentally impaired has been sustained or proposes to order
continued hospitalization of any person, or an alternative placement,
as described under section 229.14, subsection 1, paragraph "b" or
"d", and the court is furnished evidence that the respondent or
patient is eligible for care and treatment in a facility operated by
the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of
the United States government and that the facility is willing to
receive the respondent or patient, the court may so order.
a. The respondent or patient, when so hospitalized or placed
in a facility operated by the United States department of veterans
affairs or another agency of the United States government within or
outside of this state, shall be subject to the rules of the United
States department of veterans affairs or other agency, but shall not
thereby lose any procedural rights afforded the respondent or patient
by this chapter.
b. The chief officer of the facility shall have, with respect
to the person so hospitalized or placed, the same powers and duties
as the chief medical officer of a hospital in this state would have
in regard to submission of reports to the court, retention of
custody, transfer, convalescent leave or discharge.
2. Jurisdiction is retained in the court to maintain surveillance
of the person's treatment and care, and at any time to inquire into
that person's mental condition and the need for continued
hospitalization or care and custody.
229.28 HOSPITALIZATION IN CERTAIN FEDERAL
FACILITIES.
1. When a court finds that the contention that a respondent is
seriously mentally impaired has been sustained or proposes to order
continued hospitalization of any person, or an alternative placement,
as described under section 229.14, subsection 1, paragraph "b" or
"d", and the court is furnished evidence that the respondent or
patient is eligible for care and treatment in a facility operated by
the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of
the United States government and that the facility is willing to
receive the respondent or patient, the court may so order.
a. The respondent or patient, when so hospitalized or placed
in a facility operated by the United States department of veterans
affairs or another agency of the United States government within or
outside of this state, shall be subject to the rules of the United
States department of veterans affairs or other agency, but shall not
thereby lose any procedural rights afforded the respondent or patient
by this chapter.
b. The chief officer of the facility shall have, with respect
to the person so hospitalized or placed, the same powers and duties
as the chief medical officer of a hospital in this state would have
in regard to submission of reports to the court, retention of
custody, transfer, convalescent leave or discharge.
2. Jurisdiction is retained in the court to maintain surveillance
of the person's treatment and care, and at any time to inquire into
that person's mental condition and the need for continued
hospitalization or care and custody.
