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229.45 PROVISION OF SUMMARY OF PROCEDURES TO
APPLICANT IN INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT.
The department of human services, in consultation with the office
of attorney general, shall develop a summary of the procedures
involved in an involuntary commitment and information concerning the
participation of an applicant in the proceedings. The summary shall
be provided by the department, at the department's expense, to the
clerks of the district court who shall make the summary available to
all applicants prior to the filing of a verified application, or to
any other person upon request, and who shall attach a copy of the
summary to the notice of hearing which is served upon the respondent
under section 125.77 or 229.7. The summary may include, but is not
limited to, the following:
1. The statutory criteria for ordering that a person be
involuntarily committed under chapter 125 or sections 229.11 and
229.13.
2. A description of the hearing process.
3. An explanation of the applicant's right to testify and
examples of the kinds of relevant information which may be introduced
at the hearing.
4. An explanation of the duties of the county attorney in civil
commitment proceedings. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1024, §1
