§ 227.15

227.15 Authority to involuntarily confine. A person shall not be involuntarily confined and restrained in any private or county facility or other general hospital with a psychiatric ward for the care or treatment of persons with mental illness, except by the procedure prescribed in sections 229.6 through 229.15. [S13, §2727-a66; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3532; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.15] 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §119; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §514 Section amended