904.503 Transfers — persons with mental illness. 1. a. The director may transfer at the expense of the department an inmate of one institution to another institution under the director’s control if the director is satisfied thatthe transfer is in the best interests of the institutions or inmates. b. The director may transfer at the expense of the department an inmate under the director’s jurisdiction from any institution supervised by the director to another institutionunder the control of the director of health and human services with the consent and approvalof the director of health and human services and may transfer an inmate to any otherinstitution for mental or physical examination or treatment retaining jurisdiction over theinmate when so transferred. c. If the juvenile court waives its jurisdiction over a child over thirteen and under eighteen years of age pursuant to section 232.45 so that the child may be prosecuted as an adult andif the child is convicted of a public offense in the district court and committed to the custodyof the director under section 901.7, the director may request transfer of the child to the statetraining school under this section. a public offense in the district court and committed to the custodyof the director under section 901.7, the director may request transfer of the child to the statetraining school under this section. If the director of health and human services consents andapproves the transfer, the child may be retained in temporary custody by the state trainingschool until attaining the age of eighteen, at which time the child shall be returned to thecustody of the director of the department of corrections to serve the remainder of the sentenceimposed by the district court. If the child becomes a security risk or becomes a danger toother residents of the state training school at any time before reaching eighteen years of age,the director of health and human services may immediately return the child to the custody ofthe director of the department of corrections to serve the remainder of the sentence. 2. When the director has cause to believe that an inmate in a state correctional institution is mentally ill, the Iowa department of corrections may cause the inmate to be transferredto the Iowa medical and classification center, or to another appropriate facility within thedepartment, for n is mentally ill, the Iowa department of corrections may cause the inmate to be transferredto the Iowa medical and classification center, or to another appropriate facility within thedepartment, for examination, diagnosis, or treatment. The inmate shall be confined at thatcenter or facility or a state mental health institute until the expiration of the inmate’s sentenceor until the inmate is pronounced in good mental health. If the inmate is pronounced in goodmental health before the expiration of the inmate’s sentence, the inmate shall be returned tothe state correctional institution until the expiration of the inmate’s sentence. 3. When the director has reason to believe that a prisoner in a state correctional institution, whose sentence has expired, is mentally ill, the director shall cause examination to be madeof the prisoner by competent physicians who shall certify to the director whether the prisoneris in good mental health or mentally ill. The director may make further investigation and ifsatisfied that the prisoner is mentally ill, the director may cause the prisoner to be transferredto one of the hospitals for persons with mental illness, or may order the prisoner to stigation and ifsatisfied that the prisoner is mentally ill, the director may cause the prisoner to be transferredto one of the hospitals for persons with mental illness, or may order the prisoner to be confinedin the Iowa medical and classification center. 2. [SS15, §5709-b, -e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3755; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §246.16; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §11] 3. [C97, §5710; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3756; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §246.17; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §12] 83 Acts, ch 96, §21, 92, 159CS83, §217A.31, 246.1684 Acts, ch 1184, §14, 15; 84 Acts, ch 1214, §1C85, §217A.3185 Acts, ch 21, §17 – 19, 54CS85, §246.50389 Acts, ch 80, §1C93, §904.50396 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §55, 209; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §261; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1333 Referred to in §229.26Section amended Sat Dec 23 12:40:17 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 904.503 (25, 2)
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