Iowa Code 218.30 – Investigation of other institutions
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 218.30
- Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
- persons with mental illness: include persons with psychosis, persons who are severely depressed, and persons with any type of mental disease or mental disorder, except that mental illness does not refer to intellectual disability, or to insanity, diminished responsibility, or mental incompetency as defined and used in the Iowa criminal code or in the rules of criminal procedure, Iowa court rules. See Iowa Code 4.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
The administrators to whom control of institutions has been assigned, or their authorized officers or employees, may investigate charges of abuse, neglect, or mismanagement on the part of an officer or employee of a private institution which is subject to the administrator’s particular supervision or control. The administrator who has been assigned to have authority over the state mental health institutes, or the administrator’s authorized officer or employee, shall also investigate charges concerning county care facilities in which persons with mental illness are served.