COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

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Tit. X, Ch. 8. PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITAL. §§ 2369-2372-al.
SEC. 2369. Accompanying patients to hospital—payment—sworn
statement.
1 The court may, in his discretion, appoint some person to accom-
2 pany said committed public patient or said voluntary public patient or
3 said committed private patient from the place where he may be to
4 the state psychopathic hospital of the state university at Iowa City,
5 or to accompany such patient from the said hospital to such place as
6 may be designated by the court.
7 Any person appointed by the court or judge to accompany said
8 person to or from the hospital or to make an investigation and report
9 on any question involved in the complaint, other than the physician
10 making the examination, shall receive the sum of three dollars per
11 day for the time actually spent in making such investigation (except
12 in cases where the person appointed therefor receives a fixed salary
13 or compensation) and his actual necessary expenses incurred in mak-
14 ing such investigation or trip.
15 The physician appointed to make the examination and report shall
16 receive the sum of five dollars for each and every examination and
17 report so made, and his actual necessary expenses incurred in making
18 such investigation, in conformity with the requirements of this
19 chapter.
20 The person making claim to such compensation shall present to
21 the court or judge an itemized sworn statement thereof, and when
22 such claim for compensation has been approved by the court or judge,
23 the same shall be filed in the office of the county auditor and shall be
24 allowed by the board of supervisors and paid out of the funds of the
25 county collected for the relief of the poor. If the patient be a female,
26 the person appointed to accompany her must be a woman.
[38 G. A., ch. 235, § 15 ; 39 G. A., ch. 245, § 3.]
SEC. 3370-al. Commitment of private patient as public patient.
1 If any patient be admitted to the state psychopathic hospital and
2 thereafter an order of commitment of said patient as a public patient
3 be made by the court or judge having jurisdiction thereof, the expense
4 of keeping and maintaining said patient from the date of the filing
5 of the information upon which said order is made shall be paid by
6 the state.
[39 G. A., ch. 245, § 5.]
SEC. 2372. Discharge—transfer.
1 The medical director of the state psychopathic hospital may, at
2 any time, discharge any patient as recovered, as improved, or as not
3 likely to be benefited by further treatment, and upon said discharge
4 said director shall notify the committing judge or court thereof; and
5 the said court or judge shall appoint some person to accompany said
6 discharged patient from the said state psychopathic hospital to such
7 place as he may designate, or authorize the said medical director to
8 appoint such attendant.
[38 G. A., ch. 235, § 18 ; 39 G. A., ch. 245, § 4.]
SEC. 2372-al. Death of patient—disposal of body—expense.
1 In the event that a committed public patient or a voluntary public
2 patient or a committed private patient should die while at the state