Iowa Code 225.1 – Establishment — definitions
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1. The state psychiatric hospital is established. The hospital shall be especially designed, kept, and administered for the care, observation, and treatment of those persons who are afflicted with abnormal mental conditions.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 225.1
- 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
2. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Mental health and disability services region” means a mental health and disability services region approved in accordance with section 225C.56.
b. “Regional administrator” means the administrator of a mental health and disability services region, as defined in section 225C.55.
c. “Respondent” means the same as defined in section 229.1.