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Iowa Code § 229.3 (2026)

Discharge of voluntary patients

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Any voluntary patient who has recovered, or whose hospitalization the chief medical officer of the hospital determines is no longer advisable, shall be discharged. Any voluntary patient may be discharged if to do so would in the judgment of the chief medical officer contribute to the most effective use of the hospital in the care and treatment of that patient and of other persons with mental illness. [C77, 79, 81, §229.3] 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113 Referred to in §226.19

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1949–2010 · leading case: Stamus v. Leonhardt, 414 F. Supp. 439 (S.D. Iowa 1976).
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Stamus v. Leonhardt, 414 F. Supp. 439 (S.D. Iowa 1976). · cites it 4× “Iowa Code § 229.3 . The commission then determined whether it would be “in the best interests of the person to be examined at a state mental health institute.”
In re B.T.G., 784 N.W.2d 792 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “to undergo a complete psychiatric evalua *795 tion and appropriate treatment pursuant to Iowa Code section 229.3. The order also identified the placement facility as IMCC.”
Hiatt v. Soucek, 36 N.W.2d 432 (Iowa 1949). “In a later case we again said the constitutional right of such person to due process is safeguarded by his right of appeal to the district court, his right subsequent to commitment, to obtain re-examination from time to time of his mental status (under sections 229.3 to 229.36)…”
Monson v. Hospitalization Com'n for Polk Cnty., Iowa, 338 F. Supp. 1315 (S.D. Iowa 1972). “§ 229.3. Chapter 229 delineates the procedures by which commitment to a state mental facility is accomplished.”
In Re Btg, 784 N.W.2d 792 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “to undergo a complete psychiatric evaluation *795 and appropriate treatment pursuant to Iowa Code section 229.3. The order also identified the placement facility as IMCC.”
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