Evaluation report. The facility administrator’s report under Iowa Code section

Rules For Involuntary Commitment Or Treatment

Rule: 13.24

Jurisdiction: IA

Bluebook Citation: Iowa Ct. R. 13.24

125.84 shall include a written evaluation of the respondent by the attending physician or the physician’s designee. The evaluation must state with reasonable particularity the basis for the diagnostic conclusions concerning the respondent’s substance misuse and recommended treatment. The evaluation shall specify the basis for the attending physician’s conclusions regarding respondent’s substance misuse, capacity to understand the need for treatment, and dangerousness. The evaluation also shall specify the basis for the attending physician’s conclusions concerning recommended treatment and the basis for the judgment that the recommended treatment is the least restrictive alternative possible for the respondent pursuant to options (1), (2), (3), or (4) of Iowa Code section 125.84. [Report 1984; November 9, 2001, effective February 15, 2002; June 29, 2012, effective September 4, 2012]

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