The department may transfer patients from one state resource center tothe other and may atany timetransferpatients from the resource centers tothe hospitals for personswith mental illness. The department may also transfer patients from a hospital for persons with mental illness to a resource center ifconsent is given or obtained as follows: 1. In the case of a patient who entered the hospital for persons with mental illness voluntarily, consent is given in advance by the patient or, if the patient is a minor or is incompetent, the person responsible for the patient. 2. In the case of a patient hospitalized pursuant to sections 229.6 through 229.15, the consent of the court which hospitalized the patient is obtained in advance, rather than afterward as otherwise permitted by section 229.15, subsection 4. [SS15, §2727-a96; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3456, 3472, 3477; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §222.46, 223.8, 223.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §222.7] §79; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §424; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §170, 180
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