The superintendent, upon the receipt of a duly executed order of admission of a patient into a state mental health institute, pursuant to section 229.13, shall take the patient into custody and restrain the patient as provided by law and the rules of the department, without liabilityon the part of such superintendent and allother officers of the mental health institute toprosecution of any kind, but no person shall be detained in the mental health institute who isfound by the superintendent to be in good mental health.
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