2014 Iowa Code
TITLE VI - HUMAN SERVICES
SUBTITLE 3 - MENTAL HEALTH
CHAPTER 229A - COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS
SECTION 229A.12A - Director of the department of corrections — responsibility for safekeeper.
229A.12A Director of the department of corrections — responsibility for safekeeper.
The director of the department of corrections shall have authority, once a person is detained pursuant to section 229A.5, to make a determination as to the appropriate secure facility within the department of corrections in which the safekeeper is to be placed, taking into consideration the safekeeper’s medical needs and ability to interact with offenders who have been committed to the custody of the director of the department of corrections. The director has authority to determine the safekeeper’s degree of segregation from offenders, including whether total segregation is appropriate under the circumstances or whether the safekeeper should be permitted to participate in normal confinement activities in the presence of offenders.
2002 Acts, ch 1139, §18, 27
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