222.88 - SPECIAL MENTAL RETARDATION UNIT. - Iowa Statutes

222.88 SPECIAL MENTAL RETARDATION UNIT. The director of human services may organize and establish a special mental retardation unit at an existing institution which may provide: 1. Psychiatric and related services to children with mental retardation and adults who are also emotionally disturbed or otherwise mentally ill. 2. Specific programs to meet the needs of such other special categories of persons with mental retardation as may be designated by the director. 3. Appropriate diagnostic evaluation services.          Section History: Early Form [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.88]          Section History: Recent Form 83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 51, 113 Referred to in § 222.1, 222.2, 222.13, 222.91