Allows physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners to testify at involuntary commitment hearings on behalf of examining.
This bill amends Iowa law to allow physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners to testify at involuntary commitment hearings on behalf of licensed physicians and mental health professionals who examined the respondent. The bill requires the assistant or practitioner to witness the examination and review the written report. The court may allow the original examiner to testify by telephone or televised means if their presence is deemed unnecessary.
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