158.14 DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.
The psychopathic department, in all matters relating to the commitment, custody,
guardianship, care, and control of defective persons, shall be governed by the statutes pertaining
to such persons and all powers granted by law to the commissioner of human services in regard to
such persons shall apply to them in the hospital, subject to the provisions contained in sections
158.15 to
158.19.
History: (4592) 1923 c 385 s 2; 1945 c 553; 1953 c 593 s 2; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58