Application for involuntary hospitalization.

For the purposes of chapter 229 , the director of the Iowa department of corrections is an interested person and all applicable provisions of chapter 229 , relating to involuntary hospitalization, apply to persons who have been committed to the custody of the Iowa department of corrections as a result of a conviction of a public offense. [C79, 81, §902.10 ] 83 Acts, ch 96, §132, 159