271.1 Designation.

The state hospital located at Oakdale shall be known as the Oakdale campus.

271.2 Purposes.

The Oakdale campus shall be primarily devoted to health related research, education, and service programs, including experimental health care delivery models. To the extent that Oakdale campus resources are not required to meet the primary purposes, its resources shall be devoted to meeting other related needs of the state University of Iowa.

271.3 Governance.

The state board of regents shall have full power to manage, control, and govern the Oakdale campus in the same manner as other institutions under its control.

271.4 Patient treatment.

Oakdale campus authorities may provide for treatment of such patients as they deem advisable and for which facilities and services are available. Except for patients admitted who are patients referred from the university hospitals, the Oakdale campus shall collect from the patients or a person liable for such support, such reasonable charges for care, service and treatment as may be fixed by the state board of regents. Earnings shall be deposited with the treasurer of the state University of Iowa for the use and benefit of the Oakdale campus and to supplement any other sources of income. Patient treatment and care on the Oakdale campus shall be provided by the faculty of the health science colleges of the state University of Iowa, staff of the university hospital, and professional and other staff as may be employed by the Oakdale campus.

271.5 Care of patients--professional services.

Physicians and dentists who care for patients on the Oakdale campus may charge for their professional services under such rules and plans as may be approved by the state board of regents.

271.6 Integrated treatment of university hospital patients.

The authorities of the Oakdale campus may authorize patients for admission to the hospital on the Oakdale campus who are referred from the university hospitals and who shall retain the same status, classification, and authorization for care which they had at the university hospitals. Patients referred from the university hospitals to the Oakdale campus shall be deemed to be patients of the university hospitals. Chapters 255 and 255A and operating policies of the university hospitals shall apply to the patients and to the payment for their care the same as the provisions apply to patients who are treated on the premises of the university hospitals.