Iowa legal term
Treatment in Iowa Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Iowa legislative session
In Iowa criminal law, “Treatment” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Iowa criminal code.
What does “Treatment” mean in Iowa criminal law?
“Treatment” includes any activity or processing designed to change the physical form or chemical composition of hazardous waste to render the waste nonhazardous. (Iowa Code § 716B.1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Bestiality
- Conditions of release
- Criminal transmission of a contagious or infectious disease
- Elder abuse initiation of charges penalty
- Sexual exploitation by counselor, therapist, school employee, or adult providing training or instruction
- Homicide or serious injury by vehicle
- Sexual misconduct with offenders and juveniles
- Synthetic urine and urine additives defrauding drug or alcohol test
- Child endangerment
- Unlawful treatment or storage of hazardous waste penalties
Related terms in the same statutes
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