Idaho § 39-4501 - Purposes - Application
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 39-4501 — Purposes - Application, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39-4501. Purposes - Application
(1) The primary purposes of this chapter are:
(a) To provide and codify Idaho law concerning consent for the furnishing of hospital, medical, dental, surgical, and other health care services and concerning what constitutes an informed consent for such health care services; and
(b) To provide certainty and clarity in the law of medical consent in the furtherance of high standards of health care services and their ready availability in proper cases.
(2) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to amend or repeal the provisions of chapter 3 or chapter 4, title 66 , Idaho Code, as those provisions pertain to hospitalization or commitment of people with mental illness or developmental disability or the powers of guardians of developmentally disabled persons, nor the provisions of chapter 6, title 18 , Idaho Code, pertaining to the provision of examinations, prescriptions, devices, and informational materials regarding prevention of pregnancy or pertaining to therapeutic abortions and consent to the performance thereof.
(3) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit or require the provision of health care services for a patient in contravention of the patient’s stated or implied objection thereto upon religious grounds nor shall anything in this chapter be construed to require the granting of permission for or on behalf of any patient who is not able to act for himself by his parent, spouse, or guardian in violation of the religious beliefs of the patient or the patient’s parent or spouse.
[39-4501, added 2005, ch. 120, sec. 2, p. 380; am. 2006, ch. 214, sec. 1, p. 645; am. 2007, ch. 196, sec. 1, p. 579; am. 2012, ch. 302, sec. 1, p. 825; am. 2023, ch. 307, sec. 1, p. 922.]
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Section 39-4501 ("Purposes - Application") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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