Idaho § 39-9003 - STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 39-9003 — STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39-9003. STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY
(1) The power to require or regulate a person’s choice in the mode of securing health care services, or to impose a penalty related thereto, is not found in the Constitution of the United States of America, and is therefore a power reserved to the people pursuant to the Ninth Amendment, and to the several states pursuant to the Tenth Amendment. The state of Idaho hereby exercises its sovereign power to declare the public policy of the state of Idaho regarding the right of all persons residing in the state of Idaho in choosing the mode of securing health care services free from the imposition of penalties, or the threat thereof, by the federal government of the United States of America relating thereto.
(2) It is hereby declared that the public policy of the state of Idaho, consistent with our constitutionally recognized and inalienable rights of liberty, is that every person within the state of Idaho is and shall be free to choose or decline to choose any mode of securing health care services without penalty or threat of penalty by the federal government of the United States of America.
(3) The policy stated herein shall not be applied to impair any right of contract related to the provision of health care services to any person or group.
[39-9003, added 2010, ch. 46, sec. 1, p. 84.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 39-9003 ("STATEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICY") 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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