Idaho Code § 66-318
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66-318 AUTHORITY TO ADMIT VOLUNTARY PATIENTS — DENIAL OF ADMISSION.
Official statutory text
66-318. Authority to admit voluntary patients — Denial of admission. (1) The director of any facility or a practitioner granted admitting privileges pursuant to chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code, may admit as a voluntary patient the following persons for observation, diagnosis, evaluation, care or treatment of mental illness:
(a) Any person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(b) Any emancipated minor;
(c) Any individual under eighteen (18) years of age upon application of the individual's parent or guardian;
(d) Any individual who lacks capacity to make informed decisions about treatment upon application of the individual's guardian; or
(e) Any individual confined for examination pursuant to section 18-211, Idaho Code.
(2) The director of any facility or a practitioner granted admitting privileges pursuant to chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code, must refuse admission to any applicant under this section whenever:
(a) The applicant is determined not to be in need of observation, diagnosis, evaluation, care or treatment at the facility;
(b) The applicant is determined to lack capacity to make informed decisions about treatment unless the application is made by a guardian with authority to consent to treatment; or
(c) The applicant's welfare or the welfare of society, or both, are better protected by the provisions of section 66-329, Idaho Code.
History:
[66-318, added 1951, ch. 290, sec. 2, p. 622; am. 1959, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 439; am. 1972, ch. 44, sec. 2, p. 67; am. 1973, ch. 173, sec. 2, p. 363; am. 1981, ch. 114, sec. 10, p. 175; am. 2004, ch. 23, sec. 9, p. 30; am. 2006, ch. 214, sec. 3, p. 647; am. 2017, ch. 278, sec. 2, p. 728; am. 2022, ch. 93, sec. 2, p. 264; am. 2026, ch. 245, sec. 7, p. 1043.]
(a) Any person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(b) Any emancipated minor;
(c) Any individual under eighteen (18) years of age upon application of the individual's parent or guardian;
(d) Any individual who lacks capacity to make informed decisions about treatment upon application of the individual's guardian; or
(e) Any individual confined for examination pursuant to section 18-211, Idaho Code.
(2) The director of any facility or a practitioner granted admitting privileges pursuant to chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code, must refuse admission to any applicant under this section whenever:
(a) The applicant is determined not to be in need of observation, diagnosis, evaluation, care or treatment at the facility;
(b) The applicant is determined to lack capacity to make informed decisions about treatment unless the application is made by a guardian with authority to consent to treatment; or
(c) The applicant's welfare or the welfare of society, or both, are better protected by the provisions of section 66-329, Idaho Code.
History:
[66-318, added 1951, ch. 290, sec. 2, p. 622; am. 1959, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 439; am. 1972, ch. 44, sec. 2, p. 67; am. 1973, ch. 173, sec. 2, p. 363; am. 1981, ch. 114, sec. 10, p. 175; am. 2004, ch. 23, sec. 9, p. 30; am. 2006, ch. 214, sec. 3, p. 647; am. 2017, ch. 278, sec. 2, p. 728; am. 2022, ch. 93, sec. 2, p. 264; am. 2026, ch. 245, sec. 7, p. 1043.]
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