Idaho Code § 66-324
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66-324 AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS.
Official statutory text
66-324. Authority to receive involuntary patients. The director of any facility, or a practitioner granted admitting privileges pursuant to chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code, is authorized to receive in the facility for observation, diagnosis, evaluation, care or treatment any individual:
(1) Committed to the department director pursuant to section 18-212 or 66-329, Idaho Code;
(2) Transferred pursuant to section 66-1201, Idaho Code; or
(3) Detained or transferred pursuant to section 66-326, Idaho Code.
History:
[(66-324) 66-325, added 1951, ch. 290, sec. 9, p. 622; am. 1959, ch. 207, sec. 6, p. 439; am. 1973, ch. 173, sec. 7, p. 363; am. and redesig. 1981, ch. 114, sec. 14, p. 180; am. 1986, ch. 84, sec. 3, p. 245; am. 2001, ch. 107, sec. 22, p. 371; am. 2005, ch. 391, sec. 60, p. 1317; am. 2006, ch. 214, sec. 4, p. 647; am. 2015, ch. 244, sec. 39, p. 1029; am. 2017, ch. 278, sec. 3, p. 729; am. 2022, ch. 93, sec. 6, p. 268.]
(1) Committed to the department director pursuant to section 18-212 or 66-329, Idaho Code;
(2) Transferred pursuant to section 66-1201, Idaho Code; or
(3) Detained or transferred pursuant to section 66-326, Idaho Code.
History:
[(66-324) 66-325, added 1951, ch. 290, sec. 9, p. 622; am. 1959, ch. 207, sec. 6, p. 439; am. 1973, ch. 173, sec. 7, p. 363; am. and redesig. 1981, ch. 114, sec. 14, p. 180; am. 1986, ch. 84, sec. 3, p. 245; am. 2001, ch. 107, sec. 22, p. 371; am. 2005, ch. 391, sec. 60, p. 1317; am. 2006, ch. 214, sec. 4, p. 647; am. 2015, ch. 244, sec. 39, p. 1029; am. 2017, ch. 278, sec. 3, p. 729; am. 2022, ch. 93, sec. 6, p. 268.]
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