Title 39 — HEALTH AND SAFETY

39-1354. Annexation of territory not having a tax supported hospital — Petitions and signatures — Election. (1) Any area contiguous to a hospital district which does not support another tax supported hospital may become annexed to the district by petition and election. (2) A peti…

39-1355. Existing tax supported hospitals may consolidate. The ownership and operation of any municipal, city/county, county, district, or tax supported community hospital or medical clinic may be consolidated with an established hospital district by majority vote of the qualifie…

39-1356. Equalization of levy between consolidating hospitals. (1) When two (2) districts’ hospitals or medical clinics have agreed to consolidate, the tax levies of the two (2) hospitals will be equalized in the following manner: the certified budget figures from ad valorem taxe…

39-1357. Adjustment of boundary lines or consolidation of hospital districts. When there are two (2) or more hospital districts, which have at least one (1) common boundary, the boards of trustees of the hospital districts, meeting together, may determine that it is in the best i…

39-1358. DISTRICT HOSPITAL property — LEASE OR SALE. A hospital district acting through its board of trustees shall have the right to convey or lease hospital district real property, facilities, and the personal property and equipment therein upon such terms and for such length o…

39-1359. CONVEYANCE OF HOSPITAL DISTRICT property TO NONPROFIT CORPORATION. (1) As an alternative to the procedure set forth in section 39-1358, Idaho Code, the board of trustees of a hospital district may convey or lease hospital district real property, facilities, and the perso…

39-1390. Reports to law enforcement agencies of certain types of injuries. (1) As soon as treatment permits, any person operating a hospital or other medical treatment facility, or any physician, resident on a hospital staff, intern, physician assistant, nurse or emergency medica…

39-1391. Emergency treatment without admission — Liability. Any hospital licensed in this state may provide to any person appearing or represented to be seriously sick or injured, without admission of such person to the hospital and without the immediate presence of a licensed ph…

39-1391a. Emergency treatment not to constitute admission. The furnishing of emergency or first aid services and care as permitted by section 39-1391 shall not in and of itself constitute admission to such hospital of the person receiving such services and care, nor shall such ho…

39-1391b. Emergency treatment by hospital not required — Discrimination prohibited. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to require any hospital to provide facilities or personnel for the furnishing of such emergency or first aid services and care or to furnish such services and c…

39-1391c. Immunity from civil liability. Any licensed physician and surgeon shall be conclusively presumed to be qualified to undertake and to furnish any emergency medical or surgical care and treatment, regardless of the specialty training or skills which might otherwise be pre…

39-1392. Statement of policy. To encourage research, discipline and medical study by certain health care organizations for the purposes of reducing morbidity and mortality, enforcing and improving the standards of medical practice in the state of Idaho, certain records of such he…

39-1392a. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings when used in this section: (1) "Emergency medical services personnel" means emergency medical services providers and ambulance-based clinicians licensed pursuant to chapter 9, title 46, Idaho Code. (2) "…

39-1392b. Records confidential and privileged. Except as provided in section 39-1392e, Idaho Code, all peer review records shall be confidential and privileged, and shall not be directly or indirectly subject to subpoena or discovery proceedings or be admitted as evidence, nor sh…

39-1392c. Immunity from civil liability. The furnishing of information or provision of opinions to any health care organization or the receiving and use of such information and opinions shall not subject any health care organization or other person to any liability or action for …

39-1392d. Property of health care organization. All peer review records of a health care organization shall be the property of the health care organization concerned which obtains or compiles the same. A health care organization may provide peer review records to persons or entit…

39-1392e. Limited exceptions to privilege and confidentiality. (a) In the event of a claim or civil action against a physician, emergency medical services personnel, a hospital, a residential care facility or a skilled nursing facility arising out of a particular physician-patien…

39-1392f. Peer review. Every hospital subject to this act shall cause the hospital’s medical staff to organize in-hospital medical staff committees which shall have the responsibility of reviewing the professional practices of members of the hospital’s medical staff for the purpo…

39-1392g. Medical staff membership and privileges. (1) Except as specifically provided in subsection (2) of this section, nothing in this section shall in any way change the authority of the governing body of any health care organization to make such rules, regulations, standards…

39-1393. Notification of professional review action imposed upon physician or emergency medical services personnel. (1) Any health care organization in this state that is by law required to conduct peer review or which voluntarily formally elects to conduct professional review ac…

39-1394. Patient care records — Retention — Authentication. (1) Retention. (a) Hospital records relating to the care and treatment of a patient may be preserved in microfilm, other photographically reproduced form or electronic medium. Such reproduced and preserved copies shall b…

39-1395. Practice of podiatry — Medical staff membership. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no provision or provisions of this section shall in any way change or modify the authority or power of the governing body of any hospital to make such rules, standards or quali…

39-1396. authority to admit patients. (1) A hospital or facility may grant to physicians, physician assistants and advanced practice nurses the privilege to admit patients to such hospital or facility; provided however, that admitting privileges may be granted only if the privile…