Title 66 — STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS

66-1301. Program established. The state board of correction shall establish, operate and maintain a program for persons displaying evidence of mental illness or psychosocial disorders and requiring diagnostic services and treatment in a maximum security setting, and for other cri…

66-1302. Administrator. An administrator of the Idaho security medical program shall be appointed by the board of correction or its designee. The administrator shall be a reputable and qualified person experienced in the administration of programs for the care and treatment of pe…

66-1303. Administrator’s duties. The administrator shall: (1) Perform all duties required by law and by the board of correction not inconsistent with this chapter. (2) Maintain cognizance of and secure the professional care and treatment of each patient. (3) Maintain a complete r…

66-1304. Sources of residents. (1) Patients admitted to the program may originate from the following sources: (a) Commitments by the courts as unfit to proceed pursuant to section 18-212, Idaho Code. (b) Commitments by the courts of persons acquitted of a crime on the grounds of …

66-1305. Dangerous and mentally ill persons defined. For purposes of this chapter persons found to be both dangerous and mentally ill shall mean persons found by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to any lawful proceeding: (1) To be in such mental condition that they are …

66-1306. Final decision. The final decision regarding the admission or discharge of patients to the program shall rest with the director of the department of correction, after consultation with the administrator.

66-1307. Return of patient. When a patient transferred under the program from any other correctional institution or admitted by order of any court no longer requires special treatment in the maximum security setting, the patient shall be returned to the source from which received…

66-1308. Transportation of patients. When a patient is admitted to the program from a state institution or by order of any court, the expenses and responsibility for transportation of such patients from and to the facility where the patient will be admitted into the program shall…

66-1309. Costs and charges. The administrator shall seek recovery for expenses incurred in the evaluation, treatment and care of residents as follows: (a) Extraordinary costs for evaluation, treatment and care of referees by the court for psychosocial diagnosis and recommendation…

66-1310. Civil rights of residents. All patients received from any institution or facility under the jurisdiction of the department of health and welfare shall be accorded those civil rights provided by section 66-346, Idaho Code, with the exception of those aspects of the right …

66-1311. Right to humane care and treatment. Every patient shall be entitled to humane care and treatment.

66-1312. Standards for treatment. The department of correction and the department of health and welfare shall jointly develop appropriate standards for treatment of patients committed under this program. It shall be the responsibility of the administrator of the program to implem…

66-1313. Mechanical restraints. Mechanical restraints shall not be applied to a patient unless it is determined that such is necessary for either his safety or the safety of other persons at the facility. Every use of a mechanical restraint and the reasons therefor shall be made …

66-1314. Interstate contracts. The administrator is authorized to enter into agreements, through the department of correction, with other states for diagnosis and treatment of persons from such states who are both dangerous and mentally ill, on the basis of patient exchange or pe…

66-1315. Short title. This chapter may be referred to as and cited as the "Idaho Security Medical Program Act."

66-1316. Patients from other institutions. The state board of correction shall be authorized to receive and admit patients of any institution or facility under the jurisdiction of the department of health and welfare, which patients have been determined by a court to be both dang…

66-1317. Review of involuntary treatment. The state board of correction shall adopt procedures ensuring that treatment plans are developed for patients in the program for whom the court has authorized treatment, that the relative risks and benefits of specific modes of treatment …

66-1318. Transfer to noncorrectional facilities. Prisoners with a mental illness or defect committed to the board of correction may be transferred to facilities of the department of health and welfare in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 66-335, Idaho Code.