Title 56 — PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE
23 chapters · 230 sections in this title.
Idaho Code § 56-1701 SHORT TITLE
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56-1701. SHORT TITLE. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Crisis Standards of Care Act."
Idaho Code § 56-1702 legislative intent
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56-1702. legislative intent. The Idaho legislature recognizes the need for the department of health and welfare to prepare for various public health crises and natural disasters and carry out response activities when a public health crisis or natural disaster occurs. The legislat…
Idaho Code § 56-1703 definitions
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56-1703. definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Activation" means a declaration by the director of the department of health and welfare that health care facilities may operate under crisis standards of care as necessary when scarce resource limitations preclude operating unde…
Idaho Code § 56-1704 duties of the director
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56-1704. duties of the director. The director shall have the power and duty to: (1) Declare that crisis standards of care are activated in a region or statewide if conditions warrant a declaration; and (2) Promulgate rules that are necessary to carry out the policies and purposes…
Idaho Code § 56-1705 Patient and resident Rights under Crisis Standards of Care
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56-1705. Patient and resident Rights under Crisis Standards of Care. During any period of time in which crisis standards of care are activated: (1) All existing and applicable state and federal patient and resident rights shall be applied. These rights include but are not limited…
Idaho Code § 56-1706 guiding principles under crisis standards of care
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56-1706. guiding principles under crisis standards of care. A health care facility operating under crisis standards of care must do so according to the following guiding principles: (1) The focus of crisis standards of care is on saving the most lives with limited health care res…
Idaho Code § 56-1707 Department report — report by facilities
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56-1707. Department report — report by facilities. Upon activation of crisis standards of care: (1) The director shall within one (1) week of such activation, or as soon as feasible thereafter, make a formal written report to the governor, the president pro tempore of the senate,…
Idaho Code § 56-1708 office of patient ombudsman
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56-1708. office of patient ombudsman. If crisis standards of care are declared by the director, there will be established within the governor’s office an office of patient ombudsman to receive calls, emails, and written complaints from Idaho patients, residents, or families seeki…