Title 56 — PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE

56-2101. legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature that persons with a neurocognitive disorder who are in acute crisis due to an unidentified underlying medical condition can get the care they need and return home once the underlying medical condition is resolved. T…

56-2102. GOVERNMENTAL LIABILITY. All provisions of chapter 9, title 6, Idaho Code, shall apply to any claim of tortious conduct on the part of a person acting or refusing to act in conformance with this chapter.

56-2103. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "Department" means the state department of health and welfare. (2) "Health care provider" means a person licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by law to administer health care services in the ordinary course of business or…

56-2104. PROTECTIVE CUSTODY WITHOUT HEARING. (1) No person shall be taken into protective custody or detained as an alleged emergency patient for observation, diagnosis, evaluation, care or treatment of a neurocognitive disorder unless and until the court has ordered such apprehe…

56-2105. PROTECTIVE CUSTODY UPON COURT ORDER — JUDICIAL PROCEDURE. (1) Proceedings by a hospital for the involuntary care and treatment of persons likely to have a neurocognitive disorder who are in acute crisis due to an underlying medical condition may be commenced by the filin…

56-2106. DUTY TO REPORT INSTANCES OF EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE PLACEMENT. (1) Hospitals shall report all placements in which persons are placed in emergency protective placement pursuant to section 56-2104 or 56-2105, Idaho Code, or an involuntary hold pursuant to section 66-326 or 66…

56-2107. RESPONSIBILITY FOR COSTS OF PROTECTIVE CUSTODY AND CARE OF PATIENTS. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Protective custody period" means a period that begins when a person is taken into custody pursuant to sections 56-2104 and 56-2105, Idaho Code, and ends when the patien…