# Idaho Code § 16-1606: 16-1606 IMMUNITY

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1606

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 16-1606
- **Heading:** 16-1606 IMMUNITY
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 16 / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1606

## Text

16-1606. Immunity. Any person who has reason to believe that a child has been abused, abandoned or neglected and, acting upon that belief, makes a report of abuse, abandonment or neglect as required in section 16-1605, Idaho Code, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any such judicial proceeding resulting from such report. Any person who reports in bad faith or with malice shall not be protected by this section. Any privilege between husband and wife, or between any professional person except the lawyer-client privilege, including but not limited to physicians, counselors, hospitals, clinics, day care centers and schools and their clients shall not be grounds for excluding evidence at any proceeding regarding the abuse, abandonment or neglect of the child or the cause thereof.

History:

[(16-1606) 16-1620, added 1976, ch. 204, sec. 2, p. 744; am. 1982, ch. 186, sec. 19, p. 501; am. 1985, ch. 158, sec. 2, p. 417; am. 1995, ch. 328, sec. 1, p. 1097; am. and redesig. 2005, ch. 391, sec. 8, p. 1273.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 16-1601 16-1601 POLICY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1601.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1602 16-1602 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1602.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1603 16-1603 JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1603.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1604 16-1604 RETENTION OF JURISDICTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1604.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1605 16-1605 REPORTING OF ABUSE, ABANDONMENT OR NEGLECT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1605.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1606 16-1606 IMMUNITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1606.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1607 16-1607 REPORTING IN BAD FAITH — CIVIL DAMAGES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1607.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1608 16-1608 EMERGENCY REMOVAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1608.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1609 16-1609 EMERGENCY REMOVAL — NOTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1609.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1610 16-1610 PETITION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1610.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1611 16-1611 SUMMONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1611.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1612 16-1612 SERVICE OF SUMMONS — TRAVEL EXPENSES — NECESSARY WITNESSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1612.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1613 16-1613 HEARINGS UNDER THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1613.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-1614 16-1614 APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM, COUNSEL FOR GUARDIAN AD LITEM, COUNSEL FOR CHILD.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C16_S16-1614.md)

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