# Idaho Code § 16-2407: 16-2407 VOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL OR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2407

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 16-2407
- **Heading:** 16-2407 VOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL OR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 16 / Chapter 24 / Section 16-2407

## Text

16-2407. Voluntary admission to hospital or residential treatment facility. When the department provides services under this chapter, such services shall be provided on a voluntary basis whenever informed consent can be obtained, and the department shall ensure that services made available to children subject to involuntary treatment orders are also available on a comparable basis to children seeking services on a voluntary basis.

(1) Admission of children. A treatment facility may admit a child after examining the child and interviewing the family, if a clinician with authority to admit patients to the facility determines that the child is seriously emotionally disturbed and is in need of hospitalization or residential services and, the child's parent, custodian or guardian give such consent to treatment. Prior to such admission, the child and his parent, custodian or guardian shall be advised orally and given a written statement of his rights under this chapter as provided in section 16-2426, Idaho Code, provided that, if the condition of the child is such that notice and advice of his rights would be ineffective, and this determination is recorded in the child's record, such advice to the child may be deferred until the child's mental and emotional condition permits, but for no more than forty-eight (48) hours. Each child and parent shall be asked to sign an acknowledgment that they have been so advised, and this acknowledgment shall be kept in the child's record.

(2) A child shall not be voluntarily admitted to a facility operated by the department unless evaluated and referred by a person on the staff of the regional family and children's services program.

(3) When a child is in a voluntary, out-of-home placement which is funded in whole or in part by state or federal funds, the department may have the propriety of the placement reviewed by the district court of the county in which the child is placed or the county of the child's residence every one hundred eighty (180) days after placement or as required by statutes which govern federal funding for children who are placed out of their homes.

History:

[16-2407, added 1997, ch. 404, sec. 1, p. 1286.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 16-2401 16-2401 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2401.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2402 16-2402 LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2402.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2403 16-2403 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2403.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2404 16-2404 COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS AND INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2404.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2404A 16-2404A TEEN EARLY INTERVENTION MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SPECIALIST PROGRAM.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2404A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2405 16-2405 CHARGES TO PARENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2405.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2406 16-2406 ACCESS TO SERVICES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2406.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2406A 16-2406A DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2406A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2407 16-2407 VOLUNTARY ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL OR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2407.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2408 16-2408 DISCHARGE OR PETITION FOR ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAY TREATMENT ORDER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2408.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2409 16-2409 CONVERSION FROM INVOLUNTARY TO VOLUNTARY STATUS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2409.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2410 16-2410 REVIEW OF VOLUNTARY ADMISSION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2410.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2411 16-2411 EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE AND EVALUATION — TEMPORARY DETENTION BY A PEACE OFFICER OR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2411.md)
- [Idaho Code § 16-2412 16-2412 EMERGENCY TREATMENT UPON CERTIFICATION BY DESIGNATED EXAMINER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T16_C24_S16-2412.md)

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