# Idaho Code § 46-908: 46-908 LIABILITY

> Idaho · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-908

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 46-908
- **Heading:** 46-908 LIABILITY
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 46 / Chapter 9 / Section 46-908

## Text

46-908. Liability. (1) No act or omission of any person who is duly licensed under this chapter done or omitted in good faith while rendering emergency medical services to a person or persons who are perceived to need immediate care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury shall impose any liability upon those personnel, the supervising physician, the hospital, the organization providing the service, or on a federal, state, county, city or other local governmental unit, or on employees of such governmental unit, unless such provider of care or such personnel is shown to have caused injury and damages to such person or persons as a proximate result of such personnel's reckless or grossly negligent misconduct, which shall be the sole grounds for civil liability of such persons in the provision of care or assistance under this chapter, regardless of the circumstance under which such care or assistance may be provided. This section shall not relieve the organization or agency operating the service from the duty of securing, maintaining and operating the equipment and licensure designated for use in performing the emergency medical services.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall apply to licensed personnel of another state of the United States who enter this state in response to an emergency to render emergency medical services to a person who is perceived to need immediate care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury.

(3) No act or omission of any person authorized under this chapter to provide community health emergency medical services shall impose any liability on such person or the person's agency or supervising physician where the act or omission occurs in the course of providing authorized services and is done or omitted in good faith, unless the person is shown to have caused injury as a result of reckless or grossly negligent misconduct.

History:

[(46-908) (56-1014) 39-142, added 1976, ch. 187, sec. 3, p. 676; am. 1996, ch. 26, sec. 5, p. 64; am. and redesig. 2001, ch. 110, sec. 7, p. 380; am. 2009, ch. 189, sec. 5, p. 615; am. 2010, ch. 138, sec. 3, p. 293; am. 2015, ch. 157, sec. 5, p. 553; am. and redesig. 2025, ch. 94, sec. 6, p. 453.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 46-901 46-901 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-901.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-902 46-902 LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE — CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-902.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-903 46-903 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-903.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-904 46-904 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES — MEDICAL DIRECTOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-904.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-905 46-905 USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FUNDS — COUNTY ACCOUNTABILITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-905.md)
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- [Idaho Code § 46-907 46-907 AUTHORIZED ACTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-907.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-908 46-908 LIABILITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-908.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-909 46-909 FAILURE TO OBTAIN CONSENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-909.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-910 46-910 AGENCY MINIMUM STANDARDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-910.md)
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- [Idaho Code § 46-912 46-912 RULES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-912.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-913 46-913 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-913.md)
- [Idaho Code § 46-914 46-914 IDAHO TIME SENSITIVE EMERGENCY SYSTEM OF CARE — STATEMENT OF INTENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T46_C9_S46-914.md)

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