46-909 FAILURE TO OBTAIN CONSENT.
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Idaho Code › Title 46 › Chapter 9 › Section 46-909
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46-909. Failure to obtain consent. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32-1015, Idaho Code, no person licensed under this chapter or physician or hospital licensed in this state shall be subject to civil liability based solely on failure to obtain consent in rendering emergency medical, surgical, hospital or health services to any individual regardless of age where that individual is unable to give this consent for any reason and there is no other person reasonably available who is legally authorized to consent to the providing of such care; provided, however, that such person, physician, or hospital has acted in good faith and without knowledge of facts negating consent. The provision or refusal of consent under this chapter shall be governed by chapter 45, title 39, Idaho Code.
History:
[(46-909) (56-1015) 39-143, added 1976, ch. 187, sec. 4, p. 674; am. 1996, ch. 26, sec. 6, p. 61; am. and redesig. 2001, ch. 110, sec. 8, p. 373; am. 2005, ch. 120, sec. 7, p. 393; am. 2009, ch. 189, sec. 6, p. 616; am. and redesig. 2025, ch. 94, sec. 7, p. 454.]
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