# Idaho Code § 66-319: 66-319 RELEASE OF VOLUNTARY INPATIENTS

> Idaho · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-319

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 66-319
- **Heading:** 66-319 RELEASE OF VOLUNTARY INPATIENTS
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 66 / Chapter 3 / Section 66-319

## Text

66-319. Release of voluntary inpatients. The director of an inpatient facility shall release any person, admitted in accordance with the procedure outlined in section 66-318, Idaho Code, whose continued care or treatment is no longer appropriate. If upon evaluation at the facility, it is determined that the patient is mentally ill and is likely to injure himself or others or is gravely disabled, the director of the facility shall institute appropriate judicial proceedings for continued care and treatment. In the case of persons confined pursuant to section 18-211, Idaho Code, upon completion of the examination, the sheriff of the county from which the defendant was committed shall be notified and the defendant shall continue to be confined at the facility for transportation back to the county. In those cases of persons admitted upon the application of a guardian, those persons shall be released upon the termination of the guardian's authority to consent to treatment.

History:

[66-319, added 1951, ch. 290, sec. 3, p. 622; am. 1959, ch. 207, sec. 3, p. 439; am. 1973, ch. 173, sec. 3, p. 363; am. 1981, ch. 114, sec. 11, p. 176; am. 2004, ch. 23, sec. 10, p. 30; am. 2022, ch. 93, sec. 3, p. 265.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 66-317 66-317 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-317.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-318 66-318 AUTHORITY TO ADMIT VOLUNTARY PATIENTS — DENIAL OF ADMISSION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-318.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-319 66-319 RELEASE OF VOLUNTARY INPATIENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-319.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-320 66-320 RIGHT TO RELEASE ON APPLICATION — EXCEPTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-320.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-322 66-322 APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INDIVIDUALS LACKING CAPACITY TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT TREATMENT — JUDICIAL PROCEDURE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-322.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-323 66-323 DESIGNATED EXAMINER QUALIFICATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-323.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-323A 66-323A DESIGNATED EXAMINER AND DISPOSITIONER — APPOINTMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-323A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-324 66-324 AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE INVOLUNTARY PATIENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-324.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-325 66-325 RESIDENCE NOT AFFECTED BY PLACE OF TREATMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-325.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-326 66-326 DETENTION WITHOUT HEARING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-326.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-327 66-327 RESPONSIBILITY FOR COSTS OF COMMITMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-327.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-328 66-328 JURISDICTION OF PROCEEDINGS FOR COMMITMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-328.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-329 66-329 COMMITMENT TO DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR UPON COURT ORDER — JUDICIAL PROCEDURE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-329.md)
- [Idaho Code § 66-330 66-330 TRANSPORTATION — TEMPORARY DETENTION — NOTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-330.md)

---

Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T66_C3_S66-319. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.