TITLE 54

PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

CHAPTER 44

PEER ASSISTANCE ENTITY AGREEMENTS

54-4401.  Definitions. As used in this chapter:

(1) "Board" means:

(a)  The state board of podiatry as established in chapter 6, title 54, Idaho Code;

(b)  The state board of chiropractic physicians as established in chapter 7, title 54, Idaho Code;

(c)  The state board of dentistry as established in chapter 9, title 54, Idaho Code;

(d)  The state board of nursing as established in chapter 14, title 54, Idaho Code;

(e)  The state board of optometry as established in chapter 15, title 54, Idaho Code;

(f)  The state board of pharmacy as established in chapter 17, title 54, Idaho Code;

(g)  The state board of medicine as established in chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code;

(h)  The board of veterinary medicine as established in chapter 21, title 54, Idaho Code;

(i)  The Idaho state board of psychologist examiners as established in chapter 23, title 54, Idaho Code;

(j)  The state board of social work examiners as established in chapter 32, title 54, Idaho Code;

(k)  The Idaho state counselor licensing board as established in chapter 34, title 54, Idaho Code; and

(l)  Any health care related board granted licensing authority by the legislature after July 1, 1993.

(2)  "Peer assistance entity" means an organization, a program, a committee or a professional association which is designed to address any or all of the following issues affecting practitioners of the health care professions: chemical dependency and/or impairment; psychological impairment; and mental or physical impairment.

History:

[54-4401, added 1993, ch. 73, sec. 1, p. 194.]