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     Idaho Statutes

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TITLE 23
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 6
PENAL PROVISIONS
23-604A.  MINORS — LIMITED USE IMMUNITY. (1)  Any person under twenty-one (21) years of age who, acting in good faith and for a medical emergency:
(a)  Is a person seeking or needs emergency medical assistance for himself or others;
(b)  Remains on the scene until emergency medical assistance or law enforcement officers arrive; and
(c)  Cooperates with emergency medical assistance and law enforcement personnel at the scene;
shall have limited use immunity such that evidence obtained solely as a result of the person having sought, received or rendered emergency medical services as set forth in this section may not be used against the person for any violation of section 23-604 or 23-949, Idaho Code, for consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage.
(2)  The provisions of this section shall have no applicability to the prosecution of any criminal charges other than the consumption or possession of an alcoholic beverage by a person under twenty-one (21) years of age under section 23-604 or 23-949, Idaho Code, and shall not prevent a prosecution based on evidence not obtained as described in subsection (1) of this section.

History:
[23-604A, added 2016, ch. 346, sec. 1, p. 998.]


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