TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 82

IDAHO SAFE HAVEN ACT

39-8202.  Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean:

(1)  "Custodial parent," for the purposes of this chapter, means, in the absence of a court decree, the parent with whom the child resides.

(2)  "Safe haven" means:

(a)  Hospitals licensed in the state of Idaho;

(b)  Licensed physicians in the state of Idaho and staff working at their offices and clinics;

(c)  Advanced practice professional nurses, including certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists licensed or registered pursuant to chapter 14, title 54, Idaho Code;

(d)  Physician assistants licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code;

(e)  Medical personnel acting or serving in the capacity as a licensed provider, affiliated with a recognized Idaho EMS agency. For purposes of this act, "medical personnel" shall include those individuals certified by the department of health and welfare as:

(i)   First responders;

(ii)  Emergency medical technicians – basic;

(iii) Advanced emergency medical technicians – ambulance;

(iv)  Emergency medical technicians – intermediate; and

(v)   Emergency medical technicians – paramedic.

(f)  A fire station operated by a city, a county, a tribal entity, a fire protection district or a volunteer fire department if there are personnel on duty.

History:

[(39-8202) 39-8102, added 2001, ch. 357, sec. 1, p. 1253; am. and redesig. 2005, ch. 25, sec. 69, p. 107; am. 2017, ch. 200, sec. 1, p. 502.]