TITLE 66

STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 6

DECLARATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT

66-609.  Actions contrary to declaration. The physician or provider may subject the principal to mental health treatment in a manner contrary to the principal’s wishes as expressed in a declaration for mental health treatment only:

(1)  If the principal is committed to a treatment facility under section 18-212 or 66-329, Idaho Code; or

(2)  In cases of emergency endangering life or health.

History:

[66-609, added 1998, ch. 81, sec. 1, p. 290; am. 2017, ch. 64, sec. 1, p. 153.]