2014 Idaho Statutes
Title 66 - STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 3 - HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL
Section 66-346 - RIGHT TO COMMUNICATION AND VISITATION -- EXERCISE OF CIVIL RIGHTS.
(b) Notwithstanding any limitations authorized under this section on the right of communication, every patient shall be entitled to communicate by sealed mail with the court, if any, which ordered his commitment.
(c) The director of a facility may deny a patient's rights under this section, except that the rights enumerated in subsections (a)(5) and (a)(6) of this section, shall not be denied by the director of the facility under any circumstances. Only in cases of emergency or when a court has determined that a patient lacks capacity to make informed decisions about treatment, may the director of a facility deny a patient's rights under subsection (a)(4) of this section. A statement explaining the reasons for any denial of a patient's rights shall be immediately entered in his treatment record and if the patient has been committed pursuant to court order, copies of such statement shall be submitted to the committing court and sent to the patient's spouse, guardian, adult next of kin or friend and attorney, if any.
(d) A list of the foregoing rights shall be prominently posted in all facilities and brought to the attention of the patient by such means as the board of health and welfare shall designate.
History:
[66-346, added 1951, ch. 290, sec. 30, p. 622; am. 1973, ch. 173, sec. 24, p. 363; am. 1981, ch. 114, sec. 33, p. 192; am. 2004, ch. 315, sec. 2, p. 886.]
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