2005 Idaho Code - 39-1307 — RULES, REGULATIONS, AND ENFORCEMENT

                                  TITLE  39
                              HEALTH AND SAFETY
                                  CHAPTER 13
                       HOSPITAL LICENSES AND INSPECTION
    39-1307.  RULES, REGULATIONS, AND ENFORCEMENT. The board shall have the
authority to adopt, amend, and enforce rules, regulations and standards
consistent with the provisions of this act which are designed to protect the
health and safety of patients being cared for in facilities or agencies as
defined.
    The board of health and welfare with the advice of the advisory hospital
council, hereinafter created, shall adopt, amend, promulgate and enforce such
rules, regulations and standards with respect to all hospitals or different
types of hospitals to be licensed hereunder as may be designed to further the
accomplishment of the purposes of this law in promoting safe and adequate
treatment of individuals in hospitals in the interest of public health,
safety, and welfare. Provided that nothing in this act or the rules and
regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be construed as authorizing the
supervision, regulation, or control of the remedial care or treatment of
residents or patients in any home, facility or agency as defined, conducted
for those who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance
with the creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or religious
denomination except as to sanitary and safe conditions of the premises,
cleanliness of operation and its physical equipment.