2005 Idaho Code - 54-4602 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 46
                        PATIENT FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
    54-4602.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings:
    (1)  "Board" means the professional licensing and registration board,
respectively,  for each of the named providers.
    (2)  "Patient" means all past, current or future consumers of health care
services.
    (3)  "Provider(s)" means the following licensed or registered professional
health care providers: podiatrists licensed pursuant to chapter 6, title 54,
Idaho Code; chiropractors licensed pursuant to chapter 7, title 54, Idaho
Code; dentists licensed pursuant to chapter 9, title 54, Idaho Code; advanced
practice professional nurses to include certified nurse-midwives, clinical
nurse specialists, nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse
anesthetists licensed or registered pursuant to chapter 14, title 54, Idaho
Code; optometric physicians licensed pursuant to chapter 15, title 54, Idaho
Code; physicians and surgeons and osteopathic physicians and surgeons,
licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code; physicians' assistants
registered pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code; physical therapists
registered pursuant to chapter 22, title 54, Idaho Code; and psychologists
licensed pursuant to chapter 23, title 54, Idaho Code.