{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-18-919","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 18-919","heading":"Sexual exploitation by a medical care provider.","body":"(a) Any person acting or holding himself out as a physician, surgeon, dentist, psychotherapist, chiropractor, nurse or other medical care provider as defined in this section, who engages in an act of sexual contact with a patient or client, is guilty of sexual exploitation by a medical care provider. For the purposes of this section, consent of the patient or client receiving medical care or treatment shall not be a defense. This section does not apply to sexual contact between a medical care provider and the provider’s spouse, or a person in a domestic relationship who is also a patient or client. Violation of this section is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both.\n(b) For the purposes of this section:\n(1) \"Intimate part\" means the sexual organ, anus, or groin of any person, and the breast of a female.\n(2) \"Medical care provider\" means a person who gains the trust and confidence of a patient or client for the examination and/or treatment of a medical or psychological condition, and thereby gains the ability to treat, examine and physically touch the patient or client.\n(3) \"Sexual contact\" means the touching of an intimate part of a patient or client for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse, and/or the touching of an intimate part of a patient or client outside the scope of a medical examination or treatment.\n(4) \"Touching\" means physical contact with another person, whether accomplished directly, through the clothing of the person committing the offense, or through the clothing of the victim.","path":["TITLE 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","CHAPTER 9 ASSAULT AND BATTERY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title18/t18ch9/sect18-919/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:16:53Z","sha256":"89114feaa73ae3d69ea4c620c47326c50f926e4fecfc8548a1e3034fe0c3f120","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-18-918","next":"us-id/idaho-code-18-920"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}