{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-54-1821","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 54-1821","heading":"no physician-patient relationship for informal consultations.","body":"(1) No physician-patient relationship is created between a physician licensed under this chapter and an individual not otherwise a patient of that physician when a physician is contacted by another physician or licensed health care practitioner who is treating the patient for a consultation or advice, if:\n(a) The consulted physician does not examine the patient; and\n(b) Such consultation or advice is given by the physician to the physician or health care practitioner treating the patient without expectation of compensation for providing such consultation or advice.\n(2) A consulted physician who does not have a physician-patient relationship with a patient by virtue of this section shall not be named on any special verdict form concerning care provided to the patient unless there is a basis of liability to the patient independent of the consultation.","path":["TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 18 PHYSICIANS AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title54/t54ch18/sect54-1821/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:22:52Z","sha256":"bbbeeb7865f5ef6e72024517d86ac9e64538f7e4bb2f331dbd07058f2ce1c75d","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-54-1820","next":"us-id/idaho-code-54-1831"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}