{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-66-318","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 66-318","heading":"Authority to admit voluntary patients — Denial of admission.","body":"(1) The director of any facility or a practitioner granted admitting privileges pursuant to chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code, may admit as a voluntary patient the following persons for observation, diagnosis, evaluation, care or treatment of mental illness:\n(a) Any person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older;\n(b) Any emancipated minor;\n(c) Any individual under eighteen (18) years of age upon application of the individual’s parent or guardian;\n(d) Any individual who lacks capacity to make informed decisions about treatment upon application of the individual’s guardian; or\n(e) Any individual confined for examination pursuant to section 18-211, Idaho Code.\n(2) The director of any facility or a practitioner granted admitting privileges pursuant to chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code, must refuse admission to any applicant under this section whenever:\n(a) The applicant is determined not to be in need of observation, diagnosis, evaluation, care or treatment at the facility;\n(b) The applicant is determined to lack capacity to make informed decisions about treatment unless the application is made by a guardian with authority to consent to treatment; or\n(c) The applicant’s welfare or the welfare of society, or both, are better protected by the provisions of section 66-329, Idaho Code.","path":["TITLE 66 STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS","CHAPTER 3 HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title66/t66ch3/sect66-318/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:23:57Z","sha256":"694eebc00b6ee09ee9558abb4bd3164778c6cee686b80017e324e7fb16c6cd80","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-66-317","next":"us-id/idaho-code-66-319"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}