{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-9-803","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 9-803","heading":"Scope.","body":"(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section, this chapter applies to a mediation in which:\n(a) The mediation parties are required to mediate by statute or court or administrative agency rule or referred to mediation by a court, administrative agency or arbitrator;\n(b) The mediation parties and the mediator agree to mediate in a record that demonstrates an expectation that mediation communications will be privileged against disclosure; or\n(c) The mediation parties use as a mediator an individual who holds himself or herself out as a mediator or the mediation is provided by a person that holds itself out as providing mediation.\n(2) This chapter does not apply to a mediation:\n(a) Relating to the establishment, negotiation, administration or termination of a collective bargaining relationship;\n(b) Relating to a dispute that is pending under or is part of the processes established by a collective bargaining agreement, except that the chapter applies to a mediation arising out of a dispute that has been filed with an administrative agency or court;\n(c) Conducted by a judge who might make a ruling on the case; or\n(d) Conducted under the auspices of:\n(i) A primary or secondary school if all the parties are students, or\n(ii) A correctional institution for youth if all the parties are residents of that institution.\n(3) If the parties agree in advance in a signed record, or a record of proceeding reflects agreement by the parties, that all or part of a mediation is not privileged, the privileges under sections 9-804 through 9-806, Idaho Code, do not apply to the mediation or part agreed upon. However, sections 9-804 through 9-806, Idaho Code, apply to a mediation communication made by a person that has not received actual notice of the agreement before the communication is made.","path":["TITLE 9 EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 8 UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title9/t9ch8/sect9-803/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T11:16:33Z","sha256":"e720d747ced643faa5c13df127187965779cf67fee76b9f9f433db1a441be637","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-9-802","next":"us-id/idaho-code-9-804"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}