Effective: July 1, 2019
39-1390. Reports to law enforcement agencies of certain types of injuries.
(1) As soon as treatment permits, any person operating a hospital or other medical treatment facility, or any physician, resident
on a hospital staff, intern, physician assistant, nurse, or emergency medical technician, shall notify the local law enforcement
agency of that jurisdiction upon the treatment of or request for treatment of a person when the reporting person has reason to
believe that the person treated or requesting treatment has received:
- (a) Any injury inflicted by means of a firearm; or
- (b) Any injury indicating that the person may be a victim of a criminal offense.
(2) The report provided to the law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall include the name
and address of the injured person, the character and extent of the person’s injuries, and the medical basis for making the
report. Provided, however, that when an adult injured person is being seen for the purposes of administration of an anonymous
sexual assault evidence kit pursuant to section 67-2919, Idaho Code, the name, address, and any other personally identifying
information of the adult injured person shall not be included in the report.
(3) Any person operating a medical facility, or any physician, resident on a hospital staff, intern, physician assistant, nurse or
emergency medical technician, shall be held harmless from any civil liability for reasonable compliance with the provisions
of this section.
Credits S.L. 1991, ch. 167, § 1; S.L. 1995, ch. 169, § 1. Amended by S.L. 2019, ch. 280, § 1, eff. July 1, 2019.