(1) An alcoholic or a drug addict may apply for voluntary treatment directly to any approved public treatment facility. If the proposed patient is a minor or an incompetent person, he, a parent, legal guardian, or other legal representative shall make the application.
(2)  Subject to rules adopted by the board of health and welfare, the director or his designee may determine who shall be admitted to an approved public treatment facility.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-307

  • Alcoholic: means a person who has the disease of alcoholism, which is characterized by behaviors that include one (1) or more of the following: impaired control over alcohol use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving. See Idaho Code 39-302
  • Approved public treatment facility: means a treatment agency operating under the provisions of this chapter through a contract with the department of health and welfare pursuant to section 39-304(7), Idaho Code, and meeting the standards prescribed in section 39-305(1), Idaho Code, and approved pursuant to section 39-305(3), Idaho Code, and rules promulgated by the board of health and welfare pursuant to this chapter. See Idaho Code 39-302
  • Department: means the Idaho department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 39-302
  • Director: means the director of the Idaho department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 39-302
  • Drug addict: means a person who has the disease of addiction, which is characterized by behaviors that include one (1) or more of the following: impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving. See Idaho Code 39-302
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Incompetent person: means a person who has been adjudged incompetent by an appropriate court within this state. See Idaho Code 39-302
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Treatment: means the broad range of emergency, outpatient, intensive outpatient, and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social service care, vocational rehabilitation and career counseling, which may be extended to alcoholics and intoxicated persons and/or drug addicts. See Idaho Code 39-302
    • (3)  If a patient receiving inpatient care leaves an approved public treatment facility, he shall be encouraged to consent to appropriate outpatient or intensive outpatient treatment, and the department shall assist in obtaining supportive services and residential facilities.
    (4)  If a patient leaves an approved public treatment facility, upon the recommendation of departmental staff, the department shall make reasonable provisions for his transportation to another facility or to his home. If he has no home, he shall be assisted in obtaining shelter. If the patient is a minor or an incompetent person, the request for discharge from an inpatient facility shall be made by a parent, legal guardian, or other legal representative or by the minor or incompetent if he was the original applicant.