Idaho Code 66-411 – Review and Discharge
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(1) The head of each residential facility shall, following admission, examine or cause to be examined every resident, and determine whether to discharge each resident from the facility. A similar review shall be conducted annually thereafter. A report of each review and determination of every respondent committed to the director shall be sent to the committing court, respondent’s attorney, and either the respondent’s spouse, guardian, adult next of kin or friend, or if none, the respondent’s resident representative.
(2) Whenever it is determined that the respondent is no longer developmentally disabled or likely to injure himself or others, the director or his designee shall terminate the commitment and make a report thereof to the court which issued the order.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 66-411
- Adult: means an individual eighteen (18) years of age or older. See Idaho Code 66-402
- Director: means the director of the department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 66-402
- Facility: means the southwest Idaho treatment center, a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities, a licensed residential or assisted living facility, a group foster home, other organizations licensed to provide twenty-four (24) hour care, treatment and training to the developmentally disabled, a mental health center, or an adult and child development center. See Idaho Code 66-402
- 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.
- Likely to injure himself or others: means :
Idaho Code 66-402Respondent: means the individual subject to judicial proceedings authorized by the provisions of this chapter. See Idaho Code 66-402