Idaho Code > Title 39 > Chapter 45 – the Medical Consent and Natural Death Act
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- Advanced practice registered nurse: means a professional nurse licensed in this state who has gained additional specialized knowledge, skills, and experience through a nationally accredited program of study as defined by section 54-1402, Idaho Code, and is authorized to perform advanced nursing practice, which may include direct client care such as assessing, diagnosing, planning, and prescribing pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapeutic and corrective measures, health promotion, and preventive care as defined by rules of the board of nursing. See Idaho Code 39-4502
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Artificial life-sustaining treatment: means any medical procedure or intervention that utilizes mechanical means to sustain or supplant a vital function. See Idaho Code 39-4502
- Artificial nutrition and hydration: means supplying food and water through a conduit, such as a tube or intravenous line, where the recipient is not required to chew or swallow voluntarily, but does not include assisted feeding, such as spoon feeding or bottle feeding. See Idaho Code 39-4502
- Comfort care: means treatment that may include oxygen and medicine to relieve pain and symptoms but does not include artificial life support, artificial hydration, and artificial nutrition. See Idaho Code 39-4502
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Consent to treatment: means the agreement an individual makes to receive health care services. See Idaho Code 39-4502
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- CPR: means measures to restore cardiac function and/or to support ventilation in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest. See Idaho Code 39-4502
- Emergency medical services personnel: means personnel engaged in providing initial emergency medical assistance including but not limited to first responders, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics. See Idaho Code 39-4502
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- 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.
- Health care agent: means a person named in an advance care planning document to make medical decisions for another person. See Idaho Code 39-4502
- health care directive: means a document that:
Idaho Code 39-4502Health care services: means services for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, cure, or relief of a health condition, illness, injury, or disease. See Idaho Code 39-4502 Licensed independent practitioner: means :
Idaho Code 39-4502Nonbeneficial medical treatment: means treatment:
Idaho Code 39-4502person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114POST form: means a form that satisfies the requirements of section 39-4512A, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 39-4502 POST identification device: means jewelry worn around the wrist, neck, or ankle representing that the wearer has a POST form complying with section 39-4512A, Idaho Code, and that such person has chosen "Do Not Resuscitate: Allow Natural Death (No Code/DNR/DNAR): No CPR or advanced cardiac life support interventions" or the equivalent choice. See Idaho Code 39-4502 provider: means any person or entity licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by law to administer health care services in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession, including emergency or other medical services personnel. See Idaho Code 39-4502 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114 Surrogate decision-maker: means the person authorized to consent to or refuse health care services for another person as specified in section 39-4504(1), Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 39-4502