Section 54-5710 – REFERRAL TO OTHER SERVICES.
54-5710. REFERRAL TO OTHER SERVICES. A provider shall be familiar with and have access to available medical resources, including emergency resources near the patient’s location, in order to make appropriate patient referrals when medically indicated. History: [(54-5710) 54-5610, added 2015, ch. 121, sec. 1, p. 309; am. and redesig. 2016, ch. 47, sec. 35, p. […]
Section 54-5711 – MEDICAL RECORDS.
54-5711. MEDICAL RECORDS. A provider offering telehealth services shall generate and maintain medical records for each patient using telehealth services in compliance with any applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, including the health insurance portability and accountability act (HIPAA), P.L. 104-191 (1996), and the health information technology for economic and clinical health act […]
Section 54-5712 – ENFORCEMENT AND DISCIPLINE.
54-5712. ENFORCEMENT AND DISCIPLINE. A provider is prohibited from offering telehealth services in his or her practice if the provider is not in full compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including this act and the Idaho community standard of care. State licensing boards shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter relating […]
Section 54-5510 – CLIENT PROTECTION — UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT.
54-5510. CLIENT PROTECTION — UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2024] A licensed midwife or applicant for licensure, renewal or reinstatement may not: (1) Disregard a client’s dignity or right to privacy as to her person, condition, possessions or medical record; (2) Breach any legal requirement of confidentiality with respect to a client, unless ordered […]
Section 54-5613 – FEES.
54-5613. FEES. (1) The board shall establish by rule fees for licensure under the provisions of this chapter as follows: (a) An application fee not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500); (b) A fee established by rule for an initial full license not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500); (c) A fee established by rule […]
Section 54-5511 – DISCLOSURE AND RECORDKEEPING — LICENSE RENEWAL.
54-5511. DISCLOSURE AND RECORDKEEPING — LICENSE RENEWAL. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2024] (1) Before initiating care, a licensed midwife shall obtain a signed informed consent agreement from each client, acknowledging receipt, at minimum, of the following: (a) The licensed midwife’s training and experience; (b) Instructions for obtaining a copy of the rules adopted by the […]
Section 54-5614 – DENIAL OF LICENSE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.
54-5614. DENIAL OF LICENSE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. (1) The board may refuse to issue, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend or otherwise sanction a licensee upon the following grounds: (a) Fraud or deception in procuring or renewing the license; (b) Having been found guilty, convicted, or placed on probation; having entered into a guilty plea that […]
Section 54-5512 – IMMUNE FROM VICARIOUS LIABILITY.
54-5512. IMMUNE FROM VICARIOUS LIABILITY. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2024] No physician, hospital, emergency room personnel, emergency medical technician or ambulance personnel shall be liable in any civil action arising out of any injury resulting from an act or omission of a licensed midwife, even if the health care provider has consulted with or accepted […]
Section 54-5615 – CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
54-5615. CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS. No licensee shall disclose any information that he may have acquired from a client consulting him in his professional capacity that was necessary to enable him to render services in his professional capacity to those persons, except: (1) With the written consent of that client or, in the case of death or […]
Section 54-5513 – SEVERABILITY.
54-5513. SEVERABILITY. [EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY 1, 2024] The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable and if any provision of this chapter or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this […]