39-4503 PERSONS WHO MAY CONSENT TO THEIR OWN CARE. - Idaho Statutes

TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 45

THE MEDICAL CONSENT AND NATURAL DEATH ACT

39-4503. Persons who may consent to their own care. Any person of ordinary intelligence and awareness sufficient for him or her generally to comprehend the need for, the nature of and the significant risks ordinarily inherent in, any contemplated hospital, medical, dental or surgical care, treatment or procedure is competent to consent thereto on his or her own behalf. Any health care provider may provide such health care and services in reliance upon such a consent if the consenting person appears to the health care provider securing the consent to possess such requisite intelligence and awareness at the time of giving the consent.