Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) Any person who abandons a
vulnerable adult, as that term is defined in section 18-1505, Idaho Code, in
deliberate disregard of the vulnerable adult's safety or welfare, regardless
of whether the vulnerable adult suffered physical harm from the act of
abandonment, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be imprisoned in the state
prison for a period not in excess of five (5) years, or by a fine not
exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both such fine and
imprisonment. It shall not be a defense to prosecution under the provisions of
this section that the perpetrator lacked the financial ability or means to
provide food, clothing, shelter or medical care reasonably necessary to
sustain the life and health of a vulnerable adult.
(2) As used in this section "abandon" means the desertion or willful
forsaking of a vulnerable adult by any individual, caretaker as defined by
subsection (4)(b) of section 18-1505, Idaho Code, or entity which has assumed
responsibility for the care of the vulnerable adult by contract, receipt of
payment of care, any relationship arising from blood or marriage wherein the
vulnerable adult has become the dependent of another or by order of a court of
competent jurisdiction; provided that abandon shall not mean the termination
of services to a vulnerable adult by a physician licensed under chapter 18,
title 54, Idaho Code, or anyone under his direct supervision, where the
physician determines, in the exercise of his professional judgment, that
termination of such services is in the best interests of the patient.

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