Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

(1) County sheriff departments
administering county jails may charge a nominal fee of twenty dollars ($20.00)
to any nonindigent inmate who has sufficient funds in his commissary or
personal account for the purpose of seeing the jail provided doctor or nurse
for a medical complaint. In the event that an inmate is indigent, such service
shall be provided by the county at no cost.
(2) The county sheriff departments administering county jails may charge
actual costs to any nonindigent inmate who has sufficient funds in his
commissary or personal account for pharmaceuticals prescribed or authorized by
jail medical staff.
(3) A "nonindigent" inmate, for purposes of this section, is an inmate
who has money in his commissary or personal account normally used for the
purchase of personal items for the inmate.
(4) All debts incurred pursuant to this section may be collected from the
inmate's commissary or personal account, in whole or in part, at any time
during the period of incarceration, whenever moneys exist in or are placed
into the inmate's commissary or personal account, provided that the jail has
in place a process by which the affected inmate may contest the assessment of
moneys owed. Collection of moneys owed may occur at any time, in whole or in
part, until such time as the full balance of the moneys owed is completely
retired, provided that there shall be no further efforts to collect the debt
after four (4) years from the date in which the debt was actually incurred.
(5) The county sheriff may require the inmate to provide health insurance
information including, but not limited to, group, plan and identification
numbers. The county sheriff is authorized to submit medical costs to the
inmate's health insurance company on behalf of the inmate.

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