Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

For purposes of this chapter the following
definitions will apply:
(a) "Hospital" means a facility which:
(1) Is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the supervision of
physicians,
(a) concentrated medical and nursing care on a twenty-four (24) hour
basis to inpatients experiencing acute illness; and
(b) diagnostic and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis and
treatment, psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, and care of injured,
disabled, or sick persons; and
(c) rehabilitation services for injured, disabled, or sick persons;
and
(d) obstetrical care.
(2) Provides for care of two (2) or more individuals for twenty-four (24)
or more consecutive hours.
(3) Is staffed to provide professional nursing care on a twenty-four (24)
hour basis.
(b) "Nursing facility" (nursing home) means a facility whose design and
function shall provide area, space and equipment to meet the health needs of
two (2) or more individuals who, at a minimum, require inpatient care and
services for twenty-four (24) or more consecutive hours for unstable chronic
health problems requiring daily professional nursing supervision and licensed
nursing care on a twenty-four (24) hour basis, restorative, rehabilitative
care, and assistance in meeting daily living needs. Medical supervision is
necessary on a regular, but not daily, basis.
(c) "Intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded (ICFMR)" means
a nonnursing home facility, designed and operated to meet the unique
educational, training, habilitative and medical needs of the developmentally
disabled through the provision of active treatment.
(d) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
company, association, or joint stock association, and the legal successor
thereof.
(e) "Government unit" means the state, or any county, municipality, or
other political subdivision, or any department, division, board or other
agency thereof.
(f) "Licensing agency" means the department of health and welfare.
(g) "Board" means the board of health and welfare.
(h) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine and
surgery by the Idaho state board of medicine or the Idaho state board of
podiatry.
(i) "Authorized provider" means an individual who is a nurse practitioner
or clinical nurse specialist, licensed to practice in Idaho in accordance with
the Idaho nurse practice act; or a physician's assistant, licensed by the
Idaho state board of medicine.

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