6-1902. A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL’S DUTY TO WARN. A mental health professional has a duty to warn a victim if a patient has communicated to the mental health professional an explicit threat of imminent serious physical harm or death to a clearly identified or identifiable victim or victims, and the patient has the apparent intent and ability to carry out such a threat.
History:
[6-1902, added 1991, ch. 235, sec. 1, p. 565.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 6 - ACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CASES
Chapter 19 - LIMITATION OF A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL’S DUTY TO WARN
Section 6-1901 - MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DEFINED.
Section 6-1902 - A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL’S DUTY TO WARN.
Section 6-1903 - DISCHARGE OF A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL’S DUTY TO WARN.