Any person who has reason to believe that a child has been abused, abandoned or neglected and, acting upon that belief, makes a report of abuse, abandonment or neglect as required in section 16-1605, Idaho Code, shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any such judicial proceeding resulting from such report. Any person who reports in bad faith or with malice shall not be protected by this section. Any privilege between husband and wife, or between any professional person except the lawyer-client privilege, including but not limited to physicians, counselors, hospitals, clinics, day care centers and schools and their clients shall not be grounds for excluding evidence at any proceeding regarding the abuse, abandonment or neglect of the child or the cause thereof.
Idaho Code § 16-1606
Immunity
Known as the Child Protective Act
The act spans §§ 16–16 (51 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 376 F. Supp. 2d 1012 - Planned Parenthood of Idaho, Inc. v. Wasden (2005)
Most recently applied in 376 F. Supp. 2d 1012 - Planned Parenthood of Idaho, Inc. v. Wasden (July 2005)
I.C., § 16-1620, as added by 1976, ch. 204, § 2, p. 732; am. 1982, ch. 186, § 19, p. 491; am. 1985, ch. 158, § 2, p. 416; am. 1995, ch. 328, § 1, p. 1097; am. and redesig. 2005,…
Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.