The state board of correction shall be authorized to receive and admit patients of any institution or facility under the jurisdiction of the department of health and welfare, which patients have been determined by a court to be both dangerous and mentally ill as defined in section 66-1305, Idaho Code. The department of health and welfare shall in such cases, retain jurisdiction over the patients.
Idaho Code § 66-1316
Patients from other institutions
Known as the Idaho Security Medical Program Act
The act spans §§ 66-1301 to 66-1318 (18 sections).
1976, ch. 360, § 3, p. 1179; am. 1977, ch. 121, § 1, p. 260; am. 1979, ch. 50, § 1, p. 140.
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.