Idaho Statutes Title 66. State Charitable Institutions § 66-1407. Treatment

(1) The director or the director's designee shall have the power to develop appropriate standards and rules for treatment of persons in the facility. It shall be the responsibility of the director or the director's designee to implement those standards.

(2) The relative risks and benefits of specific modes of treatment contained in such plans shall be explained to each person or the spouse, guardian, adult next of kin or friend of the person, to the extent allowable by law.

(3) The ability of a person to make informed decisions as to treatment will be made in accordance with a person's commitment to the department as provided in chapter 2, title 18, Idaho Code, or chapter 4, title 66, Idaho Code.

(4) Restraints may be used only when a person poses an imminent risk of physical harm to self or others and restraints are the least-restrictive intervention that would achieve safety.

(5) The person shall be entitled to be diagnosed, cared for and treated in a manner consistent with the person's legal rights and in a manner no more restrictive than necessary for the person's protection and the protection of others for a period no longer than reasonably necessary for diagnosis, care, treatment and protection.