Idaho Code § 54-5511

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 54-5511 - IMMUNITY FROM VICARIOUS LIABILITY

No physician, hospital, emergency room personnel, emergency medical technician, or ambulance personnel shall be liable in any civil action arising out of any injury resulting from an act or omission of a licensed midwife, even if the health care provider has consulted with or accepted a referral from the licensed midwife. A physician who consults with a licensed midwife but who does not examine or treat a client of the midwife shall not be deemed to have created a physician-patient relationship with such client.

Idaho Code § 54-5511

Added by 2024 Session Laws, ch. 59,sec. 2, eff. 7/1/2024.

See 2014 Session Laws, ch. 161, sec. 4.

See 2014 Session Laws, ch. 161, sec. 3.

Section 5 of 2019 Session Laws Ch. 42 amended this section. Section 6 of that act provides: "The provisions of this act shall be null, void and of no force and effect on and after July 1, 2024."

Amended by 2019 Session Laws, ch. 42, sec. 5, eff. 7/1/2019.

[(54-5511) 54-5411, added 2009, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 183; am. and redesig. 2010 , ch. 79, sec. 31 , p. 154; am. 2019 , ch. 42, sec. 5 , p. 115.]