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Idaho Code · § 6-1902 — A mental health professional’s duty to warn

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.

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History and annotations

6-1902, added 1991, ch. 235, sec. 1, p. 565.

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