Section 39-8202 - DEFINITIONSAs used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean:
(1) "Custodial parent," for the purposes of this chapter, means, in the absence of a court decree, the parent with whom the child resides.(2) "Newborn safety device" means a device that is voluntarily installed in a supporting wall of a hospital, fire station, law enforcement agency, or medical services provider that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours per day and that has an exterior point of access allowing an individual to place a newborn infant inside and an interior point of access allowing individuals inside the building to safely retrieve the newborn infant.(3) "Safe haven" means:(a) Hospitals licensed in the state of Idaho;(b) Licensed physicians in the state of Idaho and staff working at their offices and clinics;(c) Advanced practice professional nurses, including certified nurse-midwives, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists licensed or registered pursuant to chapter 14, title 54, Idaho Code;(d) Physician assistants licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code;(e) Medical personnel acting or serving in the capacity as a licensed provider, affiliated with a recognized Idaho EMS agency. For purposes of this act, "medical personnel" shall include those individuals certified by the department of health and welfare as: (ii) Emergency medical technicians - basic;(iii) Advanced emergency medical technicians - ambulance;(iv) Emergency medical technicians - intermediate; and(v) Emergency medical technicians - paramedic; and(f) A fire station operated by a city, a county, a tribal entity, a fire protection district or a volunteer fire department if there are personnel on duty.[(39-8202) 39-8102, added 2001, ch. 357, sec. 1, p. 1253; am. and redesig. 2005 , ch. 25, sec. 69 , p. 107; am. 2017 , ch. 200, sec. 1 , p. 502.]Amended by 2024 Session Laws, ch. 115,sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by 2017 Session Laws, ch. 200, sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2017.