Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 6-1902 (2026)
A mental health professional’s duty to warn.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1995–1998 · leading case: Caldwell v. Idaho Youth Ranch, Inc., 968 P.2d 215 (Idaho 1998).
Caldwell v. Idaho Youth Ranch, Inc., 968 P.2d 215 (Idaho 1998). “I.C. § 6-1902 ("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 *221 victims, and the patient…”
Doe v. Garcia, 961 P.2d 1181 (Idaho 1998). “Although enacted in 1991, Idaho Code § 6-1902 is instructive. This section requires a mental health professional to give a warning only where the professional has knowledge of an "explicit threat of imminent serious physical harm .”
Bradley Ex Rel. Pope v. Ray, 904 S.W.2d 302 (Mo. Ct. App. 1995). “2415 (West 1994); Idaho Code §§ 6-1902 , 6-1903 (1994); Ind.”
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