This Idaho statute governs the confidentiality and permissible disclosure of records, certificates, applications, and reports that identify patients or former patients subject to involuntary assessment, detention, or commitment under Idaho's mental health hospitalization chapter. Operators of psychiatric facilities must keep such records confidential in accordance with Idaho's public records law, and may only disclose them with patient or guardian consent, when necessary to carry out the act's provisions, or upon a court order finding disclosure is in the public interest.
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