Idaho Code 18-8704 – Contracts for Abortion Procedures Prohibited
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(1) No health care facility owned or operated by the state, a county, a city, a public health district, a public school district, or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall enter into any contract or commercial transaction with any health care provider or health care facility under the terms of which such health care provider or health care facility agrees to provide, perform, or induce an abortion, except when the life of the mother is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to:
(a) A contract or commercial transaction that is subject to a federal law related to medicaid; or
(b) A hospital, as defined in section 39-1301, Idaho Code.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 18-8704
- Abortion: means the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child. See Idaho Code 18-8702
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- health care facility: means any public or private hospital, clinic, center, medical school, medical training institution, health care facility, physician’s office, infirmary, dispensary, ambulatory surgical treatment center, or other institution or location wherein health care is provided to any person. See Idaho Code 18-8702
- Health care provider: means any person or individual who may be or is asked to participate in any way in any health care service. See Idaho Code 18-8702
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114