Idaho
Medical Records Custodian & Retention Laws
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Idaho Medical Record Retention Law:
IDAPA 24.33.01 (Board of Medicine)
- Adult patients: Idaho sets NO retention period. IDAPA 24.33.01, the Board of Medicine's rules, were searched in full and contain neither a retention period nor a closure procedure.
- Patients who were minors: None set by Idaho law.
- The retention period runs from: Not applicable - no state clock exists.
- The operative floors are HIPAA's 6 years and the malpractice limitation period.
- What does survive a closure: failing to transfer records to another provider when the patient or their legal representative asks is grounds for discipline.
If you are closing, selling or relocating your practice Idaho sets out what has to happen to patient records. The points below are taken from the source above.
- No affirmative closure duty exists in IDAPA 24.33.01 - confirmed by full-text search, not inferred from absence of search results.
- The one duty that survives a closing practice is the disciplinary one: failing to TRANSFER records to another provider when the patient or their designated representative asks is grounds for discipline. A closed practice with no reachable custodian cannot comply, so the exposure continues after the doors shut.
Idaho closing-practice checklist
The same requirements as a checklist you can print and work through, with the retention periods, the notice each rule requires and what you may charge for copies.
Open the Idaho checklist →
Cost
No state copying-fee schedule was located for Idaho. Charges should be reasonable and cost-based.
Verified September 2026
This page summarises the source above and is not legal advice. Retention periods change and several states adjust their copying fees every year, so confirm the current text before you rely on a date or a figure.