2005 Idaho Code - 39-1404 — GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

                                  TITLE  39
                              HEALTH AND SAFETY
                                  CHAPTER 14
                              HEALTH FACILITIES
    39-1404.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. In carrying out the purposes of the
act, the agency is authorized and directed:
    (a)  To require such reports, inspections and investigations and prescribe
such regulations as it deems necessary;
    (b)  To provide such methods of administration, appoint a director and
other personnel of the division on a merit basis and take such other action as
may be necessary to comply with the requirements of the federal act and the
regulations thereunder;
    (c)  To procure in its discretion the temporary or intermittent services
of experts or consultants or organizations thereof, by contract, when such
services are to be performed on a part-time or fee-for-service basis and do
not involve the performance of administrative duties;
    (d)  To the extent that it considers desirable to effectuate the purposes
of this act, to enter into agreements for the utilization of the facilities
and services of other departments, agencies, and institutions, public or
private;
    (e)  To accept on behalf of the state and to deposit with the state
treasury any grant, gift or contribution made to assist in meeting the cost of
carrying out the purposes of this act as herein provided;
    (f)  To make a bi-annual report to the legislature on activities and
expenditures pursuant to this act, including recommendations for such
additional legislation as the agency considers appropriate to furnish adequate
health facilities to the people of this state;
    (g)  To do all other things on behalf of the state necessary to obtain
full benefits under the federal act as now and hereafter amended.