2005 Idaho Code - 54-3414 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF BUREAU OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 34
                          COUNSELORS AND THERAPISTS
    54-3414.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF BUREAU OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES. The bureau
of occupational licenses shall have the following powers and duties:
    (1)  To accept applications for and issue licenses to counselors and
marriage and family therapists pursuant to requirements of this chapter.
    (2)  To maintain in a registry appropriate for that purpose a public
record of all applications for licenses, the action of the department thereon,
of all licenses issued and of all licenses revoked or forfeited with the
reasons for such revocation or forfeiture and of all renewals.
    (3)  To forward complaints against a licensed professional counselor or a
marriage and family therapist to the state licensing board for review and
investigation.
    (4)  To assist in the investigation and prosecution of complaints filed
against a counselor or a marriage and family therapist under section 54-3408,
Idaho Code.
    (5)  At the discretion of the chief of the bureau and upon apparent
failure or refusal of the state licensing board to investigate or prosecute a
complaint against a counselor or a marriage and family therapist, to
investigate the complaint and forward the report of investigation to the state
licensing board and upon apparent failure or refusal of the state licensing
board to take further action, to file an action in the district court under
section 54-3408, Idaho Code, against a counselor or a marriage and family
therapist violating the terms of this chapter.